Word: siileyman
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Dates: during 1967-1967
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...against Cyprus and Greece and agreed to withdraw the 1,500 or so troops that they infiltrated into Cyprus in excess of their 650-man legal allotment. Shrewdly calculating that the Greek rulers lacked the support both at home and abroad to stand up to a crisis, Turkish Premier Siileyman Demirel thus managed to break Greece's military hold on the island. He placed it, at least temporarily, at the mercy of the Turks, whose airbases are only four minutes' flying time from Nicosia...
...Athens, the Greek junta, though unhappy about disbanding the Guard, which was commanded by Greek army officers and was a strong Greek tie to the island, announced that it had reached agreement with Turkey without waiting for Makarios to make up his mind. In Ankara, the government of Premier Siileyman Demirel became impatient at the delay. The Turks, whose navy maneuvered earlier in the week off the Cyprus coast, kept their armed forces in a high state of preparedness, ready to invade Cyprus and strike across the Thracian plain at Greece...
Turkey's President Cevdet Sunay and Prime Minister Siileyman Demirel had scheduled a heavy round of events for the Pope. Paul met for 70 minutes-about as long as he had spent with Athenagoras-with Sunay. The Pope also took a quick ride over the Bosporus aboard Sunay's presidential yacht and visited Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), which was, until Sultan Mohammed the Conqueror proclaimed it a mosque in 1453, one of Christendom's largest churches. "It's beautiful," murmured the Pontiff, who startled his hosts by kneeling for a moment of silent prayer in what...
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