Battle of Tillyria

Battle of Tillyria
Part of Cyprus problem
DateAugust 1964[4]
Location
Kokkina exclave, Cyprus
Result Turkish victory.[5]
Belligerents

TurkeyTurkish Resistance Organisation.[1]

TurkeyTurkey[2]

Cypriot National Guard

Greece[3]
Commanders and leaders

Turkey Rıza Vuruşkan

Turkey Rauf Denktaş		 Georgios Grivas
Strength
up to 1.000 men[6] 5.000 men[7]

The Battle of Tillyria (Greek: Μάχη της Τηλλυρίας) or Battle of Kokkina (Greek: Μάχη των Κοκκίνων),[8] also known as Erenköy Resistance (Turkish: Erenköy Direnişi),[9] was a conflict on 6 August 1964 between units of the Cypriot National Guard and Turkish Cypriot armed groups in Kokkina area of Cyprus.

  1. ^ The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict, Clement Dodd (2003)
  2. ^ The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict, Clement Dodd (2003)
  3. ^ The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict, Clement Dodd (2003)
  4. ^ Gürel, Şükrü S. (1993). Tarihsel Boyut içinde Türk Yunan iliskileri (1821– 1993), Ankara.
  5. ^ The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict, Clement Dodd (2003)
  6. ^ The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict, Clement Dodd (2003)
  7. ^ The History and Politics of the Cyprus Conflict, Clement Dodd (2003)
  8. ^ Pierre Oberling, The road to Bellapais: the Turkish Cypriot Exodus to Northern Cyprus, Social Science Monographs, 1982, p. 120.
  9. ^ Rauf Denktaş, Rauf Denktaş'ın hatıraları: 1964–74, vol.5, page 22