Battle of Ledra Palace

Battle of Ledra Palace
Part of Turkish Invasion of Cyprus
Date20 July – 16 August 1974
Location
Nicosia, Cyprus
35°10′40″N 33°21′17″E / 35.17778°N 33.35472°E / 35.17778; 33.35472
Result Greek victory
Belligerents
 Turkey  Cyprus  United Nations
Commanders and leaders
Turkey Hasan Pasias

Cyprus Major Demitrios Alevromageiros Cyprus Captain Nikolaos Ligoustianos

Cyprus Sub-lieutenant Andreas Magnitis

United Kingdom Brigadier Francis Henn

Canada Colonel Clayton Beattie
Units involved

Turkish Armed Forces

Cypriot National Guard

  • 211 Infantry Battalion
  • Reserve Officers Company
 UNFICYP
Strength
300–1,000 Approx. 200 Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown 1+ None

The Battle of Ledra Palace was fought during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974.

Ledra Palace is located in Nicosia district, about 2.6 km north of the Presidential Palace and on the Green Line.[1] During the invasion, and indeed from the beginning of the conflict on 20 July, Ledra Palace was a point of vital importance for the Turkish Armed Forces and its possible occupation would have likely led to the destruction and dissolution of the Republic of Cyprus.[2]

  1. ^ Polignosi. "Λήδρα Πάλας". www.polignosi.com. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ^ Heraclidou, Antigone; Stylianou-Lambert, Theopisti. "The Ledra Palace Hotel and the 'difficult history' of modern Cyprus". Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies. 47 (1): 103–122. doi:10.1017/byz.2022.22. hdl:20.500.14279/28263. ISSN 0307-0131.