Battle of Ledra Palace

Battle of Ledra Palace
Part of Turkish Invasion of Cyprus
Date 20 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
Hasan Pasias	Major Demitrios Alevromageiros Captain Nikolaos Ligoustianos Sub-lieutenant Andreas Magnitis	Brigadier Francis Henn Colonel Clayton Beattie
Units involved
Turkish Armed Forces Turkish Land Forces Turkish Air Force	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]