Military history of the Republic of Turkey in foreign relations and join NATO on February 18, 1952. Following NATO membership, Turkey initiated a comprehensive modernization program for its Armed Forces. In July 1974, the Turkish Armed Forces intervened against a coup in Cyprus, organized by EOKA-B and led by Nikos Sampson who ousted the democratically elected Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios III in order to establish Enosis (Union) between Greece and Cyprus. The coup was backed by the Greek military junta in Athens. On 20 July 1974 the Turkish Army invaded the island from the north, landing in Pente Mili beach, near Keryneia. The operations (named Attila I
Accession of Serbia to the European Union of accession to the EU in 2025, for both states. European Commission issued a draft Strategy for EU enlargement at the end of 2017. It provides guidelines for, among others, Serbian accession to the EU. According to the Strategy, Serbia is expected to reach a broad agreement on normalization of relations with Kosovo by the end of 2019, and complete its negotiations by the end of 2023, allowing it to join the Union by 2025. However, as of February 2018, five EU countries don't recognize Kosovo as an independent state—Spain, Romania, Greece, Cyprus and Slovakia. Serbia's government hasn't given yet