[Proposed edit 3]== section Turkey#Turks and the Ottoman Empire from  :The empire was not to last, however; by 1243 the Seljuk armies were defeated by the Mongols and the power of the empire slowly disintegrated. to  :In 1243, the Seljuk armies were defeated by the Mongols and the power of the empire slowly disintegrated.  section Turkey#Republican era  #from Kemal Pasha to Mustafa Kemal #from Following a decade of intercommunal violence on the island of Cyprus and the subsequent Athens-inspired coup, Turkey intervened militarily in 1974, resulting in the breakaway Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus recognised only by Turkey. to ::Following a decade of intercommunal violence on the island of Cyprus and the subsequent Athens-inspired coup, Turkey intervened militarily in 1974. Nine years later Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) was establised. TRNC is recognised only by Turkey.  ==