Events are being held in Cyprus, Greece and the United States to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

July 20 marks 50 years since Turkey invaded Cyprus in response to a brief coup orchestrated by the military junta in Greece five days earlier.

In the Cypriot capital Nicosia, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address a commemoration event to mark the coup and invasion. The event, hosted by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, will take place at the presidential palace at 20:30.

In Athens, President Katerina Sakellaropoulou will attend a service at the Athens Cathedral to commemorate the victims of the coup and invasion, before laying a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier.

The leader of the main opposition party SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, is also in Cyprus, where he met Christodoulides and the Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios.

In New York, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will lead a Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas and the National Shrine at the World Trade Center. Elpidophoros will also hold a memorial service in memory of those who died during the invasion.

On Sunday, all priests of the Archdiocese of America will hold a special memorial service at the final resting place of the Cypriots who died or went missing during the invasion.