around 150,000 people (amounting to more than one-quarter of the total population of cyprus, and to one-third of its greek cypriot population) were expelled from the occupied northern part of the island, where greek cypriots constituted 80% of the population. a little over a year later in 1975, roughly 60,000 turkish cypriots, amounting to half the turkish cypriot population, were displaced from the south to the north. the turkish invasion ended in the partition of cyprus along the un-monitored green line, which still divides cyprus, and the formation of a "de facto" autonomous turkish cypriot administration in the north. in 1983 the turkish republic of northern cyprus (trnc) declared independence, although turkey is the only country that recognises it. the international community considers the trnc's territory as turkish-occupied territory of the republic of cyprus. the occupation is viewed as illegal under international law, amounting to illegal occupation of european union territory since cyprus became its member.