the united nations security council has challenged the legality of turkey's action, because article four of the treaty of guarantee gives the right to guarantors to take action with the sole aim of re-establishing the state of affairs. the aftermath of turkey's invasion, however, did not safeguard the republic's sovereignty and territorial integrity, but had the opposite effect: the "de facto" partition of the republic and the creation of a separate political entity in the north. on 13 february 1975, turkey declared the occupied areas of the republic of cyprus to be a "federated turkish state", to the universal condemnation of the international community (see united nations security council resolution 367). the united nations recognises the sovereignty of the republic of cyprus according to the terms of its independence in 1960. the conflict continues to affect turkey's relations with cyprus, greece, and the european union.