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Its not about underestimating Turkey or whatever. I'm just making a rational observation. You think that if Turkey was like say Iran or North korea(a hostile non Non NATO member) , then Turkey would have invaded a European country like Cyprus and Western powers would have remained silent and not intervened?Don't underestimate us. That's what you did in Gallipoli and look how it ended for you. And here is another saying we like to use: we don't like to shed blood but should our fatherland face a direct threat we will cut the arteries of this world.
Western powers tolerated that simply because Turkey was(and still is) a crucial NATO member acting as NATO'S forward plan against the mighty Soviet union in the black Sea region. Just like it's still useful against Russia today. Turkey location plays a crucial role in this. So Turkey is an important western security partner, reason we can't view Turkey like other Middle Eastern/Muslim countries like KSA, Egypt Iran. etc
Turkey's role, location, geography is quite important to be overlooked. So small Cyprus is a non issue when looking at the bigger picture for western powers.
So reason I said had Turkey been a hostile NON NATO member then things would have played out quite differently the way it did.