The north’s authorities on Thursday announced their intention to end the practice of “double jeopardy” conscription, in which Turkish Cypriot men in Turkey who are also Turkish citizens were ...

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Only Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Norway, Switzerland, and Turkey never suspended conscription. “Now, the more urgent thing is essentially having enough troops to hold ...

After the Cold War, most European countries ended compulsory conscription. Just nine countries -- Greece, Cyprus, Austria, ...