Army Service in Cyprus

The Country that is divided in two has to have a military service to protect the other half of their country of any treat. In the case of Cyprus were the Turks have invaded approximately ¼ of the country, they should be able to keep the order and to stop any expansion of the invaders. Cyprus is a small country and a member of EU so military protection is not necessary. Maybe the army is using a lot of resources so that would be a problem for the economy of Cyprus,but i doubt it. The military service should be changed that u can serve the army after university or even shorten the army service length because some universities don’t wait for the Greek Cypriots to finish the army and save their spots at universities. Two years are too long but military service have served Cyprus good for now.

My personal opinion that Cyprus should create a professional army. Because at age of 18 not every male is capable of serving the army nor holding a rifle, so a army full of 18 year old guys is not as efectiv as if they had a proffesional army in times of danger. That army of professionals would be more relaible and more easier to maitain with good technology and stuff.