Cyprus war Greek military coup 1963 and Turkish invasion 1974.

In 1571, the island was conquered by the Ottomans. The island of Cyprus and its population were generally allowed to practice their religion and culture under the rule of the Ottoman Turks. The island was leased to Britain following the Congress of Berlin in 1878. Cyprus was later annexed by Britain in November 1914 when the Ottoman Empire joined World War I on the side of the Central Powers; subsequently the island became a British Crown colony and came under British rule. The 1923 Treaty of Lausanne marked the end of any notion of a legitimate Turkish claim to the island. Article 21 of the treaty gave the minority Muslims on the island the choice of leaving the island to live as Turks in Turkey, or staying there as British nationals.Both Greek and Turkish Cypriots were happy to identify themselves with their respective 'mother countries'. However, the elites of both shared the belief that they were socially more progressive (better educated and less conservative) and therefore distinct from the mainlanders. Greek and Turkish Cypriots lived quietly side by side for many years.British colonial policies also promoted ethnic polarization. The British applied the principle of "divide and rule," setting the two groups against each other to prevent combined action against colonial rule. For example, when Greek Cypriots rebelled in the 1950s, the colonial administration established an all-Turkish police force, known as the Auxiliary Police, to combat Greek Cypriots. This and similar practices contributed to intercommunal animosity.Secularization also fostered ethnic nationalism.British rule lasted until 1960, when the island was declared an independent state, under the London-Zurich agreements creating a foundation for the Republic of Cyprus by the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities.Continued communal violence in Cyprus after independence in 1960—including massacres of members of the Turkish community in December 1963—led to the Turkish government's cancellation of residence permits for 12,000 Greek citizens living in Istanbul as well as the confiscation of their property.The 1960 Constitution of the Cyprus Republic proved unworkable however, lasting only three years. The Greek Cypriots wanted to end the separate Turkish Cypriot municipal councils permitted by the British in 1958, but made subject to review under the 1960 agreements. For many Greek Cypriots these municipalities were the first stage on the way to the partition they feared. The Greek Cypriots following Hellenistic fanaticism wanted enosis, integration with Greece, while Turkish Cypriots following Turkish fanaticism wanted taksim, partition between Greece and Turkey.Resentment also rose within the Greek Cypriot community because Turkish Cypriots had been given a larger share of governmental posts than the size of their population warranted. The disproportionate number of ministers and legislators assigned to the Turkish Cypriots meant that their representatives could veto budgets or legislation and prevent essential government operations from being carried out. Moreover, they complained that a Turkish Cypriot veto on the budget (in response to alleged failures to meet obligations to the Turkish Cypriots) made government immensely difficult. The Turkish Cypriots had also vetoed the amalgamation of Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot troops into the same units.The Turkish Cypriot community claimed that when they objected to the proposed amendments, they were forced out of their governmental offices by the Greek.Cypriots, with the support of Greek forces.Minutes before the Turkish troops landed on the island, the Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit declared: "We are going to Cyprus not for war, but to bring peace; and not only for the Turkish Cypriots, but also for the Greek Cypriots as well. We hope there will be no resistance to our forces."

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[MrCheer]

geçen tv de duydum,kıbrıs ta 40bin askerimiz varmış...çok amk..zaten şurası hemen burnunun dibi..koy 7 bin yeter..boşuna israf...

[AlperTolun]

Ottomans conquered the Cyprus from the Venetians or lets say today's Italy

[AlpaslanTheRegnum]

@Damili1127 greeks crushed the turks many times ? you moron, greeks have no such victory against turks in mankind history.

[wetkopat83]

K.K.T.C.



[spacetr]

Read William Shakespeare's OTHELLO. There si shows who the owner of Cyprus. Cyprus was a priate siland. After Turks got Cyprus from them , Ottomans set Rum and Turks to there. Cyprus never been a Greek land. Even in today there is no real Helens. Helens destroyed by Alexsander the Macedon, Roma,Turks, Mogols and even Nazi.Todays Greece Chroatians, Christian Turks,Laz, Arab,Bulgar etc. Todays Greece mixed and assimilated by Macedon,Romans,Turks. This is painfull maybe but truth!

[historadeunamor]

Great history lesson, OBJECTIVE History lesson to all those jerks below.. Great Job

[Damili1127]

turks always invade greece when greece is in a bad condition,1922,1953.1974 and ofcourse the conflict of 1996,but lets remember when th turks opposed a strong greece,1911,1912,1914,1919,gre­eks with much smaller army and economy crushed many times the turks

[Damili1127]

@burakislauw well italiasn were thinking like this too,they were beatten by some poor exhausted men that were fighting with rifles of 1880

[burakislauw]

The greek army was strong in the times of roman.

But now....:P

[bridetshirt]

I agree to all of your comments.....but a Zebra can never ever change its stripes. Turkey does have a strong military one of the top 10. But not to keep Greece from invading Turkey. Turkish army is strong because of their neighbours to the East.....Greece is a pieceful country with economic problems but we can defend ourselves from anyone. Turkey did take Cyprus quickly..the funny thing is it was the GREEK FARMERS and Cypriats that organized and stopped your mighty army lol..lol..lol