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Sridharan, Soujanya. “Why Do Turkey and Cyprus Not Get along?” The Hindu, 25 Apr. 2017, https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/why-do-turkey-and-cyprus-not-get-along/article18208746.ece/amp/.

“The Turkish Invasion of Cyprus 1974.” Imperial War Museums, https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188113.

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In response to this, Turkey invaded the Northern part of Cyprus. Therefore establishing the TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). This invasion displaced over 1,60.000 Greek Cypriots.

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Their suspicions only increased after the the coup of 1974 which was supported by the military junta of Greece. Who ended up deposing of the Makarios administration.

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Turkeys suspicions grew and grew over the land control that the Greeks had over Cyprus.

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What President Makarios proposed to the Turkish population was viewed as assault on them, and they were not happy. Internal conflicts were brewing even though they had just gained sovereignty.

The Turkish ended up creating a parallel administration in the North.

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After gaining independence from the British, Archbishop Makarios became president of Cyprus. He then ensued a 70-30 split between Turkey and Cyprus.

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April 11, 2017 photo, a woman is seen through a military battle position from a wall at the U.N. buffer zone in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus.

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“What ensued was a war-like situation, assuaged by the London-Zurich Agreement which saw Cyprus attain independence.” (Sridharan 1)

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The Cypriot Greeks favoured joining Greeks union, so what did the Turkish population want?  

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The Cypriot Greeks favoured joining Greeks union, so what did the Turkish population want?  

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The Turkish population was in favor of the partition of the island of Cyprus between Turkey and Greece.

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Why did Britain have control over Cyprus in the first place? 

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Why did Britain have control over Cyprus in the first place? 

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During the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire handed over Cyprus to Britain, in exchange for military assistance against the Russians.

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In 1955, the struggle for enosis started. It was led by Archbishop Makarios of the Cypriot Orthodox church and  Colonel George Grivas, Head of Ethniki Organosis Kuprion Agoniston  National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA). Their goal was to “achieve Enosis by attacking government and military installations and personnel and by mobilising the civilian population to demonstrate against the British presence.” (IWM, 1)

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The union of Greece was known as Enosis, and it was led by Archbishop Makarios.

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From the late 1800s, the mediterranean island of Cyprus was under British control. With a population of Turkish Cypriots and Greeks, the majority of Greeks wished against Britain’s control over their island, and instead wanted Cyprus to join union with Greece.

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What caused the division between the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots? 

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What caused the division between the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots? 

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By Polina Ionova