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  1. May 22, 2024 · Government type. Republic of Cyprus - presidential republic; self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC) - parliamentary republic with enhanced presidency note: a separation of the two main ethnic communities inhabiting the island began following the outbreak of communal strife in 1963; this separation was further solidified when a Greek military-junta-supported coup attempt ...

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  2. 1 day ago · There were massacres throughout 1920–23, the period of the Turkish War of Independence, especially of Armenians in the East and the South, and against the Greeks in the Black Sea Region. Ultimately, by 1922, the majority of Ottoman Greeks of Anatolia had either become refugees or had died. Greeks suffered in the Turkish labor battalions.

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  4. 4 days ago · Cyprus became a British protectorate in 1912 and later a crown colony in 1922. While the island gained its independence in 1960, the UK maintained control over its military territories as part of the independence agreement. Today, the two UK Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) occupy nearly three percent of Cyprus. Is Cyprus Greek or Turkish?

  5. May 11, 2024 · The Turkish Cypriots are mainly Muslims, and the Greek Cypriots are mainly adherents of the Greek Orthodox Church. When did Cyprus gain independence from the United Kingdom? Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom on August 16, 1960. Who led the anti-British campaign in Cyprus?

  6. May 19, 2024 · Georgios Grivas (born May 23, 1898, Trikomo, Cyprus—died Jan. 27, 1974, Limassol) was a Cypriot patriot who helped bring Cyprus independence in 1960. His goal was enosis (union) with Greece, and in this he failed; indeed, he was a fugitive at the time of his death. Grivas organized EOKA (Ethnikí Orgánosis Kipriakoú Agónos, the “National ...

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  7. May 11, 2024 · The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) unilaterally declared independence in 1983, although it is only recognized by Turkey. The international community considers the TRNC’s territory as the Turkish-occupied territory of the Republic of Cyprus.

  8. 3 days ago · During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768 to 1774, responding to Admiral Alexei Orlov's Russian naval First Archipelago Expedition operating in the Mediterranean, local Lebanese authorities briefly attempted to place themselves under Russian protection.

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