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May 14, 2018 · From the beginning, Cyprus’ independence was a thorny issue due to its ethnic composition that includes Turks and Greeks. The London and Zurich Agreements developed a constitution for an independent Cyprus after the February 19, 1959 agreement between the UK, Turkey, and Greece.
- Mark Owuor Otieno
At the beginning of the 4th century BC, Euagoras I, King of Salamis, took control of the whole island and tried to gain independence from Persia. Another uprising took place in 350 but was crushed by Artaxerxes in 344.
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Jul 20, 2014 · Cyprus was given independence in 1960 on the basis of a power-sharing agreement negotiated by Greece and Turkey, which installed Makarios as president and a Turkish-Cypriot as vice president....
Dec 17, 2021 · A former British colony, Cyprus became independent in 1960 following years of resistance to British rule. Tensions between the Greek Cypriot majority and Turkish Cypriot minority communities came to a head in December 1963, when violence broke out in the capital of Nicosia.
Sep 11, 2008 · 1960 – Britain grants independence to Cyprus under power-sharing constitution between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. Archbishop Makarios becomes first post- independence president.
On 15 July 1974, Archbishop Makarios, who had been elected president after Independence, was overthrown by a coup d’état encouraged by the Colonels’ regime in Athens. On 20 July, Turkey sent troops to the island and took control of the northern region, which was now cut off from the southern region by the “Green Line”.
Jan 16, 2002 · When did Cyprus gain independence? In 1960, after a bloody four-year campaign marked by violence between pro-enosis Greek Cypriots and pro-partition Turkish Cypriots.
