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British Cyprus (1914–60) Cyprus was part of the British Empire under military occupation from 1914 to 1925 and a Crown colony from 1925 to 1960. Cyprus' status as a protectorate of the British Empire ended in 1914 when the Ottoman Empire declared war against the Triple Entente powers, which included Great Britain.
The Union of Cyprus Municipalities was establiched in 1981. Even though membership is voluntary, at present all municipalities (33), accounting for 65 per cent of the population of Cyprus, are represented.
Cyprus's geographic position has caused Cyprus to be influenced by differing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations over the millennia. Periods of Cyprus's history from 1050 BC have been named according to styles of pottery found as follows: [1] Cypro-Geometric I: 1050–950 BC. Cypro-Geometric II: 950–900 BC.
Republic of Cyprus in 1963, only three years after its inception. The municipal issue was therefore more than just an aspect of the Cyprus dispute. It became a "microcosm of the wider conflict', as Robert Holland rightly puts it in the foreword to the book, encapsulating the essence of the Cyprus dispute and mirroring the
4 days ago · In 1960 Cyprus became independent of Britain (it had been a crown colony since 1925) as the Republic of Cyprus.
Cyprus - Mediterranean, Conflict, Independence: Tools and other artifacts provide the earliest evidence of human activity on Cyprus; artifacts and burned animal bones found at Aetokremnos on the southern coast have been dated to about 12,000 years ago. Whether these finds indicate a permanent human occupation of the island or intermittent visits by seafaring hunter-gatherers remains a source ...
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The establishment and operation of municipalities in Cyprus is governed by the Municipal Law, approved in October 1985 (N. 111/85) to replace existing legislation. The Law provided for the establishment of new municipalities.
