Turkish invasion of Cyprus - Wikipedia
WEBOn 5 November 1914, in response to the Ottoman Empire's entry into the First World War on the side of the Central Powers, the United Kingdom formally declared Cyprus (together with Egypt and Sudan) a protectorate of the British Empire [50] and later a Crown colony, known as British Cyprus.
Cyprus problem - Wikipedia
WEBThe Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot community which runs the Republic of Cyprus (de facto only comprising the south of the island since the 1974 coup d'etat and the following invasion) and the Turkish Cypriot community in the ...
Remnants of lives interrupted by war half a century ago captured …
WEBJul 20, 2024 · Fifty years after war cleaved Cyprus along ethnic lines, re-emergent tensions along a 180 km-long United Nations controlled buffer zone separating breakaway Turkish Cypriots from Greek Cypriots in an internationally recognized south have revived concerns that this “frozen” conflict could become another source of instability in an already ...
Cyprus conflict: Key issues on 50th anniversary of Turkish invasion
WEBJul 18, 2024 · The Cyprus crisis caused the collapse of Greece's seven-year military dictatorship. Constitutional order was swiftly restored on Cyprus, but Turkey never withdrew.
Cyprus marks 50 years of division with Greeks grieving, Turks ...
WEBJul 20, 2024 · Air raid sirens wailed across Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia at dawn on Saturday as Greek Cypriots mourned, and Turkish Cypriots celebrated, 50 years since Turkey invaded part of the island in...
In ethnically split Cyprus, buffer zone tensions persist after …
WEBMar 4, 2024 · The head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in ethnically divided Cyprus says more than five decades on, tensions persist along a 180-kilometer (120 mile) buffer zone that separates breakaway Turkish Cypriots from Greek Cypriots in island’s internationally recognized south.
Cyprus - Mediterranean, Conflict, Independence | Britannica
WEB3 days ago · 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 …
Cyprus: Why One of the World’s Most Intractable Conflicts …
WEBNov 8, 2016 · As Cyprus slid toward war, the United States and Britain feared that the conflict could open the door to Soviet dominance in the eastern Mediterranean. Archbishop Makarios, the longtime Greek...
Official says the UN remains committed to helping reach a deal …
WEBA senior United Nations official says the U.N. chief is paying very close attention to the situation on war-divided Cyprus and will use all means at his disposal to help reach an agreement to heal the Mediterranean island nation’s ethnic split.
Standoff Between Greece And Turkey Over Cyprus Remains In …
WEBApr 29, 2021 · U.N. efforts to start talks over the divided island of Cyprus failed for now — leaving the long standoff between Greeks and Turks in place.