Cyprus Gains Independence
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution, Geography
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Human Rights
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: Cyprus
- Date: August 16, 1960
Article abstract: Following a bloody four-year guerrilla war against British colonial rule, Cyprus became an independent state for the first time in its long, turbulent history.
Summary of Event
Cyprus was colonized by the Greeks during the second millennium b.c.e. The Turks settled on the island during Ottoman rule, which lasted from 1571 to 1878. By the time Great Britain took control in 1878, the Cypriot society’s biethnic character had been formed and consolidated. In 1960, when Cyprus became independent from British colonial rule, its population...
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