Divisions and Conflicts Between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus

Greek coup d'etat In 1971, Makarios became a problem. Greece tried to release him from power, but his reputation in Cyprus was too strong. On July 15, 1974, the coup d'état led by Nicos Sampson was also known as "Turkish hammer". He overturned Makarios and eventually escaped from the island through the base of England (Ince, 1974 Greek coup and Turkish intervention, 2013). The Greek forces asked him to hold this successful coup d'et (Foreign Ministry, 2006).

In 1960, Cyprus became independent from the UK (it became a royal colony from 1925) and became the Republic of Cyprus. The long-standing conflict between the majority of Greek Cyprus in 1974 and the minority of Cyprus in Turkey and the invasion of the islands by the Turkish army, despite the division of internationally unrecognized islands, created reality, It led to the establishment in 1975. The fact that the country of Cyprus in Turkey is in the northern part of the country is one third. Turkey The Cyprus state unilaterally declared independence in 1983 and adopted the name of the Republic of Turkey in North Cyprus. Its independence is recognized only by Turkey

The conflict between Cyprus in Greece and Cyprus in Turkey resulted from ethnic confrontation promoted during British colonial rule. During this period, Turkey and Greeks often confront as island control. For example, when Greece Cyprus promoted autonomy, the UK recommended to actively oppose Turkish Cyprus. When Britain retreated from Cyprus in 1960, they helped resolve the deep differences between the Greek and Turkish populations. This new independent state, governed by Greeks and Turks, soon caught up in ethnic conflict. Greek Cyprus hopes that the entire island will be part of Greece and Cyprus in Turkey wants the northern part of the island to be an independent Turkish state. Thus hostility among the two groups expanded to violent points.

Cyprus independence from Britain in 1960. Although the Constitution guarantees a certain degree of power sharing between the majority of Greece Cyprus and the minority of Cyprus in Turkey, in 1974, the final result of the occupation of Turkey, which contradicts Greek and Turkish government support, respectively 40% in the north and the east of the northern part of the country In 1983, the Turkey control district declared "Republic of Cyprus northern Turkey". So far only Turkey has approved the Cyprus Republic in northern Turkey, but all other governments and the United Nations have approved only the government of the Republic of Cyprus throughout the island. The United Nations operates a narrow buffer zone between the Peacekeeping Army and the two Cypriot people. Fortunately, both sides (now the European Union's participation is on the rise) are gradually moving toward a certain degree of unity, so open hostility has been missing for a while.