Republic of Cyprus
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Is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It gained indipendence from the United Kingdom in 1960. The northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 1974.
Establishment
August 1960: Following the London and Zurich Agreements of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became an independent republic.
Chronology
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Was the Turkish invasion of Cyprus that resulted in the formation of the Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration in the northern portion of the island. The invasion immediate cuase was the Greek junta-sponsored Cypriot coup d'état that happened in a period of intercommunal violence between Greek and Turkish Cypriots.
1.1.First Turkish Invasion
Was the first phase of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
July 1974: Battle of Pentemili beachhead.
July 1974: The last defences at Kyrenia collapsed. Greek Cypriot forces, trapped in the castle, managed to escape out of the city.
July 1974: The forces of a Turkish Commando arrived at Nicosia Airport just in time to mount a defence, via old city buses. They assumed fighting positions in and around the main terminal building, as a convoy of Turkish vehicles arrived at the north end of the airport, about 500 metres from the defenders.
July 1974: The village of St Ermolaos was briefly recaptured by Cypriot National Guard forces led by General George Grivas in 1974 during the Turkish military occupation of Cyprus. This event was part of the ongoing conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots on the island.
July 1974: Cypriot National Guard forces retreat from St Ermolaos.
August 1974: Turkish forces occupied Lapithos after two days of resistance.
1.2.Second Turkish Invasion
Was the second phase of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
August 1974: Morphou and Lefka both fall to Turkish forces.
August 1974: The last defences at Famagusta (Varosha) collapsed, and Greek Cypriot forces, led by General George Grivas, withdrew to Larnaca. The city was then occupied by Turkish forces during the Cyprus conflict in 1974.
August 1974: Turkish forces advance as far as the "Green line", a predetermined territorial occupation by which time, 37% of the island is now under Turkish control.
August 1974: The United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus is a demilitarized zone, patrolled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), that was established in 1964 and extended in 1974 after the ceasefire of 16 August 1974.
