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Cyprus is one country with two major ethno-religious groups: Orthodox Greeks (Christians) and Sunni Turks (Muslims). They coexisted in a state of uneasy peace until Greeks from mainland Greece tried to perform Enosis (Annexation) of the island. The Turkish government used this as pretext to invade and militarily occupy the northern third of the island. Most Turkish Cypriots fled to the Turkish-occupied zone and most Greek Cypriots in the zone fled to independent Cyprus, making the island ethnically divided between Independent Cyprus and Occupied Cyprus (called by its supporters the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus).
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What are the two groups who struggled for power in the early republic?
Patricians and Plebeians
What 2 ethnic groups live on the island of Cyprus?
The two ethnic groups are Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. Two other ethnic groups are Armenians and Maronites
What two groups generally struggled for political control during the nineteenth century?
Federalists and anti Federalists.
What two groups generally struggled for political control during the early nineteenth century?
Federalists and anti Federalists.
Was independence fought for violently in Cyprus?
Cyprus was a former British colony. In 1960, its date of independence, proved to be a soon internal struggle between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. There was heavy violence between these two groups.
In the first half of the 1800s what 3 groups struggled to gain a political advantage in European societies?
In the first half of the 1800s, the 3 groups that struggled to gain a political advantage in European societies were Spain, France, and England.
What two European counties own half of Cyprus?
Cyprus is a free country!
What are the two main groups of people in Cyprus?
The majority of Cyprus is made of Greek Cypriots and a minority is made of Turkish Cypriots. There have also been an influx of forced migration from the Turkish mainland that has doubled the number of "Turkish Cypriots" even though these people have no Cypriot heritage and have been used in an attempt to change the population dynamics in Cyprus.
What groups of people in ancient Rome may have struggled over political power?
The patrician aristocracy and the plebeians, the commoners.
Why did Turkey invade Cyprus?
Cyprus had two ethnic groups, Greeks and Turks. As a condition to the independence of Cyprus from Britain in 1960; Greece, Turkey and Cyprus agreed to a power-sharing government in which the Minority Turks had less power in total, but slightly more power per person. Cyprus would be independent from Britain, Greece and Turkey. By 1974 the Turks and Greeks in Cyprus were no longer working together that well, and Greece was controlled by a military junta. Greece threatened to take complete control of Cyprus, and make it part of Greece, ignoring the views of the Turkish minority although at this point the Greek majority liked the idea.As a guarantor powers Turkey invaded Cyprus to bring peace, but because the Greeks still wanted to join Greece the Turkish in Cyprus created the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
What is the Cyprus flag?
The flag of Cyprus is very unusual in that it contains a map of the country. It is a copper coloured map of Cyprus on a white background with two olive branches underneath.
What is a two Cyprus shilling?
The Cyprus Two Shilling coin was only issued in 1947 and 1949 as was the Cyprus Shilling coin. The Shilling coin replaced the 9 Piastre coin and the Two Shilling coin replaced the 18 Piastre coin. Cyprus changed to a decimal currency in 1955. 50 Mils to the Shilling and 1,000 Mils to the Pound.
