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Cyprus gained independence from Turkey in 1878, when the island was transferred fromthe Ottoman Empire to the British one by treaty. However, it continued to be an occupied colony until achieving independence from Britain in 1960.
Cyprus was officially colonized by the British in 1878, when the island was ceded to Britain by the Ottoman Empire under a secret agreement. However, it was formally annexed by the British in 1914 during World War I. Cyprus remained a British colony until it gained independence in 1960.
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Cyprus was leased from the Ottoman Turks in 1878 where it had previously been part of the Ottoman Empire since 1571 by Britain for aiding Turks against the Russians. Britain annexed Cyprus in 1914 until independence in 1960.
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