Cypriot intercommunal violence
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Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These included the Cyprus Emergency of 1955–59 during British rule, the post-independence Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, and the Cyprus crisis of 1967. Hostilities culminated in the 1974 de facto division of the island along the Green Line following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The region has been relatively peaceful since then, but the Cyprus dispute has continued, with various attempts to solve it diplomatically having been generally unsuccessful.
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Part of Cyprus problem | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Pro-enosis militias Supported by:Greece |
Pro-taksim militias Supported by:Turkey | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Georgios Grivas Nikos Sampson |
Rauf Denktaş Daniş Karabelen |