The aspirations of the Greek Cypriots, for…
February 1959 CE
Cyprus will not be united with Greece, as most of the population had hoped, but neither will it be partitioned, which many had feared.
The unsatisfactory but acceptable alternative is independence.
The Turkish Cypriot community, which had fared very well at the bargaining table, accepts the agreements willingly.
The provisions of the constitution and the new republic's territorial integrity are ensured by Britain, Greece, and Turkey under the Treaty of Guarantee.
The Treaty of Alliance gives Greece and Turkey the rights to station military forces on the island (nine hundred and fifty and six hundred and fifty men, respectively).
These forces are to be separate from Cypriot national forces, numbering two thousand men in a six-to-four ratio of Greek Cypriots to Turkish Cypriots.
Groups
Christians, Eastern Orthodox
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Turkish people
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Greeks (Modern)
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Greece, Kingdom of
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Turkey, Republic of
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Cyprus, British Crown Colony of
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
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United Nations, The (U.N.)
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
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EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston, or Greek National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters)
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