It will later be learned that the…

September 1955 CE

It will later be learned that the bombing had been carried out by a Turk, and that the riots had been prearranged by the government of Turkey to bring pressure on the Greeks and to show the world that Turks were keenly interested in Cyprus.

The Turkish riots get so out of hand and destroy so much Greek property in Turkey that Premier Adrian Menderes calls out the army and declares martial law.

Greece reacts by withdrawing its representatives from the NATO headquarters in Turkey, and relations between the two NATO partners become quite strained.

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Estambul > Istanbul Istanbul Turkey View →

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Adnan Menderes View → Georgios Grivas View → Makarios III View →

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Christians, Eastern Orthodox View → Turkish people View → Greeks (Modern) View → Greece, Kingdom of View → Turkey, Republic of View → Cyprus, British Crown Colony of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → United Nations, The (U.N.) View → NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) View → EOKA (Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston, or Greek National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters) View →

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"Enosis" Campaign in Cyprus View → Cyprus Emergency View → Istanbul pogrom View →

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Mayhem View → Government View → Custom and Law View → political movement View →

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