The atmosphere on Cyprus is tense. Serious…

1963 CE

The atmosphere on Cyprus is tense.

Serious violence erupts in Nicosia on December 21 , 1963, when a Greek Cypriot police patrol, ostensibly checking identification documents, stops a Turkish Cypriot couple on the edge of the Turkish quarter.

A hostile crowd gathers, shots are fired, and two Turkish Cypriots are killed.

As the news spreads, members of the underground organizations began firing and taking hostages.

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Nicosia > Levkosía Nicosia Cyprus View →

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Fazıl Küçük View → Makarios III View →

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Turkish people View → Greeks (Modern) View → Greece, Kingdom of View → Turkey, Republic of View → Cyprus, Republic of View →

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Cypriot War of 1963-64, Greek-Turkish View →

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

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