Cyprus, according to constitutional arrangements, is to…

February 1959 CE

Cyprus, according to constitutional arrangements, is to become an independent republic with a Greek Cypriot president and a Turkish Cypriot vice president; a council of ministers with a ratio of seven Greeks to three Turks and a House of Representatives of fifty members, also with a seven-to-three ratio, are to be separately elected by communal balloting on a universal suffrage basis.

The judicial system will be headed by a Supreme Constitutional Court, composed of one Greek Cypriot and one Turkish Cypriot and presided over by a contracted judge from a neutral country.

In addition, separate Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot Communal Chambers are provided to exercise control in matters of religion, culture, and education.

The entire structure of government is strongly bicommunal in composition and function, and
thus perpetuates the distinctiveness and separation of the two communities.

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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 →

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