{"id":1322,"date":"2008-07-28T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2014-01-01T19:58:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T17:58:23","slug":"cyprus-a-divided-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2008\/07\/28\/cyprus-a-divided-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus – A divided island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1960<\/strong> – Britain grants independence to Cyprus under power-sharing constitution between Turkish and Greek Cypriots. Archbishop Makarios becomes first post- independence president.<\/p>\n

Treaty of Guarantee allows Greece, Turkey and Britain to intervene in disputes. Britain has sovereignty of two bases on the island.<\/p>\n

1963 <\/strong>– Makarios worries Turks by proposing constitutional changes which would abolish power-sharing agreements.<\/p>\n

1964<\/strong> – Power sharing crumbles amid fighting between paramilitary factions. United Nations sends peacekeeping force to help British troops patrolling the “Green Line” set up to divide the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sectors of Nicosia, the capital.<\/p>\n

1967<\/strong> – Military\u00a0government seizes power in Greece, relations between Makarios and\u00a0the generals in\u00a0Athens are\u00a0increasingly strained.<\/p>\n

1974<\/strong> – Military\u00a0government in Greece\u00a0backs coup\u00a0against Makarious, seeking to unify Cyprus with Greece.<\/p>\n

Makarios\u00a0flees and five days later Turkish troops land in the north to protect Turkish Cypriot community.<\/p>\n

The coup quickly ends and Greece’s military government collapses. Turkish forces occupy\u00a0one third of the island and it effectively becomes partitioned.<\/p>\n

1975<\/strong> – Turkish Cypriots establish independent administration with Rauf Denktash becoming president.<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong> – UN-sponsored peace talks resume.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong> – Turkish Cypriots proclaim independence as Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus – but it is only recognised by Turkey.<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong> – No agreement at talks between Denktash and Spyros Kyprianou, the\u00a0Greek Cypriot\u00a0president.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong> – Glafcos Clerides becomes Greek Cypriot\u00a0president.<\/p>\n

1997<\/strong> – UN-hosted talks between Denktask and Clerides fail.<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong> – Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, presents a comprehensive peace plan involving a federation of two parts, with a rotating presidency.<\/p>\n

2003<\/strong> – Turkish and Greek Cypriots cross “Green Line” for first time in 30 years after Turkish side eases border restrictions.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong> –\u00a0In referendums, Turkish Cypriots accept UN power-sharing plan but Greek Cypriots reject it. Cyprus joins the European Union, still partitioned.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> – Greek Cypriots endorse ruling coalition in elections,\u00a0reaffirming opposition to reunification.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> – Turkey’s EU entry negotitations break down over\u00a0Turkey’s continued resistance to opening its ports to traffic from Cyprus.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong> – Communist party quits Cyprus’ governing coalition.<\/p>\n

2008<\/p>\n

February<\/strong> – Communist party leader Demetris Christofias wins Cyprus’\u00a0presidential election and agrees to immediately reive reunification efforts.<\/p>\n

March<\/strong> – Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, the\u00a0Turkish Cypriot leader,\u00a0agree to reopen the symbolic Ledra Street crossing in Nicosia.<\/p>\n

April<\/strong> – Ledra Street is opened for first time since 1964.<\/p>\n

July<\/strong> – Christofias and Talat\u00a0agree enter direct peace negotiations on September 3,\u00a0with a solution to be put to simultaneous referendums.<\/p>\n

Source: Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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