Monday, October 27, 2014

Why do Greek Cypriots call Turkey the aggressor? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Why do Greek Cypriots call Turkey the aggressor?

Since the 1950s, there has been bad blood between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus. Turkey intervened in 1974 after a coup staged by supporters of union with Greece; the conflict has been frozen since then. Greek Cyprus joined the European Union in May 2004, only a week after the Greek Cypriot population by a decisive majority voted down the UN plan for the reunification of the island, adding to the complication of the conflict. EU-member Greek Cyprus has strengthened its international position at the cost of Turkish Cypriots.

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