"Cyprus Issue Chronology
1877-1878 � Cyprus enters the British domination after the Ottoman-Russian War with Cyprus Agreement. According to the Aggrement Britains says if Russia would return back Kars and its surrounding that it helds Britain would immediately evacuate the island, and would nullify the Agrement signed on 4th June, 1878. However the British never do not keep their promise and keep the island under their domination.
1914 - Cyprus annexed illegally by Britain, after more than 300 years of Ottoman rule. Ottoman Government did not recognize the annexation.
1925 - Becomes crown colony.
1955 - Greek Cypriots begin guerrilla war against British rule. The guerrilla movement, the National Organization of Cypriot Combatants (EOKA), wants enosis (unification) with Greece. Many Turkish families became target for the EOKA. The Greek armed groups killed many Turkish civilians."
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