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Cyprus: An island divided | Cyprus | Al Jazeera

Cyprus: An island divided
For more than 40 years, Cyprus has been a divided island amid fruitless reunification talks.

Yarno Ritzen | 16 Feb 2017 21:09 GMT | Politics, Cyprus
Ever since Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960, tension has boiled between Turkish and Greek populations on the Mediterranean island.

Violent clashes between the two groups peaked in 1964 during the battle of Tylliria when Greek forces stormed the Turkish enclave of Kokkina.

Clashes led to a divided country in 1974.

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