Cyprus Emergency
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cyprus-emergency-204-8992149
title:
Cyprus Emergency
text:
The Cyprus Emergency was a conflict fought in British Cyprus between April 1955 and March 1959.
The National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA), a Greek Cypriot right-wing nationalist guerrilla organisation, began an armed campaign in support of the end of British colonial rule and the unification of Cyprus and Greece (Enosis) in 1955. Opposition to Enosis from Turkish Cypriots led to the formation of the Turkish Resistance Organisation (TMT) in support of the partition of Cyprus. The Cypru
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1955–1959 military conflict in Cyprus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus_Emergency
date created:
2007-09-03T13:59:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T11:51:06Z
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