Why Is Cyprus Independent? | The Greek and Turkish Cypriots
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- Опубліковано 29 лис 2020
- Why is the island of Cyprus not a part of Greece or Turkey?
For millennia, Cyprus was inhabited solely by Greek-speakers, but in the 16th century it was conquered by the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and over the next few hundred years, thousands of Turks migrated there. By the late 20th century, both Greece and Turkey had their own ideas about what ought to happen on Cyprus, with the Greeks seeking "Enosis" or union, and the Turks, "Taksim" meaning division. Ultimately though, Cyprus became an independent state free from both countries in 1960, but it also ended up dividing anyway 14 years later.
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Two community did actually live in peace before 1940-50s. Everything started of with the 'ENOSIS' idea, regardless turkey and US had a secret plan or not. Whoever started this ENOSIS idea, they simply did not want to share the island. All the following was complete reckless ideas; i) ENOSIS, ii) the way the British empire controlled the situation and, iii) turkey invasion. Whether all this was avoidable? THERE WAS NOT EVEN A SINGLE PERSON WITH THE QUALITIES TO AVOID THIS. Lots of innocent people (cy turkish, cy greek, british) lost their lives. Survivors had to start from scratch. Who is suffering now?
@@mertturk2685 Makarios was the only person that tried to avoid it. He knew what was happening hence the attempted assassination. How could he be communist and support the junta at the same time. A complete lie.
Cyprus is a greek island. Makarios didn't make illegally the 13 reformations . It was a little "window" in law that he used it ( the unhindered function of the state, that was obstructed by the Turkish vice presidency. Turkish vice President was clearly following the orders of Ankara to dynamite the political situation in Cyprus. The constitution was unfair. It would be the first time that a minority had the same rights with the majority.( except Yugoslavia, that there was s plurality (Serbs) not majority.). The only solution for Cyprus is the union with Greece ( the Turkish minority will have a special status of self-government and relationship with Turkey)
@@alexparos2153 All of ur statements are wrong, why would vice president Kucuk accept the Makarios the third 1"3 reformation" as the this reformation removes some of the right of the turkish minority. also most acceptable resolution for the island now is united federation between two comunities of island. I dont think the current G.cypriot want anymore enosis. BTW are u G.cypriot or greek?
@@valonreijk7393 I AM GREEK and the minority cannot control the majority. One person, one vote this is democracy! Makarios behaved to the Ankara provocateurs as they deserve. The Turkish community never reacted to the British control, and after the Greek revolutionary movement they talked about their rights! THIS IS COMPLEX! You don't deserve to control Cyprus and you know yourself that the day that the turkish occupation will be over is near
Great Video. Its very hard saying and describing things the way they were and are, telling the necessary truths and using the correct words throughout and I think you did a hell of a job in doing so. All the best, keep up the excellent good work with all your videos!
Hey, thanks! Comments like this one keep me going!
Maybe you aren't aware of the real part UK and USA took in this situation. Of course Greeks and Turks started fighting against each other at a certain point, after British themselves ignited inexistant fights. As for the USA, they manipulated the Greek Junta in order to do a coup d'état at Makarios. Turkey of course wanted the island too, so the rest is history.
P.S the british bases should be removed as in the Mauritius case
The number one part to blame is Turkey. Of course UK and USA "pulled the strings" in their favor. Turkey's entire history is marked by endless aggression, invasion, slaughtering and genociding of the indigenous people and usurping of their lands
Α quick yet thorough and balanced analysis of a rather messy state of affairs. Well done!
And Blank false empty information or disinformation.
@@mczaga relax mongol turk
100th. Great video, I'm loving your Greek history videos
Awesome! Thank you!
@@LookBackHistory I just finished watching all your videos and subscribed. I love your channel.
Btw this is the personal account of Micahistory 2, if you could check it out, I would really appreciate it.
Great video. Well done.
Great video 😃
Your maps really remind me of history matter's maps
Good Video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Good video, thank you.
Appreciate your Comment, for further gudiance,.
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I like the video, Thank you !
Glad you liked it!
Excellent presentation. I have to say this is one if not the only video that is not biased and mentioned the situation of the time, the cold war I mean and Britain's interests. I study the matter extensively. The modern history of this island will forever be unclear.
u deserve more subs
you forgot to mention the most important thing,the tactic of britain at almost all of her colonies.With the treaty of Lausane Turkey gave up any rights on the island,but when britain saw that they cant control the desire of cypriot people to join Greece they put Turkey in the game to turn against greek population on the island. They did the same with India and Pakistan
Your knowledge of recent history of Cyprus is very limited
@@frankiegregoriou4604 ότι πεις μεγάλε βρήκες άνθρωπο να την πεις, που διαβάζω ιστορικά γεγονότα εδώ και 20 χρόνια
@@takitsan79 egw 45 xronia, nomizis oti gnwrizis pio polla istorika themata gia thn kypro ?
@@frankiegregoriou4604 είναι ψέματα ότι η Τουρκία είχε παραιτηθεί από κάθε δικαιώμα πάνω στην Κύπρο με την συνθήκη της λωζανης? Είναι ψέματα ότι οι Άγγλοι τους έβαλαν στο παιχνίδι επειδή δεν μπορούσαν να κουμανταρουν την ΕΟΚΑ? Είναι ψέματα ότι οι Αμερικανοί έβαλαν τον ιωαννιδη να κάνει πραξικόπημα για να εισβάλουν οι Τούρκοι? Μπορεί να μην κατοικώ στην Κύπρο αλλά μην μου λες εξυπνάδες ότι δεν ξέρω από ιστορικά γεγονότα τα διδασκόμαστε και την Ελλάδα ξέρεις όχι μόνο στην Κύπρο
@@takitsan79 xeris gia tes synantisis Harting, Makariou to 1955 1956,kai ti eipothike, ti xeris gia thn symfonia Londinou Zyrixis?
Hey man your channel is informative and the contents were delivered interestingly. Hope u get more views and subs!
I appreciate that. And I hope you're right!
Always wondered about this one... and still a hot topic as I can see from the comments. As always, love the way you condense history into edible nuggets.
Yeah... some of those comments...
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Something worth mentioning, most of the so called "Turkish Cypriots" are islamized Greek Cypriots ( see DNA research done by Cyprus University and North Cyprus University). The Ottomans being islamists had this method of forcing people in occupied areas to either change their mother-language to Turkish or change their religion to Islam so that they would enjoy the benefits that come along with it including relief from taxes. This method was applied all over the occupied lands and not only in Cyprus.
Exactly. The original Turks were Chinese in appearance. Most of the Turkish population is made up of conquered Greeks. I think this is why Turkish food and music is so similar to Greek. They also drink alcohol which is very unusual for a Muslim country.
Sounds like whining to me.
Most Turkish Cypriots today are actually Anatolian Turks, the Turks present on the island before the 1974 invasion were Islamized Greeks.
@@SavvaSou You are right to a point in 1571 when the ottomans came around 20 to 30k turks also settled in cyprus.The rest were Greek converts to Islam to avoid the non Muslim taxes. Also a huge amount of the mainland Turks have Greek DNA read somewhere that government discourage using one or two of the dna companies as too many Turks were realising they are in fact more Greek..My dna first came out as 51% greek/italian the rest middle east and europe.Then an update made me 70 % Cypriot looks like we now have our own classification lol
@@johnchrys5716 TURKS did have greek DNA but ANATOLIAN DNA like TROJAN are HITTITE
Bruh, you deserve way more subs
Comrade
Yes Comrade
nice video, small correction though. Makarios did not participate in the 59' Zurich negotiations. The Greek side presented the agreement to him in London as a take-it-or-leave-it deal
Nice effort to analyze this perplexed matter. Although people should know that from 1960, when the treaty of guarantee was signed, until 1974, when the coup happened, there was a lot happening in between.
Such as?
@@peterkyriopoulos2684 The Bloody Christmas?
You are missing Hatay province on the Turkey map.
Also, could you talk of the current french overseas (the last few bits of the french colonial empire)? Since i live in one of those territory, i would like to see something who talk about it, especially since there is a "peticular" relation with the descendants of slave owner, who consider themselves as a sort of aristocracy.
@@kostas0352 there is also Martinique and Guadeloupe.
We are small, yes, but still there.
@@kostas0352 Martinique is more small thought.
And Aland isn't french, so, eh.
@@fandemusique4693 also Reunion, Mayotte, New Caledonia (for now), St. Pierre et Miquelon and lots of uninhabited islands in the southern Indian Ocean (some contested by Madagascar, Comores and/or Mauritius)
Thanks for accurately explaining history without taking sides. 🇹🇷🇨🇾🇨🇾🇬🇷
Greetings from The Ionian Islands 🇬🇷✌️🇬🇧 I love your videos and the UK 🙏📚
Hello there! That's awesome, thank you. I hope you keep enjoying them!
Interesting
Thank you for your Hellenic video.s A very dangerous and interesting subject. Non off us is about to speak of it. Thank you for speaking out about things we are not supposed to speak off.
No mention of Kissinger and American interest, as well as British in the division?
Indeed! These are well known facts...if not the most important of the whole story
@@DimaKats2 τι εννοείς; Σε μια φράση ή δύο;
@@spartanwanderer8049 μια πλήρως ανεξάρτητη Κύπρος ή πλήρως ενωμένη με την υπόλοιπη Ελλάδα δεν συνέφερε τους Άγγλους και τους Αμερικάνους, οι οποίοι έχουν συμφέροντα στη μέση Ανατολή. Χρειάζονταν βάσεις στο νησί καθώς επίσης να σιγουρέψουν ότι δεν θα έπεφτε το νησί υπό ρωσική επιρροή
..hullo , . well , ..someone wrote he's point of view , .. mentioned about those you wrote here ..!
..well , whatever Turkey, through the Turkish cypriots never manage to develop ! .
it's TAKSIM/ DIVIDED plans .from 1963-1967..
..we had GREECE , playing Dirty games against US Greek cypriots .form 1971-1974..,!
.following instructions from.. Americans/ kissinger ,...NATO ..and ENGLAND ( that nation was/ is behind EVERYTHING ! ..
Playing with our "expectations".. and with the coup against our loyal goverment on july 74 , gave the legal rights to Turkey , only 5 days kater to put a step on the island .and after a SET UP , war for US CYPRIOTS to loose it , to steal almost the half of the island..
Bravo for the true🙏😇
Great video! I just have a small, insignificant correction: the map of turkey isnt fully correct. it did not include the province of hatay which has been a part of turkey since 1939. Anyways the video/information is still great! Hope your channel gets bigger :)
Lobe the animation
Thanks!
Για σας, εγώ είμαι ελληνο-κυπριος και θα ήθελα να προσθεσω μερικές λεπτομέρειες για τα δεδομένα στη Κύπρο.
Ως κύπριος θα ήθελα να αναφέρω ότι στο 40 τις εκατό των κυπριων έχουν ρίζες από τα κατεχόμενα δηλαδή από την κατεχόμενη Κύπρο (βόρεια Κύπρο) έτσι κάνει το θέμα προσωπικό γιατί δεν είναι λίγες οι ιστορίες που μεταφέρονται από γενιά σε γενιά για την εισβολή του 1974. ιστορίες οι οποίες μιλούν για αγνοούμενους για τούρκους στρατιώτες που βίαζαν μητέρες αδερφές και παιδιά, για τούρκους στρατιώτες που εκτελούσαν άμαχο πληθυσμό. Πώς θα νιώθατε αν σας έδιωχναν από το σπίτι σας και το τόπο τον οποίο μεγαλωσατε και δεν μπορείτε να πάτε πίσω επειδή κατοικούν άλλοι, πως ο πατέρας ή αδερφός σας είναι αγνοούμενοι και δεν μπορείτε να βρείτε τα κόκαλά τους επειδή η κατοχική χώρα δεν ενδιαφέρεται να δώσει πληροφορίες?, πώς θα νιώθατε αν γνωρίζετε ότι η μητέρα σας ή αδερφή σας είχε βιαστεί από στρατιώτες σε περίοδο πολέμου? Έτσι νιώθουν όλοι οι Κύπριοι. Είναι ένα συναίσθημα το οποίο μεταφέρεται από γενιά σε γενιά και το οποίο σιγοβράζει μέσα μας....
Να αναφέρω επίσης ότι οι περισσότεροι Κύπριοι βλέπουμε τη Κύπρο ως ένα ακόμα νησί της Ελλάδας!
Το θέμα με τη Τουρκία είναι ότι υπάρχει μια δικτατορία στη χώρα αυτή στην οποία η κυβέρνηση ενημερώνει τον λαό της μόνο με τις πληροφορίες τις οποίες θέλει να ξέρουν. Δηλαδή παραπληροφορεί το λαό της έτσι ώστε να τους κρατά εθνικιστές και μακριά από την αλήθεια.
Ο Νοών Νοείτω
For English speakers please translate!
Όλος ο ελληνισμός θύμαται και τιμά τους ήρωες του '74 τους φαντάρους της ΕΛΔΥΚ όπως αντίστοιχα και της κυπριακής εθνοφρουράς. Δυστυχώς οι κυβερνήσεις μας έχουν επιλεκτική μνήμη.. Μιλάνε για ελληνοτουρκική φιλία την στιγμή που αρκετοί νεκροί της ΕΛΔΥΚ βρίσκονται ακόμα κάπου στην Κερύνεια. Μιλάνε για ελληνοτουρκική φιλία την ίδια στιγμή που παραβιάζουν τον ελληνικό εναέριο χώρο καθώς και την αποκλειστική οικονομική ζώνη (ΑΟΖ) της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας. Χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγμα της "ελληνοτουρκικής φιλίας" είναι η Αμμόχωστος.. Σχεδόν το σύνολο των πολιτικών των τελευταίων ετών έχουν επιδείξει φιλοτουρκική στάση, εδώ και 15 χρόνια η Ελλάδα δεν είχε προβεί σε απαραίτητα εξοπλιστικά προγράμματα μένοντας επικίνδυνα πίσω σε σχέση με την γείτονα χώρα. Σαφώς, τώρα έγιναν κάποιες σωστές αγορές οπλικών συστημάτων, μα δυστυχώς έχουν εξαφανίσει την ελληνική βιομηχανία. Τέλος, αφήνουμε τους Βρετανούς να αναγνωρίζουν τους Έλληνες της Κύπρου (Ελληνοκύπριους) ως Cypriots. Οι Άγγλοι πριν από την εισβολή σχεδίαζαν διχοτόμηση της νήσου ..
Η Κύπρος 🇬🇷🇨🇾 είναι γη Ελληνική οι Τούρκοι (στο κατεχόμενο κομμάτι) είναι κατακτητές και μόνο!
Η λύση είναι το σύνολο της νήσου να είναι ελεύθερο και να κυβερνάτε από την κυπριακή Δημοκρατία μα όχι ομοσπονδία (ελληνική και τουρκική που προτείνουν). Να γίνουν οι Τούρκοι της βόρειας Κύπρου όπως οι Αλβανοί στην Ελλάδα (που τώρα πια έχουν ελληνικά χαρτιά). Δεν λέω Τουρκοκύπριοι επειδή οι περισσότεροι μετακινήθηκαν από την τουρκική ενδοχώρα μετά τον πόλεμο του '74.
Ελπίζω να λυθεί σύντομα το κυπριακό και η Κύπρος να είναι ξανά ελεύθερη.
Όσο για αυτό που είπες στο τέλος συμφωνώ απόλυτα. Είμαι κρητικός και βλέπω την Κύπρο σαν ένα ακόμα ελληνικό νησί που όμως το 1/3 του είναι παράνομα κατεχόμενο..
Τα λέμε όταν τελειώσω το Πολυτεχνείο και κάνω την θητεία μου στην 🇬🇷ΕΛ.ΔΥ.Κ
@@thecrazycretanGR 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
If google translate did its job properly then I have a few things to say about your argument.
Before I say anything, my heart goes out to you and all Greek/Turkish Cypriots who were the victim of ethnic violence during and before the invasion. However, your statement seems to be very one-sided. Brushing over the reason why Turkey invaded is also quite important. Enosis with Greece was forbidden when the country was founded, meaning it doesnt matter if a lot of Greek Cypriots consider Cyprus to be "another Greek island". Greece was successful in gaining control of the Dodecanese islands after WWII and perhaps thought the same would be possible with Cyprus. I see it as Greece trying its luck and flying too close to the sun, as the outcome turned out to be the exact opposite of what Greece wanted and more in the favor of the Turkish policy of "Taksim". I have respect for the people of Cyprus, but have none for the ultra-nationalist organization, EOKA-B, which could be considered a terrorist organization for the atrocities done during and before the invasion. If we are to look at history, we must look at the entire picture, objectively, meaning putting aside our personal views on nationalism. To put it frankly, many Greek Cypriots gambled dangerously trying to force Enosis with Greece and it backfired, so lets not pretend as if the invasion was "out of nowhere".
Cheers.
@@traindude80 I agree with you! Makarios shouldn't had proposed his 13 points that reduced the rights of the Turkish Cypriot community. I understand that the majority wanted "Enosis" but we should have been happy that we were given our own voice in the UN! I am hoping that a federal governing model will be the beginning of the solution!
@@dimitrismichail7435 I'm sure younger generations will be able to heal old wounds. Here's to hoping to a re-unified Cyprus!
Offee for Enosis was refused becsuse of. The king who had Denmark roots, and whose wife was German. He wanted to sidd with the axis.
not axis (that's WWII), Central Powers
Ummm, sir you didn't mention anything about the massacres EOKA committed against Turkish Cypriots.
Or TMT against Greek Cypriots.
@@tombuddy100 what massacres by TMT
There have been some minor episodes, where both the Greek-cypriots and the Turkish-cypriots assassinated members of the opposite ethnicity. Never on a large scale though - although the Greek-cypriots were the overwhelming majority in the island and they could have exterminated the Turkish-cypriotsm if they were some fanatic barbarians! But they were not!
They had lived side by side with the Turkish-cypriots ever since the Turks militarily invaded the island for the first time (in 1570 CE) and started massively slaughtering the millennia old Greek inhabitants of the island, usurping their lands and properties. The Greek - cypriots would be more than justified then to exterminate the numerically inferior Turkish cypriots in the island but they did not! They co-existed for more than four centuries with them - although the elder Greek-cypriots were painfully narrating to the younger ones the many atrocities the Turkish had commited in Cyprus!
So, it is a big, unethical and filthy lie when someone is telling that the Turks militarily invaded Cyprus in order to prevent the Greeks from massacring the Turkish-cypriots. A lie engineered by the Turks in order to justify in the eyes of the international community their violent, bloody, barabaric (and for the nth time) military invasion of Cyprus - and illegal occupation of the 40% of the island!
Bro You forgot to add Hatay, the southernmost city of Turkey
Greece refuse the offer bc the guy in charge of Greece love Britain, but his wife was German so he remained out of the war until eventually joined
The north piece is not recognised only bu Turkey until today
Not any important country recognised it.
I came here not for the video,I wanna see the comments....
How could be split when the entire island is EU territory?
6:59 which according to UN regulations was illegal
How many Cypriots would like to reunite with Greece and how many want to stay independent?
short answer : great britain
long answer : united states of america
Summary of long answer: Henry Kissinger being Henry Kissinger.
Britain getting their nose everywhere, we as a nation had also felt that on our own skin
You could also say Britain made Cyprus joining Greece harder because of the Cyprus Convention
in 1878. This is if Britain didnt have control of Cyprus before WW1, Italy would of probably taken over by Italy. And then possibly ceded to Greece after WW2 due to Italy being an axis force. Joining Greece made lots of sence at the time, however now, Cyprus has a bigger GDP per capita than Greece. Im a Greek Cypriot, im proud to be Greek however more importantly I am proud to be Cypriot and have a flag under my name. I just want one Cyprus, where we can go back to our homes and not have a border separating races, it feels like a segregation
Cypriot and Standard Greek are not even mutually intelligible but Greeks think they are same peoples with them😂😂😂
🤦
is there an ethnic conflict on ex-British laand that wasnt intentionally cause by the british ... -.-
Nope xD
Buraya Cypriot'un nasıl okunduğunu öğrenmeye geldim.
I will tell you what made Cyprus temporarily split. It's very simple. It's the fact that a small, defenceless, totally unarmed State happened to be in a geostratigically important position, next to a 100x bigger brutal and imperialistic state. That's the reason. Crystal clear.
Παρακαλώ θέλω ελληνική γλώσσα μετάφραση ευχαριστω
Ζητάς πολλά από ένα Αγγλάκι που νομίζει πως ξέρει ιστορία.
There is a fair amount wrong with this video. Mostly the fact that this is a blatantly euro-centric view of the island's history and so *shockingly* doesn't acknowledge any of the problems that Britain's rule of the island caused and the consequences that it has on the island and its people which is especially clear in the beginning of this video
Do you have good recommendations for where to learn about that?
Well , i have to say that i already wrote my point of view..tree times ..!
..and NEVER shown up..!
WHY is that ..? ..
if , i may ask ..
..The nation of Turkey played Dirty games against my country CYPRUS since. 1958..through our compatriots Turkish cypriots a minority of.. 18%..been found with RIGHTS like they were.. 30%-40%..with the ESTABLISHMEND of OUR COMMON CYPRUS REPUBLIC at early.. 60s , and yet they blow them UP following instructions from Turkey.. heading for their TAKSIM/ DIVIDED plans..
for proofs PLEASE search in you tube about..
1/.." Rauf Denktash's shocking comfession "..read and ALL the comments below THE TRUTH IS THERE..
2/.." Dervis Ali Kavazoglu kendi sensinden "..a Turkish cypriot jornalist been murdered just BECAUSE he was saying the TRUTH..
..SO , ..since from 1963-1967..Turkeys plans for TAKSIM/ DIVIDED ..! through our compatriots Turkish cypriots , and after all those arm troubles they was giving to OUR COMMON STATE , never manage to be developed ..! We.had GREECE , ..playing Dirty games against US , Greek cypriots , ..! from 1971-1974 , playing with our expectations , ! / ..following instructions from.. Americans / Kissinger , NATO ., and ENGLAND ( that nation is behind EVERYTHING ,..since 1956 )/....and after the coup against our loyal goverment on july 74 , ..gave the excuse to Turkey only 5 days later ( ..actually ..HELPS Turkey , ..by " OPENing the DOORS ".and ..by NEVER let the island's defence plans to be developed )..to put a step on the island , and since then to OCCUPIED almost the half of the island .
..after ALL those events ..WE have finally the three countrys ..quarandor powers of OUR, CYPRUS independence ..
..GREECE , TURKEY and ENGLAND ..
..playing their DIRTY GAMES ..to manage to make US , ALL CYPRIOTS ( Greeks and Turks )..to suffered since ..1963 ..!
Ayyyy I'm a Cypriot
Hi there!
You shouldn't see this issue as a territorial/state adjustment based on modern boundaries. You have to go a millennium back, when all of Modern Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, were inhabited by Greeks. Turkey is only the lands that Turks managed to conquer and assimilate, and as a rule the rest is Greek
Greece is Serbija!
Cyprus🇹🇷
Anatolian tribes were not attended by western communities and wrong politics were applied. If the Turkish community would be bounded to the western community most Islamic geography could be integrated with the world. now relations are complicated more than required.
the problem with the greeks is their "megali idea".
The fact that the British have bases in Cyprus to this day is utterly disgusting
The territory should be handed to Cyprus
We will only ask them to leave if the country is united you can see why Britain doesn't want a resolution. There is also a CIA base in the North
We should've done a lot of things
We should've just accepted the Annan plan
Greece should've accepted Britain's offer
We should've done this and that and that
We're truly beyond stupid
And it's sad to see that only one of our parties for both sides supports Cypriot nationalism instead of Turkish or Greek nationalism
Now the Turkish Cypriots don't like us and we're gonna have a two state solution which sucks
Waaaaaa! waa!
@@kebabseverim3364 what?
If you're gonna do that, go back to Italy Mario
@@Gia1911Logous More Roman than you
I remember you being biased against Turks in another comment section ;)
@@kebabseverim3364 People change
I have no hatred against the Turkish people
Turkish politics though... oof
It's not biased to say that Erdogan is a dictator
And idc if someone is more Roman
If you're Italian you're guaranteed to be bad at war
@@Gia1911Logous Also everybody in Turkish political system is bad
Well you missed the Bloody Christmas in 1963 which actually restarted the ethnic conflict between Turks and Greeks, and then the movement of Turks to the enclaves. So long before Greeks, Turks already had become refugees in their own country, Cyprus.
Cyprus was never “your” country...
@@georgesidiropoulos2952 ILLEGALLY taken by greeks. It was never greek
seems to me like Cyprus is similar to northern Ireland. The Ottomans settled muslim Anatolians/Turks there in a colonial fashion as the Brits settled protestants in northern Ireland. The UK certainly exacerbated the problem but I'm sure the Turks and Greeks would have slugged it out in any case.
@Depresso Caspico it was them lmao. They wanted to annex it and massacred the local population
In memory of Ayhan Hikmet and his partner in 1962 and in memory of all those Greekcypriot civilians murdered in 1958 by the Turkishcypriots in the Gonyeli massacre to start the bi communal division.
I don’t speak Greek, but I strongly suspect it’s pronounced ‘’e-NO-sis”.
E-no-sis
It's Ènosis.
I'm greek....
Énosis
Answering the title: TURKEY MAKING WAR BETWEEN US!
Hi
Κύπρος είναι ελληνική
Two words “Turkish Invasion”
Makarios didn't just wake up one morning of 1963 and changed the constitution agreed in 1960. According to the original constitution, both communities had veto power over Government actions. The Turkish Cypriots used this to an excess vetoing everything the Cypriot government did and as a result the Government could not function. The end result was that Makarios changed the constitution and removed the veto right the two sides had. The result was a series of violent crises in 1963, with the Turkish airforce bombed the island and threatened an invasion, that was prevented by the US after the Soviet Union threatened to erase Turkey from the map. Again in 1964 there was violence on the island and Turkey threatened to invade and Greece sent an infantry division to Cyprus to prevent the Turkish invasion. There was more trouble in 1967, when Greece and Turkey almost went to war over Cyprus. Eventually the war was averted by US intervention and the new military government of Greece decided to withdraw it's division from Cyprus, after American guarantees were given and as a sign of good will for the sake of NATO. By 1974 Americans considered Makarios the Fidel Castro of the Mediterranean and wanted him out. Many think that a new military government that took over from the previous one some months before, was led to believe that the Turks would not intervene if they moved against Makarios,. Something they did in July 15, 1974, with a very bloody coup, but failed to kill or capture Makarios who escaped with the help of the British. The belief that the Turks were not going to intervene was so strong, that as reports came on July 19, that the Turks were loading landing craft and were sailing south, the response by the Greek General Staff was that they were on maneuvers and there was nothing to worry about. During the invasion, the Turkish airforce bombed the Island and dropped parachutists in Nicosia. The chief of the Cypriot National Guard reported by phone to the Greek General Staff in Athens that the Turks were bombing Cyprus. The answer was that he should not make jokes with things like that. When the Cypriot NG chief put the head set of his phone outside the window telling the General in Athens to listen to the bomb explosions and the shooting going on outside, he got the answer that he put his own soldiers to fire their rifles in the air, in order to stir up trouble. Later when Athens realized that an invasion was actually going on, the Greek dictator Ioannidis told the American Undersecretary of State Sisco: "You deceived us". This, along with the withdrawal of the division in 1967 after US mediation, led to the belief that Cyprus was betrayed by the Greeks and that the US was behind what happened. The Turkish invasion, initially had some appearance of legality since it was supposed to be action to restore the constitutional order on the Island. However as both military governments in Athens and Cyprus collapsed and Makarios returned to Cyprus, order was restored, but instead of withdrawing, the Turks reinforced their forces, consolidated their positions and launched a second offensive on August 14, 1974, taking over 36% of Cyprus, a condition that was condemned by 22 UN Security Council resolutions, but continues to this day.
In any case the Turkish plan to divide Cyprus goes back to 1956, with the Nihat Erim plan. This called for the initial takeover of the north part of Cyprus and the rest of the Island at a later date, when conditions allow it.
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Good summary
1. The 2 communities are not very different, the only difference was religion, back then greek Cypriots were known as Christian Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots were Muslim Cypriots. Practically everyone spoke both greek and Turkish.
2. Greek Cypriots were very divided on enosis. In the 50s yes it was very popular but a lot of leftist greek Cypriots did not want to be a part of Greece. Currently, the vast majority of greek Cypriots want reunification too, with people supporting enosis being seen as weird.
3. Turkish Cypriots not Cypriot Turks. As a Turkish Cypriot, Cypriot turk or “Kıbrıs türkü” is very offensive cus it suggests that I’m a “turk of Cyprus” and not a Cypriot.
4. You failed to mention that the brits hired Turkish Cypriots to police the island, and crush the enosis protests/riots which lead to the cultural division of the island.
5. Taksim and the TMT was not popular amongst Turkish Cypriots (its even less popular now with only 3% of Turkish Cypriots not wanting reunification, let alone the tiny minority that want to be annexed by Turkey)
6. Turkish Cypriots do NOT want to be occupied by Turkey. We do not like that we are being colonised by Turkey, and there’s more division amongst Turkish Cypriots and Turkish settlers rather than between Turkish Cypriots and greek Cypriots.
Some of these are lies. Neither my parents, or grand parents or great grandparents spoke Turkish. All of them considered themselves Greeks, not Christian Cypriots as you suggest, and this is the case with all older generations. Another mistake, almost all Greek Cypriots were in favour of enosis, including the left and communists, that voted in favour of it. Also taksim was popular amongst Turkish Cypriots while enosis was popular amongst the Greek Cypriots. I dont understand why you try to change the facts. Cyprus wasn’t united in the past. Greeks and Turks of Cyprus (as they considered themselves for the most part) were largely divided, hence the outcomes. Yes, today the situation is much better, but why do you try to alter the past and sugarcoat the reality of it?
Greeks never spoke Turkish and Cypriots were always Greeks thats why they went and fought in Greece at 1821. Turks of Cyprus were Greeks who converted to islam. Just come back into the republic of Cyprus and lets fight turkey together. Just accept that you are a minority
I am Turkish Cypriot.I want unification with Turkey.
@@olbiomoiros not all Cypriots spoke both languages but a lot did. 2 of my grandparents don’t speak greek but the other 2 do, and the Christian Cypriot/Muslim Cypriot thing is before our grandparents time when the communities were more United. From what I heard enosis was very popular, but there was a significant greek Cypriot minority who didn’t want enosis, but taksim was never that popular amongst Turkish Cypriots.
@@Cyprus_Is_Greek a lot of greek CYPRIOTS spoke Turkish and a lot of Turkish CYPRIOTS spoke greek. Calling greek Cypriots Greeks in this day and age is just wrong (unless you’re talking about ethnicity). And I’m pretty sure I mentioned that most Turkish Cypriots descend from greek Cypriots who “converted” to Islam to pay less taxes to the ottomans, hence why Turkish Cypriots are mostly irreligious. We know that we’re a minority and we’d much rather be a minority amongst greek Cypriots rather than mainland Turks however if all of us just left and moved to the RoC there would be no chance of us ever taking back the north
Cyprus will remain Greek land with Turkish Cypriots join and live in peace with Greeks as they did before turkey invasion in Cyprus
Cyprus is very close to turkey and far from Greece
Kastellorizo is still Greek, french Guyana is far from France too. You make 0 sense
I hope than Cyprus will either be entirely free or becoming a part of greece.
@@kostas0352 what did you think of the support my government (France) give to southern* Cyprus and greece ?
Also, what is the relation between the greeks and turkish of the island ? Are the turkish there Erdogan support ?
*was edit.
@@kostas0352 thank you, recieve the opinion of someone from there is good for know about it.
Honestly, Macron is a shitty scumbag with too much power (then again, the fifth french republic had been formed by a coup and the threat of a civil war for allow the general de Gaulle to come back and give a great deal of power to the president), but i like the fact than he continue the "strong EU" policy.
I do not live in Europe itself, but i am french, and i consider the idea of stronger european union who is supported by France the best thing possible.
Honestly, i have a love hate feeling's for the french governement.
@@kostas0352 since Erdogan and the islamic world is supporting the terrorists who attack France, seeing Cyprus being a part of Greece would be a magnificent flip off to Erdogan.
@@kostas0352 honestly, the only right thing of Erdogan is to opposate french actions in Libya, but except that he suck.
@@fandemusique4693 No, we don't support Erdogan.
cyprus has been greek with greek popultaion since the begining of history and then the turks came settled some people there and claim its their island when the native(migrant turkish) people were not even 20% of the population.The same goes for all the western anatolia where the greek population was forced to assililate to ottoman empire.
18%
You are not mentioning that they had the right to interve but not to occupy cyprus ! Ergo, the "turkish republic of northern cyprus" can not be recognised since it is illegal ! Also, 1963 the turkish cypriots decided to step back from the goverment after the pressure, but nothing was forced to them. There are also many more details from both sites such as 1967 bomibing and etc
There is only one Cyprus
So many inaccurate things said in this video its stunningly wrong !
detail:
Its different junta from 1967-73 from the ioanidis junta that took over 74.
Its the only country of the world with divided capital city.The only country that a minority (18% t/cypriots) with the support of turkey, illegally occupy almost the half of the island and demands equality on every level.
After the G-cypriot coup of 74' and the following Turkish invasion of Cyprus they claim their schismatic state at 1983.But since then all T-cypriots are still considered as legal Cypriots citizens, and they have free education,free welfare,european I.Ds & passports without paying taxes, while they reject the official recognized republic of Cyprus trying to make taksim with turkey while the idea of enosis died at 74' from the greek side.
Could this happen anywhere else? Lets say a minority in Usa,Uk,germany,russia or any other country?
You never mentioned that the Turks violated the Cypriot constitution by not *Restoring" the republic. This is why north Cyprus is an illegal state that no other country recognises and is considered to be Cypriot land under occupation. The sad part is the number of mainland Turks settling into our homes
those turks grew up and formed families what do you plan to do with them? then greek man
Greece's fault
PeAcE oPeRtIoN
eNoSiS muSthAvEtHeIsLaNd mY pReCiOuSSS
@@gorkemciftci1511 I don’t understand you Turks. You literally removed millions of native people from the Anatolian peninsular, even in areas where they were the majority just so you can have a Muslim only country, but in Cyprus where the Greeks formed 80% couldn’t unite with Greece? That’s irrational. I don’t understand why you should have everything, even in places where Turks aren’t the majority. I believe Cyprus should’ve been united with Greece, as an overwhelmingly Greek inhabited land. that is only right
@@olbiomoiros Hello Mr.Caveman its been years! Everywhere ruled by the Empires and Feudals. Since we assume you guys dEmOcRaTs. Now we are in a whole different Era. Stop that Enosis wet dreams babe. gReeKmUsThAvEItSpRecİOuSssss
Annan Plan - Wikipedia
Please check this page who refused it.
Even the Turks are not the majority in the island. They deserve equal rights but the problem is you wouldn't stop torturing Turkish minority. As well as you did in the history. I guess lessons are not learnt from it.
@@olbiomoiros we will send extra 3 millions of Turks to island.
@@olbiomoiros its not just us telling you cant unify but also UN (yes im replying after 2 years)
Talk more about Greeks actions to kill Turks and Greeks are just barrier btw european powers and Turkey
well let's be fear here, this was a Greek Island and Invading radical islamists have no place there
Ayşeyi yeniden tatile çıkarıcaz yine demekki😂😉
Bence aysenin gitme vakti geldi
Aynen kaşınıyorlar gene 🇹🇷🇹🇷🏆🏆🇦🇿🇦🇿
We will unite my Cypriot brothers!!
THEY ARE NOT 2 REPUBLIC , BUT A REPUBLIC AND A OCCUPATED FROM BRABARIANS LAND! FREE AND INDIPENDENT CYPRUS FOR GREEKS AND TURKS CYPRIOTS AND HOME RULE GO OUT COLONIALS BRITISH AND TURKS FROM ANATOLIA!
If you learn the hole history of the island you will understand why Cyprus is one and its Greek ......just learn the history,,is not a propaganda .........history is a weapon that turkey never had because always Cyprus was greek
The Rum faction said no at the last UN peacekeeping plan and then joined EU without peace.This is illegal act EU joining Rules.The Cyprus never belongs Greeks or Rums and never will be.The Hellenic march has been stop as Kurtuluş Savaşı from Mora Genocide.Also in this video so many empty things for example EOKA 's genocide to Muslims like Mora Genocide.I'm gonna dislike this video because false and blank informations.
If it weren’t for the stupid King Constantine 1 of Greece, Cyprus would have been part of Greece. The British offered Cyprus and parts of Bulgaria and the ottomans at the time and the Prime Minister was adamant on war which would have made Greece a better negotiator. Monarchies am i right
Eoka you know nothing about clearly as they never targeted Cypreate Turks only British occupation but some Turks got in way by putting on British uniforms as they used by British and got killed in the Greek independence war off Cyprus.
that's wy Greek start to killing Turkish cipriot in Cyprus
it's wosent Greek maybe in you're drame only
@@yamackocovali3653 what?
@@sigmaentrepreneur5018 more lies from Turkey
@@sigmaentrepreneur5018 EOKA did not I know Eoka members and true T Cypriots and they say same thing stop believing Turkish governments lies .
The 13 changes that Makarios made on constitution was not illegal, it was approved by the british and they was necessary for the country work , the turkish cypriot was always most concerned about Turkeys intrests and didnt approved anything if wasnt benefiting Turkey .
Turks actually captured Cyprus from Venetians and not greeks
So what??? They stil made us slaves for 300 years... imperialist freaks
@@Cyprus_Is_Greek We saved your ancestors from Italians peoples lol
@@papazataklaattiranimam χαχαχαχαχαχαχαχαχαχαχ
@@papazataklaattiranimam be not afraid Poles , the USSR has saved you from the nazis. And how was that positive for the Greeks? Rhodes which was for most of the time under the Italians is one of the most developed provinces.
@@Cyprus_Is_Greek ok you were in our command for years but ottoman empire could just destroyed you after ınvading your lands like other empire ıf ottoman dıdnt want you to stay wıth us there would be no greece
It is all the fault of the Μακαριος who asked for the invasion of the Turks and did not want the union with Greece because he did not want to lose the leadership
It’s the Greek junta’s fault… makarios was relatively stable compared to the fucking coup
Κυπρος Γη Ελληνική Η μονη λήση ΕΝΩΣΗ🇬🇷🇨🇾🇬🇷
Είδωμεν που μας έφερε η ένωσις μόνο ανεξαρτησία και έξω έποικοι τουρκικά στρατεύματα καθώς και οι αγγλικές βάσεις από την Κύπρο
@@user-lr9xd1ty7q και ενωση με την Ελλάδα
@@user-lk6me1kk1k κάτι το οποίο δεν θα γίνει ποτέ και δεν πρέπει να γίνει διότι:
1)αμπα και γίνει η ένωσις η Τουρκία θα έχει δικαίωμα σαν εγγυήτρια δύναμη να επέμβει σαν το 1974 τεράστιο λάθος των συμφωνιών Ζυρίχης και Λονδίνου
2)η Ελλάδα είναι σε άθλια οικονομική κατάσταση από την οποία δεν θα βγει ποτέ διότι είναι εκ φύσεως τους να είναι καταχρεομενοι ενώ εδώ στην Κύπρο κούτσα στραβά τα βγάζουμε
@@user-lr9xd1ty7q Ναι ρε φιλε μπορει να εισαι σωστός σε καποια πραγματα που λαλεις αλλα την ένωση πρέπει να την κάμουμε
Much BS, little facts
I try my best on every video, but I admit that this one didn't turn out as well as I'd hoped. Because of that, I made a follow-up which you can watch here: ua-cam.com/video/MWclccE5okY/v-deo.html
What made Cyprus split isn't really a complex issue.
The majority ethnic group on the island decided to go full Hitler and try to exterminate a small ethnic group. That small ethnic group's big brother next door decided they weren't going to allow their people to be slaughtered like cattle and they reacted.
Now Cyprus is split. Will probably remain split until the major group on the island can prove it will control it's reflex to massacre defenseless civilians when given the opportunity.
What kind of lie is this? The "extermination" was just another propaganda to find an excuse to invade. The Greek Cypriots wanted to unite with Greece and of course that didn't sit well with Britain and USA. Just another country that got messed up because of them and their interests. PS: If you are looking for exterminators go look at Turkey, what they did to Greeks of Minor Asia and the Armenians or what the British did in India
You have described what happened to Christians in Anatolia in the 20th century
@@chrisdakis2320 Yes, those who speak about alleged "extermination" in Cyprus fail to mention or remember what actually happened in Asia Minor in the 20th century to Orthodox Christian population there.
If they had tried to go full Hitler, not a single t/c would have lived after a week. Casualties due to inter-communal violence in the 60s are very similar though the g/c community was five times bigger.
Spot on 👍
ARCH bishop, NOT ARC bishop. Can you say Arch?
I myself as a Greek believe that Greece and Turkey should leave Cyprus to be it's own country, with neither enosis or taksim
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Agree with that .
What.
Ur probably not even greek, we should unite with Greece and I'm saying that as a cypriot
@@akritasdigenis4831 ok
Before all of this, before the Ottoman Empire was even there, Cyprus was Greek.
How much did you get paid by Turkey to produce this video?
You made sure to list every wrong-doing done by the (Greek-)Cypriots and the Greeks and glossed over or even outright skipped any of the Turkish wrong-doing as well as failing to explain what's wrong with the Cypriot Constitution that was drafted by the British.
Oh, if only I was important enough for a nation-state to think me worthy of bribing!
The problem of Cyprus is that the population is NOT Greeks but a mixture of lot of ethnicities. the only common we have is religion as Turkish Cypriots with Turkey.
Greek Cypriots are as Greek genetically as mainlamd Greeks. Actually more Greek than the northern Greeks who have a lot of Slavic and Balkan DNA.
The whole idea that Greek Cypriots are not Greek is British and Turkish propaganda. Why do you keep promoting that?
@@randomstuff1315 Cyprus has seen a succession of rulers, namely Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders and Turks who ruled the Island as part of the Ottoman Empire, from 1571 until 1878. Cyprus has never been a Greek Island. (Greek Island meaning part of Greece) However, the first settlers were Greek origin and regardless of who came and went Greeks always remained.Hence why the majority of population is Greek/Greek Speaking.Without wishing to offend any Turkish Cypriots a great many of you have Greek dna as many Greeks converted to islam to avoid paying taxes.
The term Cypriot means a person who's home is Cyprus regardless of Turk or Greek or any other ethnicity as Cypriots are very diverse
Basically, Turkey was treated the way they treated the Greeks. Actions have consequences. Don't abuse.
The only ones to blame are the Greeks not the Turks or British
said the nationalist Turk...
@@ThomasGazis that was funny but I agree with him greeks killed many turks
@@baransinanaltay4523 dishtorting the trouth to jushtifie n angly & mblandy eenvhasion!!! The entire Hystory of Toorkey ismade of never ending eenvasion, mbladshed, oosurping, geenosiding!!!
I am amazed how you can in one sentence move from intervene to invade
your prejudiced is astounding !
worst video ever !