I always knew about the invasion what I didn't know until I visited was there was turkish villages all over the island at one point then there was some lets call it unpleasantness and the random Turkish farmers were gone. or that the brits in the firght against EOKA stoked up inter communal tensions (quelle suprise)
also an independent Cyprus was the compromise to keep the Turkish Cypriots happy as EOKA wanted a union with Greece
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u/spairni Oct 29 '24
I always knew about the invasion what I didn't know until I visited was there was turkish villages all over the island at one point then there was some lets call it unpleasantness and the random Turkish farmers were gone. or that the brits in the firght against EOKA stoked up inter communal tensions (quelle suprise)
also an independent Cyprus was the compromise to keep the Turkish Cypriots happy as EOKA wanted a union with Greece