1956: deportation of Makarios do Cyprus

On March 9, 1956, the British expelled Archbishop Makarios from Cyprus to Sichele in the Indian Ocean, fearing his influence on the groups of Greek -cipriots who fight for the incorporation for the incorporation of Cyprus in Greece, more than an Ethnicity. The Turks – Mai – the Turks – Mai – the Turks – never – the Turks – the Turks – never – the Turks – never – the Turks – never – the Turks – never went from 20%.

Son of a simple sheep of the sheep of the island in the Mediterranean Sea, he was born in 1913 and was baptized as Myriathes Michael Christadoulos Mouskos. Studies of in -depth theology in Greece and in the United States. In 1948, he was appointed bishop and returned to Cyprus.

Cyprus, a small island of 9,000 square kilometers, near Turkey, has always been a source of disputes, both for its strategic position and for the Greek majority of its population. In 1571, it was taken by the Turkish-otum Empire. In 1878, the British parked troops in Cyprus to protect Turkey from Russian expansionism. In the First World War, when the Ottoman combined with the Germans, the island was annexed to the United Kingdom and in 1925 Cologne was declared.

The various Greek proposals for unification with Cyprus were rejected by the United Kingdom. On his return to Cyprus in 1948 and two years later he became the archbishop of the Orthodox church of Cipriota, the now called Makarios 3rd ally at the Eoka movement, which defended Eisi, the incorporation of Cyprus by Greece.

The Eoka movement, led by the Greek army George Crivas, a friend of Makarios, began a violent wave of terror on the island, initially against the enemies in their ranks, then against Turks and British.

Although Makarios demonstrates the desire to negotiate with the United Kingdom, the British have seen him as a terrorist leader. Therefore, on March 9, 1956, they deported him to the seicheles archipelago in Eastern Africa. A year later it was released. While he was forbidden to return to Cyprus, he commanded the campaign for the removal of the British of Nicosia from Athens.

Independence plan

Although by openly defending unification with Greece, he changed his tactic, perhaps because he concludes that the island problems would only increase if he were governed by Athens or expected that the union was easier after the British troops had been removed. In 1959, the leaders of the United Kingdom, Turkey and Cyrprote approved a plan of independence of an island. It would remain linked to the British community and the Turkish minority would have constitutional guarantees.

In December 1960, Makarios third was elected first President of the Republic of Cyprus. Even so, the situation did not calm down. On the contrary, the conflicts between Turks and Greeks and the threat of a war between Greece and Türkiye, led to the parking lot of the United Nations troops on the island in 1964. Makarios was re -elected in 1968 and 1973.

In 1974, the Greek officials of the Cipriota National Guard, linked to Eoka, overturned Makarios. Turkey invaded Cyprus and occupied the North of the island (about 40% of the territory), establishing a Turkish state, recognized only by Ankara. Makarios resumed the Greek-Cipriot government in 1974, remaining in power until 1977, the year of his death.

Source: Terra

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