Union of Cyprus with other Countries
Cyprus became a possession of the Ottoman Empire in 1571 and it remained under its control for over three hundred years, until it was temporally ceded to Great Britain in 1878 that however, annexed it in 1914. Already in 1931, large-scale anticolonial protests broke out in order to pursue enosis, the annexation with Greece, as Cypriots were supporting the Hellenic cause against Fascism in Europe. Despite the fact that in the previous years, Great Britain had already flirted with the […]
