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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Key dates in cyprus s post independence history | History Defined

Map of the island of Cyprus, showing the UN-administered buffer zone known as the Green Line and British Sovereign Base Areas. (Credit: AFP)

This month marks 50 years since the dramatic events of 1974 left the Mediterranean holiday island of Cyprus divided to this day.

On July 15, 1974, the military junta then in power in Athens engineered a coup in Cyprus seeking to end its independence and unite the island with Greece.

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