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During the First World War many Cypriots joined the allied forces. When the British annexed Cyprus in 1914, Cypriots' political status changed and they found it easier to travel. [1] The 1931 British Census recorded more than 1,000 Cypriot-born people, but many of these were the children of British military personnel serving in the ...
British Cyprus (Greek: Βρετανική Κύπρος; Turkish: Britanya Kıbrısı) was the island of Cyprus under the dominion of the British Empire, administered sequentially from 1878 to 1914 as a British protectorate, from 1914 to 1925 as a unilaterally annexed military occupation, and from 1925 to 1960 as a Crown colony.
Selin Kiazim, chef and winner of the Great British Menu [78] Dervis Konuralp, Paralympic swimmer [79] Nasir Mazhar, fashion designer [80] Alp Mehmet MVO, British Ambassador to Iceland in 2004 [31] Billy Mehmet, football player [81] [82] Dave Mehmet, football player [83] Deniz Mehmet, football player [27] Erim Metto, film director [84] Mem ...
Foreign relations between Cyprus and the United Kingdom are considered generally positive. Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1960, after 82 years of British control; the two countries now enjoy warm relations, though the continuing British sovereignty of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus continues to divide Cypriots.
The first British administrator was given the title of "High Commissioner" and was Lieutenant-General Garnet Joseph Wolseley. The British faced a major political problem on the island. The indigenous Cypriots believed it their natural right to unite the island with Greece following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
The British invented the terms "Greek Cypriot" and "Turkish Cypriot" and used the latter against the "Greek Cypriots" so as to cease Enosis demands. 1932: Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs became governor. 1933: Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer became governor. 1939: Cypriots fought with the British in World War II, Greek Cypriots demanding Enosis at war's ...
The following is a list of Cypriots notable enough to have their own article. They are sorted by field, then by surname (both in alphabetical order). ... British-born ...
[77] [78] The Greek Cypriots viewed the island as historically Greek and believed that union with Greece was a natural right. [79] In the 1950s, the pursuit of enosis became a part of the Greek national policy. [80] A British soldier facing a crowd of Greek Cypriot demonstrators in Nicosia (1956)