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Revision as of 09:18, 26 March 2006 by Slaciner (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)1877-1878 – Cyprus enters the British domination after the Ottoman-Russian War with Cyprus Agreement. According to the Aggrement Britains says ıf Russia would return back Kars and its surrounding that it helds Britain would immediately evacuate the island, and would nullify the Agrement signed on 4th June, 1878. However the British never do not keep their promise and keep the island under their domination.
1914 - Cyprus annexed illegally by Britain, after more than 300 years of Ottoman rule. Ottoman Government did not recognize the annexation.
1925 - Becomes crown colony.
1955 - Greek Cypriots begin guerrilla war against British rule. The guerrilla movement, the National Organization of Cypriot Combatants (EOKA), wants enosis (unification) with Greece. Many Turkish families became target for the EOKA. The Greek armed groups killed many Turkish civilians.
1956 - Archbishop Makarios, head of enosis campaign, deported to the Seychelles.
1959 - Archbishop Makarios returns and is elected president of Cyprus Republic. The Founding Agreements made Turkey, Greece and Britain ‘guarantor states’ for Cyprus. Independence
1960 - Cyprus gains independence after Greek and Turkish communities reach agreement on a constitution. Cyprus Republic became a Greek-Turkish state. Both communities shared the power. Britain retains sovereignty over two military bases.
1963 - Makarios raises Turkish fears by proposing constitutional changes which would abrogate power-sharing arrangements violating the written agreements and Constitution. Inter-communal violence erupts. Turkish side withdraws from power-sharing. Many Turkish civilians were killed by the Greek militants. Many Greeks come to the island to help annexation of Cyprus to Greece. The Greek aim is to force Turkish people to immigrate to Turkey.
1964 - United Nations peacekeeping force set up. However the UN forces cannot stop the violence. Turkey warns international community about a massacre against Turkish civilians. The Greek Cypriots continue to militarization.
1964, 4 March - UN Security Council Resolution 186
1964, 26 March - Submission of the Plaza report 1964, 27 March - Beginning of UNFICYP operetion in Cyprus.
1967, 21 April - Military regime seizes power in Greece.
1967, 15 November - The Crises of November 1967.
1968, 24 June - 28 August - First Phase of the 1968-74 Intercommunal Talks.
1969, 29 August 1968 - 3 January - Second Phase of the 1968-1974 Intercommunal Talks.
1969-1970 Third Phase of the Intercommunal Talks.
1970, 21 September - July 1974 - Fourth Phase of the 1968-74 Intercommunal Talks.
1974
1974, 15 July - Military junta in Greece backs coup against Makarios, who escapes. The Republic of Cyprus collapses. Turks are under severe military attacks. Turkey asks Britain and Greece to stop the violence and to recover the stability in the island. However there is no reply. Within days Turkish troops land in north. Turkish Prime Minister says they use their rights to protect Republic of Cyprus and Turkish community. After the Turkish involvement the violence is ended till today.
The Greek Coup collapses. Turkish forces occupy third of the island, enforce partition between north and south. Turkish Cypriots flee to the North, while the Greeks escape to the South. The civil war is ended.
Glafcos Clerides, president of the House of Representatives, becomes president in the South until Makarios returns in December.
1974, 15 July - Greek-staged coup in Cyprus.
1974, 20 July - Turkish military operation - Cyprus Peace Operation (first phase).
1974, 22 July - Collapse of military regime in Greece and puppet regime in Cyprus.
1974, 25-30 July - First Round of Geneva Talks.
1974, 8-14 August - Turkish Cyprus Peace Operation, second phase.
1975 - Turkish Cypriots establish independent administration (Turkish Federated State of Kibris, TFSK), with Rauf Denktash as president. The Greeks claim that the Republic of Cyprus continue, however the Turkish Cypriots cannot join the Government.
1975
1975, 28 April-3 May - First round of Vienna Talks (first series)
1975, 5-7 June - Second round of Vienna Talks (first series)
31 July-2 August - Third round of Vienna Talks first series)
1975, 8-10 September - Fourth round of Vienna Talks (first series)
1976, 17-21 February - Firth round of Vienna Talks (first series)
1977, 3 August - Archbishop Makarios dies. Succeeded by Spyros Kyprianou.
1978, November - The American-British-Canadian Initiative.
1979, 19 May - High Level Agreement between Kyprianou and Denktash.
Winter of 1980, 81 - UN-sponsored peace talks resume. The Turkish Cypriots cannot enter the South and cannot join the political process in the South. However the Greek side continue to claim that is the only legitimate representative of Republic of Cyprus.
1981, 22 October - The UN's Gobbi Initiative.
1983, August - UN Secretary's Initiative.
1983, 15 November - Talks are suspended. Turkish Cypriots unilaterally proclaim Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It is recognized only by Turkey.
1984, 7 August - UN Secretary-General's Vienna Working Points.
1985, 10 September-20 January - 'Proximity Talks'. No agreement at talks between Denktas and Kyprianou.
1986, 29 March - UN Secretary General's 'Draft Framework Agreement'.
1988 - Georgios Vassiliou elected Greek Cypriot president.
1989 - Vassiliou-Denktash talks abandoned.
1992 - Talks resume and collapse again.
1993 - Glafcos Clerides replaces Vassiliou as president.
1994 - European Court of Justice rules that all direct trade between northern Cyprus and European Union is illegal. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is isolated from the world by the EU. Turkish Cypriots cannot make trade. Turks even cannot send a letter to any country in the world. The Greek side claim sovereignty all over the island, and they do not allow Turkish Cypriots to enter the southern Cyprus. 1996 - Increased tension, violence along buffer zone. The Greek militants attacks the Northern borders.
1997 - Failure of UN-mediated peace talks between Clerides and Denktas.
1998 - Clerides re-elected to a second term by narrow margin.
EU lists Cyprus as potential member, in spite of the border problems. Normally the EU agreements do not allow to accept a state as EU member with border problems. Moreover the Founding Agreements of Cyprus do not allow Cyprus to enter any international organization without Greece’s, Turkey’s and UK’s permission. Clerides's government threatens to install Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles. Clerides decides not to deploy missiles in Cyprus after reaction from Turkey and the West, but militarization in the Greek side continues. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has no significant military force. Turkish Cypriots rely on Turkey’s assistance.
2001 June - The UN Security Council renews its 36-year mission in Cyprus. Some 2,400 peacekeepers patrol the buffer zone between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Turkey keeps 35,000 troops in the north.
2001 July - Dozens of police officers are injured as protesters attack a British military base at Akrotiri over plans to build telecommunications masts alleged to pose a health hazard.
2001 November - Turkey threatens to annex the north if the Republic of Cyprus joins the European Union before a settlement is reached. According to Turkey the EU and the Greek Cypriots do not allow the Turkish Cypriots to make trade and to make co-operation with international community. The EU does not recognize TRNC. Turkish Cypriots even cannot make a football match with any team from any EU state.
2002 January - Clerides and Denktash begin UN-sponsored negotiations. Minds are concentrated by EU membership aspirations.
2002 November - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan presents a comprehensive peace plan (Annan Plan) for Cyprus which envisages a federation with two constituent parts, presided over by a rotating presidency.
2002 December - EU summit in Copenhagen invites Cyprus to join in 2004 provided the two communities agree to UN plan by early spring
2003. Without reunification, only the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot part of the island will gain membership.
2003 February - Tassos Papadopoulos defeats Clerides in presidential elections with just weeks to go before deadline for agreeing UN plan for the island's future
2003 March - UN deadline for agreement on reunification plan passes without agreement. Secretary-General Kofi Annan acknowledges that the plan has failed.
2003 April – TRNC opened its all borders with the Greek Cyprus. Greek Cypriots cross island's dividing ‘green line’. The Greek Government tried to prevent its citizens to cross the border. However thousands of Greek Cypiots visit the Turkish side. After the Turkish initiative the Greek Government opens its borders to the Turkish Cypriots
Twin referendums on whether to accept UN reunification plan in last-minute bid to achieve united EU entry. Plan is endorsed by Turkish side strongly but overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots. The EU and the US promise the Turkish side for removing economic and political embargo against Turkish Republic.
2004 1 May – Greek Cyprus is one of 10 new states to join the EU with name of ‘Republic of Cyprus’, but the EU ignores the Turkish Cypriots and border problems.
2004 December - Turkey agrees that it will recognize the Greek Cyprus de facto as an EU member before the start of its own accession talks scheduled for October 2005. However Turkish Prime Minister warns the Cyprus problem should be solved justly and the EU should keep its promises to Turkish Cypriots.
2005 17 April - Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat elected TRNC president. Denktash Era ended in Turkish Cyprus
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