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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.
Cyprus in the 1930s: British Colonial Rule and the Roots of the Cyprus Conflict (IB Tauris, 2014). Richter, Heinz. A Concise History of Modern Cyprus 1878–2009 (Rutzen, 2010). Schaar, Kenneth W., Michael Given, and George Theocharous. Under the Clock: Colonial Architecture and History in Cyprus, 1878-1960 (Bank of Cyprus, 1995). Varnava ...
A British protectorate under nominal Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878, following the Russo-Turkish War, in exchange for British support of the Ottomans during the Congress of Berlin. [3] Cyprus was then proclaimed a British protectorate and was informally integrated into the British Empire.
This is a timeline of Cypriot history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Cyprus. To read about the background to these events, see History of Cyprus . See also the list of presidents of Cyprus .
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Hence, non-British and non-military personnel with a connection to the territory cannot live and work in the UK and must use their Cypriot passports to apply for visas to the UK. Under the terms of the 1960 agreement with Cyprus establishing the Sovereign Base Areas, the United Kingdom is committed not to use the areas for civilian purposes. [65]
Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown Colony on 10 March 1925. Following the London and Zürich Agreements of 19 February 1959 Cyprus became an independent republic on 16 August 1960, and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1961.