HISTORY OF NORTH CYPRUS

HISTORY

The fact that the sovereignty of the island changed hands 15 times sheds light on how valuable an island Cyprus has been over the centuries. Due to the geopolitical location of the island of Cyprus dominating the Mediterranean, it has carried the traces of the sovereignty of countries such as Egypt, Hittite, Byzantine, Lusignan, Venice, Ottoman and Great Britain for centuries. As of the 1st century, Cyprus, the 3rd largest island of the Mediterranean, transitioned from Lusignan sovereignty to Venetian sovereignty. The pressures of the Venetian rulership on the people and the heavy tax policy it implemented pushed the people of Cyprus to the point where they asked for help from the Ottoman Empire. Pirate ship attacks became widespread in the Mediterranean, the Ottoman Empire wanted to strengthen its dominance in the large geography over which it spread, and the people of Cyprus wanted to get rid of the oppressive Venetian rule. In 1570, the Ottoman Sultan II. Selim has his sights set on the island of Cyprus. Under the leadership of Lala Mustafa Pasha and Piyale Pasha, whose names are given to the streets, avenues and important structures of the city today, Cyprus came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire with the conquest of Famagusta, which houses the strongest castle in Cyprus, on 1 August 1571. The last piece of the puzzle for the Ottoman Empire to become the most powerful state in the Mediterranean was included in the administration in Cyprus. In the pearl of the Mediterranean, where Christianity was the dominant religion for centuries, a Muslim administration came to power and proved why cultural saturation was at its peak. Abdulhamid I's II. In order to stop the consequences of the defeat against Alexander in 1878, the Ottoman Empire; He asked for help from the United Kingdom. The desire of the empire, whose sun never sets, to dominate the trade routes made easier by the opening of the Suez Canal, caused it to set its sights on the island of Cyprus. Thus, the island of Cyprus became a rising value between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom and was leased to the United Kingdom by Abdulhamid II for £ 92,799 on June 4, 1878. With the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, the most important treaty in the history of the Republic of Turkey, in 1923, the new Republic of Turkey officially recognized the annexation of the island as a response to the Ottoman Empire, which entered the war against the United Kingdom in World War I. The British Crown Colony continued until the Republic of Cyprus was declared in 1960. Turkish Cypriots left the Republic of Cyprus in 1974 due to disagreements between the Turkish and Greek people during the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, which lasted between 1960-74. The Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, the first independent state of the Turkish Cypriots, was established in 1976. Stepping into their independence with the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots used their self-determination rights, which affected the whole world after World War II, and established the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 15 November 1983, under the leadership of the founding President Rauf Raif Denktaş. On 1 May 2004, the Republic of Cyprus gained membership in the European Union, representing the entire island of Cyprus. However, this membership has been suspended for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the northern ruler of the island of Cyprus.

Magnificent History

Pirate ship attacks became widespread in the Mediterranean, the Ottoman Empire wanted to strengthen its dominance in the large geography over which it spread, and the people of Cyprus wanted to get rid of the oppressive Venetian rule. In 1570, the Ottoman Sultan II. Selim has his sights set on the island of Cyprus. Under the leadership of Lala Mustafa Pasha and Piyale Pasha, whose names are given to the streets, avenues and important structures of the city today, Cyprus came under the rule of the Ottoman Empire with the conquest of Famagusta, which houses the strongest castle in Cyprus, on 1 August 1571. The last piece of the puzzle for the Ottoman Empire to become the most powerful state in the Mediterranean was included in the administration in Cyprus. In the pearl of the Mediterranean, where Christianity was the dominant religion for centuries, a Muslim administration came to power and proved why cultural saturation was at its peak. Abdulhamid I's II. In order to stop the consequences of the defeat against Alexander in 1878, the Ottoman Empire; He asked for help from the United Kingdom. The desire of the empire, whose sun never sets, to dominate the trade routes made easier by the opening of the Suez Canal, caused it to set its sights on the island of Cyprus. Thus, the island of Cyprus became a rising value between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom and was leased to the United Kingdom by Abdulhamid II for £ 92,799 on June 4, 1878. With the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, the most important treaty in the history of the Republic of Turkey, in 1923, the new Republic of Turkey officially recognized the annexation of the island as a response to the Ottoman Empire, which entered the war against the United Kingdom in World War I. The British Crown Colony continued until the Republic of Cyprus was declared in 1960. Turkish Cypriots left the Republic of Cyprus in 1974 due to disagreements between the Turkish and Greek people during the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus, which lasted between 1960-74. The Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, the first independent state of the Turkish Cypriots, was established in 1976. Stepping into their independence with the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots used their self-determination rights, which affected the whole world after World War II, and established the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on 15 November 1983, under the leadership of the founding President Rauf Raif Denktaş. On 1 May 2004, the Republic of Cyprus gained membership in the European Union, representing the entire island of Cyprus. However, this membership has been suspended for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the northern ruler of the island of Cyprus.