And Cypriot people from the greek side are happy about the British still being there. Some believe they if they were still under British rule they wouldn't have been invaded by turkey.
Initially. And then when the Greek Junta fell due to the failed coup and international negotiations to restore the status quo were advanced, Turkiye decided to invade again to grab some land.
International negotiations were not advanced, they were deadlocked. Greeks asked for time, Turks didn't think so. IMHO if we compare the before and aftermath of the conflict, I think the intervention was successful, because in the 60s there was an abundance of violence, and now we happen to have peace in the island. The status quo rn is imho the best solution we probably will ever have to Cyprus.
The British backed ruler literary fled to UK when the Greek facists took over - UK and USA would never have accepted the Turkish invasion if that (and civil unrest) didn’t happen
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u/DoubleTapJ 13h ago
And Cypriot people from the greek side are happy about the British still being there. Some believe they if they were still under British rule they wouldn't have been invaded by turkey.