Cypriot intercommunal violence

Cypriot intercommunal violence
Part of Cyprus problem
Date1959–1974
Location
Cyprus, mainly in Nicosia
Result

1974 Cypriot coup d'état

Belligerents

Greece Pro-enosis militias

Supported by:
 Greece

Turkey Pro-taksim militias

Supported by:
 Turkey
Commanders and leaders
Georgios Grivas
Nikos Sampson
Turkey Rauf Denktaş
Turkey Daniş Karabelen

Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These included the Cyprus Emergency of 1955–59 during British rule, the post-independence Cyprus crisis of 1963–64, and the Cyprus crisis of 1967. Hostilities culminated in the 1974 de facto division of the island along the Green Line following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The region has been relatively peaceful since then, but the Cyprus dispute has continued, with various attempts to solve it diplomatically having been generally unsuccessful.