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Regrettably, independence through the bi-communal power sharing deal was regarded by GC political leaders as a means to get rid of the British, the colonial power, and as a stepping stone to realise their irredentist ambition to unite the island with Greece. Tensions therefore started to brew up immediately following the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) between TCs and GCs and reached a climax when the GC side pressed for 13 amendments to the Constitution in November 1963. This would have amounted to the reduction of the TC community to the status of minority, deprived of their equal power sharing powers. The rejection of the amendments was followed by organised and planned attacks on the TC people throughout the island and the usurpation of the partnership RoC through acts of intimidation and exclusion. In the organised attacks of 1963 and 1964, 404 TCs lost their lives and over 200 went missing. 103 TC villages were destroyed and nearly 30.000 TCs forced out from their homes becoming refugees in scattered enclaves which corresponded to a mere 3% of the territory of Cyprus under veritable siege with no freedom of movement and deprived of basic needs to survive.

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Violation of the Constitutional Order, the Hijacking of the Republic and Exploitation of the Doctrine of Necessity

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    2025年

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  • Mustafa Ergün Olgun

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Regrettably, independence through the bi-communal power sharing deal was regarded by GC political leaders as a means to get rid of the British, the colonial power, and as a stepping stone to realise their irredentist ambition to unite the island with Greece. Tensions therefore started to brew up immediately following the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus (ROC) between TCs and GCs and reached a climax when the GC side pressed for 13 amendments to the Constitution in November 1963. This would have amounted to the reduction of the TC community to the status of minority, deprived of their equal power sharing powers. The rejection of the amendments was followed by organised and planned attacks on the TC people throughout the island and the usurpation of the partnership RoC through acts of intimidation and exclusion. In the organised attacks of 1963 and 1964, 404 TCs lost their lives and over 200 went missing. 103 TC villages were destroyed and nearly 30.000 TCs forced out from their homes becoming refugees in scattered enclaves which corresponded to a mere 3% of the territory of Cyprus under veritable siege with no freedom of movement and deprived of basic needs to survive.