British occupation of Cyprus (1878–1960)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_occupation_of_Cyprus_(1878–1960)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Nicosia
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Cyprus_Emergency
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:Cypriot_pound
gptkbp:endDate	1960
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:Greek_Cypriots gptkb:Turkish_Cypriots British
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Flag_of_British_Cyprus
gptkbp:followedBy	Republic of Cyprus
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:British_colonial_administration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British occupation of Cyprus (1878–1960)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Cyprus
gptkbp:monarch	gptkb:King_Edward_VII gptkb:King_Edward_VIII gptkb:King_George_V gptkb:King_George_VI gptkb:Queen_Elizabeth_II gptkb:Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Sir_Ronald_Storrs gptkb:Sir_Hugh_Foot gptkb:Sir_John_Harding Sir Andrew Wright
gptkbp:occupyingPower	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Greek English Turkish
gptkbp:population	over 500,000 (1960)
gptkbp:populationCensusYear	1960
gptkbp:precededBy	Ottoman rule of Cyprus
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Enosis_movement London-Zurich Agreements
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:EOKA gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Greek_Cypriot_National_Guard gptkb:Turkish_Resistance_Organization
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Islam gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:resultedIn	Cyprus independence
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Cyprus_Emergency gptkb:EOKA_insurgency
gptkbp:startDate	1878
gptkbp:status	British Crown colony (from 1925) British military occupation (1914–1925) British protectorate (1878–1914)
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne_(1923) gptkb:Cyprus_Convention_(1878)
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:British_occupation_authorities
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7