Cypriot intercommunal violence

Cypriot intercommunal violence
Part of Cyprus problem
Date 1959–1974 Location Cyprus, mainly in Nicosia Result 1974 Cypriot coup d'état Turkish invasion of Cyprus
Belligerents
Pro-enosis militias EOKA EOKA B Supported by:  Greece	Pro-taksim militias TMT 9 September Front Black Gang Supported by:  Turkey
Commanders and leaders
Georgios Grivas Nikos Sampson	Rauf Denktaş 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.