About Cyprus 74

Cyprus 74 is an independent educational project. It exists to explain how the island came to be divided, for anyone who wants the history without the slogans.

Our approach

The Cyprus problem is told very differently on each side of the Green Line. This site tries to set out what happened in plain language, and where the two communities disagree, it gives both positions the same space and the same weight.

Where events are contested, we describe them in the terms used by international bodies such as the United Nations, and note the names each side uses.

Sources

The timeline draws on UN Security Council reports, the UN Good Offices Mission, the Committee on Missing Persons, and published histories of Cyprus. For further reading, start with:

• UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
• UN Good Offices Mission in Cyprus
• Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus

Corrections

History is never finished. If you spot an error or think something is unfairly framed, we would like to hear about it.