Britain’s crackdown after 1931 Cyprus uprising fuelled lasting resentment

Ninety-five years ago in October 1931, Britain deployed some 150 troops to Cyprus from Cairo and sent warships to Limassol and Paphos after a crowd burned down government house in Nicosia. The colonial authorities subsequently dismantled the island’s elected bodies and ruled by authoritarian decree until the Second World War. The uprising, known in Greek […]

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