Kipar je etnički razdijeljen od 1974, kad je Turska rasporedila hiljade vojnika na sjeveru te zemlje nakon kratkotrajnog udara kiparskih Grka uz podršku Atine, kojim se to ostrvo htjelo ujediniti s Grčkom.
Cyprus has been split along ethnic lines since 1974, when Turkey deployed thousands of troops in the country's north following a brief, Athens-backed Greek Cypriot coup that sought to unite the island with Greece.