In 1974, a coup was staged in Cyprus by the Greek-military junta to seize the government of the President of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, answered by a military intervention from Turkey in which the Turkish troops soon controlled about 37% of the island.
ໃນປີ 1974, ການໂຄ່ນລົ້ມໄດ້ຖືກຈັດແຈງຢູ່ໃນ Cyprus ໂດຍລັດຖະບານທະຫານກເຣັກເພື່ອຍຶດເອົາ ອໍາ ນາດສາທາລະນະຂອງປະທານາທິບໍດີ Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, ໄດ້ຕອບໂດຍການໄກ່ເກ່ຍທາງທະຫານຈາກປະເທດຕຸລະກີເຊິ່ງໃນນັ້ນທະຫານຕວກກີກ່ອນຈະຄວບຄຸມປະມານ 37% ຂອງ ເກາະ.