• Nikos Sampson (Greek: Νίκος Σαμψών; born Nikolaos (Nikos) Georgiadis, Νίκολαος (Νίκος) Γεωργιάδης; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was a Cypriot journalist...
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    deposed the Cypriot president Archbishop Makarios III and installed Nikos Sampson. The aim of the coup was the union (enosis) of Cyprus with Greece, and...
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  • Makarios III, from office and installed pro-Enosis nationalist Nikos Sampson. The Sampson regime was described as a puppet state, whose ultimate aim was...
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    had been slain (cf. The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 July 1974, p. 1). Nikos Sampson, a Nicosia-based newspaper editor and parliamentarian with a long-standing...
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  • ideas. It was founded in 1960 by journalist and former EOKA gunman Nikos Sampson, as the voice of his "Progressive Front", a nationalist party. Historically...
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    democratically elected president Makarios and installed Nikos Sampson, Turkey invaded Cyprus. Three days later, Sampson was forced to resign. On the same day, 23 July...
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  • sport series "Tek Yürek" and web series "İlk ve Son". He portrayed as Nikos Sampson in historical series "Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs/Kıbrıs: Zafere Doğru". 2008...
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  • Nikos (Greek: Νίκος, Níkos) is a Greek given name. It originates from Greek Nikolaos, which means "victory of the people". Although used as a proper first...
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  • its formation the Front absorbed the Progressive Party established by Nikos Sampson. In the 1970 parliamentary elections the Front won seven of the 35 seats...
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    including children, were taken from the northern suburbs of Nicosia. Nikos Sampson, a nationalist and future coup leader, led a group of Greek Cypriot...
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  • attempted to assassinate Makarios but failed, and he fled to London. Nikos Sampson was installed as the new president of Cyprus. This action provoked a...
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    president Makarios III and replaced him with pro-enosis nationalist Nikos Sampson. On 20 July 1974, the coup d'état precipitated the invasion of the island...
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  • junta installed an EOKA veteran and a member of the Cyprus Parliament, Nikos Sampson as the new president. The attempt to murder president Makarios failed...
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    president Makarios III and replaced him with pro-enosis nationalist Nikos Sampson. In response to the coup, five days later, on 20 July 1974, the Turkish...
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  • under the leadership of EOKA veteran Nikos Sampson, and in coordination with Lieutenant Georgios Olympiou, Sampson organised a team of around 41 men (Including...
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  • things seemed to go along according to plan. Ioannidis put in power Nikos Sampson, a controversial figure. While in power, Ioannidis would regularly place...
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    Nikos Kazantzakis (Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης [ˈnikos kazanˈd͡zacis]; 2 March (OS 18 February) 1883 – 26 October 1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician...
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    in Nicosia and Larnaca. A force of Greek Cypriot irregulars led by Nikos Sampson entered the Nicosia suburb of Omorphita and engaged in heavy firing...
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    Montalk Bruce Reynolds leader of The Great Train Robbery Keith Richards Nikos Sampson Koci Selamaj Richard Starkie John Stonehouse Michael Tippett Lewis Valentine...
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    coast of Cyprus. During the military operation, the dictatorship led by Nikos Sampson fell and political wrangling began. After three weeks, Turkey continued...
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  • Cyprus with rare interviews of President Makarios of the Republic, Nikos Sampson – the man the Greek junta imposed as leader after their attempted coup...
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  • replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson. 1974, 20 July: Turkey invades Cyprus. 1974, 23 July: Nikos Sampson is removed from office and replaced...
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    National Guard launched a coup d'état that installed the pro-enosis Nikos Sampson as president. Makarios fled the country with British help. Faced with...
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  • Cyprus. The invasion followed a coup organized by EOKA-B and led by Nikos Sampson who ousted the democratically elected Cypriot President Archbishop Makarios...
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  • the Nicosia International Airport. Greek paramilitary groups led by Nikos Sampson and Vassos Lyssarides were activated. On 23 December, a ceasefire was...
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    military coup of July 1974, overthrowing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as a dictator, Turkey invaded the Republic of Cyprus in 1974. Nine years...
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    yielded important intelligence information. The leading EOKA assassin, Nikos Sampson, had also been captured. Grivas eventually moved to Limassol where he...
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    president Makarios III and replaced him with pro-enosis nationalist Nikos Sampson. In response to the coup, five days later the Turkish army invaded the...
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    the constitution, no person can serve more than two consecutive terms. Nikos Christodoulides is the eighth and current president of Cyprus, having assumed...
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  • Malcolm Sampson, English rugby league player Margaret Sampson (1906–1988), English nun Marty Sampson (born 1979), Australian songwriter Nikos Sampson (1935–2001)...
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