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    Eyalet of Cyprus (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قبرص, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıṣ) was an eyalet (province) of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which was...
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    centuries of Ottoman rule between 1571 and 1878 (de jure until 1914). Cyprus was placed under the United Kingdom's administration based on the Cyprus Convention...
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    Ottoman–Venetian War, also known as the War of Cyprus (Italian: Guerra di Cipro) was fought between 1570 and 1573. It was waged between the Ottoman Empire...
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  • are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30...
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    Human habitation of Cyprus dates back to the Paleolithic era. Cyprus's geographic position has caused the island to be influenced by differing Eastern...
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  • themselves. The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus in 1571 replaced Venetian rule. Despite the inherent oppression of foreign subjugation, the period of Ottoman rule (1570–1878)...
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    Agreements of 19 February 1959, Cyprus became an independent republic on 16 August 1960. Cyprus was a territory of the Ottoman Empire, lastly as part of the...
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    1571, when the island was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. Venice for centuries wanted to control Cyprus and Venetian merchants worked on the island...
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  • The Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878 was a secret agreement reached between Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire which granted administrative control...
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    Cypriots with Ottoman ancestry, as well as by Cypriots who converted to Islam during Ottoman rule. Cypriot Turkish consists of a blend of Ottoman Turkish and...
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    Nicosia (redirect from Nicosia, Cyprus)
    in Cyprus, and is the cathedral of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus. The first cathedral was dedicated to St. John, but during the Ottoman occupation...
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    1878, as a result of the Cyprus Convention, the United Kingdom received as a protectorate the island of Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire in exchange for United...
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    British Cyprus. Hitherto Ottoman Cyprus, a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by...
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    community intact. Cyprus was conquered by the Ottoman Empire after their war with Venice. During Ottoman rule, the Jewish community of Cyprus thrived due to...
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    Greek-populated island of Cyprus was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, following the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573). After 300 years of Ottoman rule the island...
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    Venetian period. Chronicle of Amadi Cyprus under the Ottoman Empire History of Cyprus Kingdom of Cyprus "Cyprus - Turkey, Greece, Conflict | Britannica"...
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  • centuries, Cypriot Turkish is the vernacular spoken by Cypriots with Ottoman ancestry, as well as by Cypriots who converted to Islam during Ottoman rule. It...
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    rule of Cyprus, due to the heavy taxes and this explains their reduction to approximately 2,000 souls at the beginning of the Ottoman rule of Cyprus. The...
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  • Turkish: lira, Ottoman Turkish: لیره, from the Latin libra via the Italian lira; sign: £, sometimes £C for distinction), was the currency of Cyprus, including...
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    declared war against the Ottoman Empire. Britain also formally annexed Cyprus (under British administration since the Cyprus Convention in 1878, but nominally...
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    The Kingdom of Cyprus (French: Royaume de Chypre; Latin: Regnum Cypri) was a medieval kingdom of the Crusader states that existed between 1192 and 1489...
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    Ottoman Empire. Also on 5 November 1914, the British government changed the status of the Khedivate of Egypt and Cyprus, which were de jure Ottoman territories...
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    Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot and...
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    and later became the archbishop of the Cypriot Orthodox Church. Born in Prastio village of Mesaoria, Ottoman Cyprus, in 1859 he became monk at the age of...
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    diplomatic prowess to obtain Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire in 1878. Britain promised to use Cyprus as a base to protect the Ottoman Empire from Russia, according...
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  • Morea (Peloponnese) by the Ottomans The Fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573), resulting in the capture of Cyprus by the Ottomans, and the defeat of their...
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    Eyalet of the Archipelago (category Ottoman Cyprus)
    added to it. Algeria became de facto independent of Ottoman control after 1642, and in ca. 1670 Cyprus was added to the eyalet. It was detached in 1703 as...
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  • Murat Reis the Elder (category Ottoman Cyprus)
    which was known among the Ottomans as the Red Inferno, under the command of a knight named Fresine, off the island of Cyprus, and sailed there to engage...
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    Turkish people (category Ethnic groups in Cyprus)
    Turkey and Northern Cyprus. In addition, centuries-old ethnic Turkish communities still live across other former territories of the Ottoman Empire. Article...
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    Turks in Europe (category Articles containing Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)-language text)
    000 of these Turks to Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The Ottoman Turks conquered Cyprus in 1571 when they began a campaign which led to the fall of...
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