 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kupro yakava yakazvimirira muna 1960, uye Clerides akawana simba rezvematongerwe enyika senhengo yeUnited Democratic Party. Kutevera kudengenyeka kwenyika kwaJuly 15, 1974umo EOKA B, sangano revarwi reGreek Cypriot pro-enosis, rakapidigura Makarios akasarudzwa zvematongerwe enyika ndokuisa Nikos Sampson semutungamiri wenyika ane masimba ehurumende, Turkey yakapinda muCyprus. Mazuva masere gare gare, Sampson akamanikidzwa kusiya basa. Pazuva rimwe chetero, 23 July 1974, Clerides akatora kwenguva pfupi mabasa aPurezidhendi weRepublic, maererano nezvirongwa zvakakodzera zveBumbiro. Akaita mabasa aya kusvika musi wa 7 Zvita 1974, zuva rekudzoka kwaMukuru weChechi Makarios, Mutungamiri weRepublic, uyo akamanikidzwa kutiza musi wa 16 Chikunguru 1974 nekuda kwekudonha. Vose vari vaviri Mutungamiri Makarios neImba yeVamiriri vakatenda Glafcos Clerides pachena nokuda kwebasa raakaita mukati menguva iyoyo. Vatsoropodzi, zvikurukuru vanobva kuEDEK vanonongedzera kunguva iyoyo seyakatevera-kuputsa, zvichireva kuti demokrasi haina kudzorerwa zvizere kusvikira kudzoka kwaMakarios. Clerides kune rumwe rutivi akaramba achishora izvo zvaakadana kuti chisimba uye kupokana nechisimba izvo zvakatungamira mukubvuta kureva kupokana pakati peGrivass EOKA-B uye efedriko, yakasarudzika anti-hugandanga mapurisa muviri akaumbwa kurwisa EOKA-B. 