 Kukosha kwechitendero mukati mevanhu vechiGreek Cypriot kwakasimbiswa apo Bhishopi Mukuru weChechi yeCyprus, Makarios III, akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi wokutanga weRepublic of Cyprus muna 1960. Kwemakore gumi nehafu akatevera, enosis yakanga iri nhau inokosha nokuda kwevaGreek Cypriots, uye chikonzero chinokosha chezviitiko zvakatungamirira ku 1974 coup, iyo yakakurudzira kupinda kweTurkey uye kubatwa kwechikamu chekuchamhembe kwechitsuwa. Kupro inoramba yakakamurwa nhasi, nemasangano maviri akapatsanurwa chose chose. VaGreek Cypriot vakawanda, vazhinji vavo vakarasikirwa nemisha yavo, minda nezvinhu zvavo panguva yekupinda kweTurkey, vakatamira kunyanya kuUK, USA, Australia, South Africa neEurope. Nhasi kune vanofungidzirwa kuva 335 000 vatorwa veGreek Cypriot vanogara muGreat Britain. Ruzhinji rwevaGreek Cypriot muGreat Britain parizvino vanogara muEngland; pane fungidziro dzinosvika zviuru zvitatu muWales uye chiuru muScotland. 