 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupro yakaiswa pasi pehutongi hweUK zvichibva paCypriot Convention muna 1878 uye yakabatanidzwa zviri pamutemo neUK muna 1914. Nguva yemberi yechitsuwa chacho yakava nhau yokusawirirana pakati pemapoka maviri emarudzi akatanhamara, vaGreek Cypriots, avo vakaumba 77 yavagari muna 1960, uye vaTurkish Cypriots, avo vakaumba 18 yavagari. Kubvira muzana ramakore rechi19 zvichienda mberi, vaGiriki vokuKupro vakatevera enosis, kubatana neGirisi, uko kwakava mutemo weGirisi wenyika muma1950. Vagari veTurkey Cypriot pakutanga vakatsigira kuenderera mberi kwehutongi hweBritain, vakabva vakumbira kubatanidzwa kwechitsuwa ichi kuTurkey, uye muma1950, pamwe chete neTurkey, vakagadzira mutemo we taksim, kupatsanurwa kweCyprus uye kugadzirwa kwehurumende yeTurkey kuchamhembe. Kutevera masimba masimba enyika muma1950Cyprus yakawana kuzvitonga muna 1960. Dambudziko ra1963-1964 rakaunza humwe hutsinye pakati pemapoka maviri, rakaendesa maTurkey eCyprus anopfuura zviuru makumi maviri nezvishanu mumatunhu uye rakaunza kupera kwekumiririra kwevaTurkey veCypriot muRepublic. Pana 15 July 1974, coup détat yakaitwa navaGreek Cypriot vorudzi uye zvinhu zvehurumende yechiuto yechiGreek mukuedza enosis. Chiito ichi chakakurumidza kupindirwa kweTurkey kuCyprus musi wa20 Chikunguru, izvo zvakakonzera kubatwa kwenzvimbo yazvino yeNorth Cyprus uye kudzingwa kwevanopfuura ma150,000 maGreek maCypriot uye ma50,000 maTurkey maCypriot. Nyika yeTurkey Cypriot yakaparadzaniswa kuchamhembe yakagadzwa neshoko rimwechete muna 1983; danho iri rakashoropodzwa zvikuru nenzanga yenyika dzakawanda, neTurkey chete ichiziva nyika itsva. Zviitiko izvi nemamiriro ezvinhu ezvematongerwe enyika anotevera zvinhu zvinoramba zvichikakavadzana. 