 Nokusimudzirwa kweRepublic of Cyprus muna 1960, bumbiro remutemo reCyprus Articles 2 ne3 rakazivisa maTurkey eCyprus seimwe ye Mafundisi maviri eRepublic pamwe chete nemaGreek Cypriots. Nokudaro, zviri pamutemo, vakapiwa kodzero dzakaenzana dzokugoverana simba nemaGreek Cypriots uye havana kutsanangurwa seboka duku; uyezve, mutauro weTurkey wakazivikanwawo semutauro wepamutemo weRepublic, pamwe chete nomutauro wechiGiriki. Zvisinei, nemhaka yeCypriot dambudziko ra1963-64, rakateverwa neGreek-inotungamirirwa ne1974 Cypriot coup détatiyo yakatsvaga kuzadzisa Enosis uye kumisikidza iyo Hellenic Republic yeCyprus nekutsvaira madzinza maTurkey eCyprus pasi pechirongwa cheAkritas chinozivikanwawo se chirongwa chekuparadza vanhu, uyezve kupinda kweTurkey muna 1974 kuCyprus, maTurkey eCyprus akazivisa nyika yavo iyo Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus TRNC muna 1983. 