 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kudzingwa kwaMambo Constantine II kwehurumende yepakati yaGeorge Papandreou muna Chikunguru 1965 kwakatungamira kunguva yakareba yekusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika, uko kwakaguma nekudengenyeka kwenyika musi wa21 Kubvumbi 1967 neHurumende yevakuru. Mukutonga kwehurumende yechiuto, kodzero dzevagari vemo dzakarambidzwa, kudzvinyirira kwezvematongerwe enyika kwakawedzera, uye kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu, kubatanidza kutambudzwa kwaibvumirwa nehurumende, kwakanga kwakapararira. Kukura kwezvemari kwakaramba kuchikurumidza kusati kwadzikira muna 1972. Kudzvinyirirwa kwoutsinye kwokumukira kweAthens Polytechnic musi wa17 Mbudzi 1973 kwakatangisa zviitiko zvakakonzera kuwa kwehurumende yaPapadopoulos, zvichikonzera kupokana kwakadonhedza Georgios Papadopoulos ndokumisikidza brigadier Dimitrios Ioannidis semutungamiri mutsva wehurumende. Musi waJuly 20, 1974, Turkey yakapinda muchitsuwa cheCyprusmukupindura kuCypriot coup yakatsigirwa neGreek, ichikonzera dambudziko rezvematongerwo enyika muGreece rakatungamira kukuparara kwehurumende uye kudzorerwa kwedemokrasi kuburikidza neMetapolitefsi. 