 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kupokana kweCyprus kwakabva mukukakavadzana pakati pemapoka maviri akasiyana etsika anogara pachitsuwa ichi. Izvo vamwe vanyori venhau dzakaitika vanonongedzera kwazviri sechinetso cheCyprus chave chiri chisakiso chokurwisana kwemakumi amakore anoverengeka. Kubvira muna 1955, kurwisana kwakadzokororwa pakati pemapoka echiGiriki neechiTurkey pachitsuwa ichi kwakakonzera kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwo enyika. Kupro yakaiswa munzvimbo inobatsira pakati peMiddle East neEurope, ichiita kuti ive nzvimbo yakanaka yesimba rakarongwa munharaunda yacho. Kunyange zvazvo vagari veCyprus vakaumbwa zvikurukuru nemapoka echiGiriki neechiTurkey, vaGiriki vanorangarirwa kuva pesvedzero huru yetsika. Mukuverengwa kwevanhu kwa1960, 77 yevagari vaiva vaGiriki uye 18 vaTurkey. Kubva pakusvika kwevaTurkey panguva yeOttoman Conquestmuna 1571, kusvikira muna 1974, mapoka ose ari maviri akanga akapararira muchitsuwa chacho chose, kunyange zvazvo akaramba akaparadzana munzanga. 