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Dossier Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston INFORMATION POR BANDUNG CONFERENCE 1955 to Turkey, but this was strongly rejected in the country. In The Country 1950, a referendum was called between the Greek Cypriots and its result showed that 80% of the Cyprus population The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA), or the wanted to be reunited with Greece, and this became the National Organization of Cypriot Fighters, is a nationalist main slogan of the nationalist groups in the country. Greek Cypriot group that fought against the British imperialism in the Island of Cyprus. The EOKA will be the repre- EOKA in the Conference sentative of the pre-independent Cyprus in the Bandung Conference. The Organization started to act earlier in 1955, EOKA will be represented by the Cypriot archbishop and but the leaderships have been articulating among them- activist Makarios III. Since Cyprus is not yet an independ- selves since the beginning of the 1950’s. The EOKA will be ent, the EOKA will be more inclined to find support for its part of the Bandung Conference because of the participa- independence among the other ex-colonies then to negoti- tion of the Archbishop Makarios III, who went to the confer- ate other questions. EOKA will be a strong supporter of the ence looking for more attention to the Cyprus question. In Self-Determination principle in the Conference, since it Cyprus, the population was split in between Greeks and legitimize the will of the Greek Cypriot to be integrated to Turkish Cypriots. The EOKA doesn't accept the Turkish Greece, and of further aid to the independence struggles in Cypriots, since their goal is to create a different state in the other colonies. north of Cyprus while the Greek Cypriots are willing for the reunification of Cyprus and Greece. Cyrpus and the Imperialism Cyprus is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea. It was first invaded by the Ottoman Empire in 1570. During the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829), the Cypriots fought side by side with the Greek forces. However, the independence of Cyprus was not guaranteed, but the Greek president Kapodistrias stated that he would look for the unification of Cyprus and Greece. In 1877, during the Con- gress of Berlin, Cyprus was put under the control of Great Britain. Under the British domination, the Greek Cypriot population felt hopeful for the unification with Greece, since that Great Britain promised the unification in return of the Greek support in the World War I and later in the World War II. However, in both occasions, Greece didn’t actively partake in the war and England remained in control of Cy- prus until the present (1955). After the World War II and with the creation of the United Nations (UN), several statements were made towards the control of Cyprus. Tur- key had pronounced in favour of the annexation of Cyprus .

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