Cyprus gains membership in the British Commonwealth …
Years: 1961 - 1961
February
Cyprus gains membership in the British Commonwealth in March 1961.
Despite these arrangements, the long-standing conflict between the Greek-Cypriot majority and the Turkish-Cypriot minority has intensified following independence.
Locations
People
Groups
- Turkish people
- Greeks (Modern)
- Greece, Kingdom of
- Turkey, Republic of
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Commonwealth of Nations (British)
- Cyprus, Republic of
