Page "History of Cyprus" Paragraph 56

In 1878, as the result of the Cyprus Convention, the United Kingdom took over the government of Cyprus as a protectorate from the Ottoman Empire.

In 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Cyprus was annexed by the United Kingdom.

In 1925, following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Cyprus was made a Crown Colony.

Between 1955-59 EOKA was created by Greek Cypriots and led by George Grivas to perform enosis ( union of the island with Greece ).

However the EOKA campaign did not result union with Greece but rather an independent republic, The Republic of Cyprus, in 1960.