Cyprus and car hire at Larnaca Airport
Visitors who want to visit Cyprus today can explore the historic monuments around the island, enjoy the beaches, the restaurants, bars and attractions by booking a hire car from Larnaca Airport before they travel.
In 1955, the campaign for enosis became an armed strug¬gle led by Lieutenant Colonel George Grivas, a Cypriot-born Greek Anny officer.
He was ¬and still is known to Cypri¬ots as Dighenis, a code name inspired by the legendary hero of an II thc century Greek epic, Dighenis Akritas. The name means 'frontiersman born of two races', though the true enosis fighter might claim that Cypriots and Greeks are the same race. EOKA (Greek initials for the National Organization of Cypriot Struggle) had, unlike other ant colonial movements of the time, a rightwing ideol¬ogy with violent methods op¬posed by the island's leftist trade unions and Communist Party.
Directed by Grivas from a hideout in the Troodos mountains, EOKA blew up public buildings and killed opponents of enosis. Makarios publicly disowned the actions but gave EOKA clandestine support. He was exiled in 1956, first to the Seychelles and then to Athens. The Greek public gave noisy support to the Greek-Cypriot cause, but their govemment was reticent. Turkey backed Turkish¬ Cypriot opposition to enosis with two main arguments: the Moslem community would be defenceless if swallowed up in the greater Greek nation; and Greek extension to Cyprus would pose a direct military threat to Turkey.
In 1958, Turkish Cypriots rioted in fa¬vour of partitioning the island. In 1959, as guarantors (with the British), Turks and Greeks met in Zurich and agreed to renounce both enosis and partition, while guarantee¬ing strict safeguards for the Turkish Cypriot minority. The president of the new indepen¬dent republic would be Greek¬ Cypriot Archbishop Makarios, and his vice president would be the Turkish Cypriot leader, Fazil Kuchuk. On August 16, 1960, Cyprus became inde¬pendent, within the British Commonwealth. (Britain retained two military bases British Sovereign Base Areas on the south coast.) Grivas retired to Athens, unhappy with the outcome.
Troubled Independence in Cyprus
The constitution proved too complex to work. Cabinet posts, parliamentary seats and civil service jobs were appor¬tioned to Greek and Turkish Cypriots according to a ratio of 7 to 3 (the demographic ratio was 8 to 2). The main towns elected separate Greek¬ and Turkish-Cypriot munici¬pal governments. To give Turkish Cypriots added pro¬tection, taxation was subject to special restrictions. In 1963, Makarios pro¬posed 13 simplifying amend¬ments which Turkey promptly vetoed even before the Turk¬ish-Cypriot leadership had voiced an opinion.
Communal fighting broke out in Nicosia. The British supervised a cease¬fire and set up a 'Green Line' separating the communities in the capital. United Nations forces were brought in to pa¬trol it in March 1964, and have been there ever since. Turkish Cypriot enclaves were formed mainly in the northern part of the island. Turkey and Greece each sent in officers to train local forces. In 1974, in a bid to regain popularity at home, Greece's military junta tried to impose enosis in Cyprus.
Makarios resisted and demanded that the Greek officers be withdrawn from the island. The junta responded by engineering a military attack on the Presi-dential Palace in Nicosia. Makarios escaped to Paphos where he broadcast to the peo¬ple of Cyprus refuting reports of his assassination. This coup d'etat gave Turkey a pretext to invade. Within three weeks, Turkish troops had occupied most of northern Cyprus. Makarios escaped to New York where he rallied support in the United Nations to rein¬state him as president. He died in 1977.
Turkish control in Cyprus and airport car hire
With thousands of Brits now flocking to Cyprus each year for their holidays, the best way to get around the island in comfort is to book a hire car from Larnaca or Paphos Airport before you leave home.
The Turkish army re¬mained in control of 37% of the island, including Fama¬gusta, northern Nicosia and Kyrenia. The troops have been accused of plundering churches, and Greek Cypriot art trea¬sures from the north have begun to appear on the interna¬tional market.
Some 170,000 Greek Cypriots were forced to flee to the south, while about 30,000 Turkish Cypriots migrated to the north. By 1992, some 80,000 new set¬tlers had been brought into northern Cyprus from Turkish Anatolia. In 1983, a 'Turkish Repub¬lic of Northern Cyprus' was set up under Rauf Denktash, but recognized only by Turkey. The UN Security Council has condemned the move and urged Greek Cypriot President George Vassiliou and Denktash to find a way other than partition for pro¬tecting minority rights on the island.
Because of its diplo¬matic isolation, the economy in northern Cyprus has stag¬nated badly. Greek Cypriots have recovered from the initial shock of invasion and their economy was thriving again by 1992, thanks in large part to tourism. But reunification with the north remains their national goal.
Where to Go in Cyprus and car rentals at the airport
Car rentals and car hire at the airport in Cyprus is easy to pick up and relatively cheap, compared to the rest of Europe. In order to get the best car hire deals visitors should pre-book their hire car at Larnaca Airport or Paphos Airport, Cyprus before they travel.
In 1955, the campaign for enosis became an armed strug¬gle led by Lieutenant Colonel George Grivas, a Cypriot-born Greek Anny officer.
He was ¬and still is known to Cypri¬ots as Dighenis, a code name inspired by the legendary hero of an II thc century Greek epic, Dighenis Akritas. The name means 'frontiersman born of two races', though the true enosis fighter might claim that Cypriots and Greeks are the same race. EOKA (Greek initials for the National Organization of Cypriot Struggle) had, unlike other ant colonial movements of the time, a rightwing ideol¬ogy with violent methods op¬posed by the island's leftist trade unions and Communist Party.
Directed by Grivas from a hideout in the Troodos mountains, EOKA blew up public buildings and killed opponents of enosis. Makarios publicly disowned the actions but gave EOKA clandestine support. He was exiled in 1956, first to the Seychelles and then to Athens. The Greek public gave noisy support to the Greek-Cypriot cause, but their govemment was reticent. Turkey backed Turkish¬ Cypriot opposition to enosis with two main arguments: the Moslem community would be defenceless if swallowed up in the greater Greek nation; and Greek extension to Cyprus would pose a direct military threat to Turkey.
In 1958, Turkish Cypriots rioted in fa¬vour of partitioning the island. In 1959, as guarantors (with the British), Turks and Greeks met in Zurich and agreed to renounce both enosis and partition, while guarantee¬ing strict safeguards for the Turkish Cypriot minority. The president of the new indepen¬dent republic would be Greek¬ Cypriot Archbishop Makarios, and his vice president would be the Turkish Cypriot leader, Fazil Kuchuk. On August 16, 1960, Cyprus became inde¬pendent, within the British Commonwealth. (Britain retained two military bases British Sovereign Base Areas on the south coast.) Grivas retired to Athens, unhappy with the outcome.
Troubled Independence in Cyprus
The constitution proved too complex to work. Cabinet posts, parliamentary seats and civil service jobs were appor¬tioned to Greek and Turkish Cypriots according to a ratio of 7 to 3 (the demographic ratio was 8 to 2). The main towns elected separate Greek¬ and Turkish-Cypriot munici¬pal governments. To give Turkish Cypriots added pro¬tection, taxation was subject to special restrictions. In 1963, Makarios pro¬posed 13 simplifying amend¬ments which Turkey promptly vetoed even before the Turk¬ish-Cypriot leadership had voiced an opinion.
Communal fighting broke out in Nicosia. The British supervised a cease¬fire and set up a 'Green Line' separating the communities in the capital. United Nations forces were brought in to pa¬trol it in March 1964, and have been there ever since. Turkish Cypriot enclaves were formed mainly in the northern part of the island. Turkey and Greece each sent in officers to train local forces. In 1974, in a bid to regain popularity at home, Greece's military junta tried to impose enosis in Cyprus.
Makarios resisted and demanded that the Greek officers be withdrawn from the island. The junta responded by engineering a military attack on the Presi-dential Palace in Nicosia. Makarios escaped to Paphos where he broadcast to the peo¬ple of Cyprus refuting reports of his assassination. This coup d'etat gave Turkey a pretext to invade. Within three weeks, Turkish troops had occupied most of northern Cyprus. Makarios escaped to New York where he rallied support in the United Nations to rein¬state him as president. He died in 1977.
Turkish control in Cyprus and airport car hire
With thousands of Brits now flocking to Cyprus each year for their holidays, the best way to get around the island in comfort is to book a hire car from Larnaca or Paphos Airport before you leave home.
The Turkish army re¬mained in control of 37% of the island, including Fama¬gusta, northern Nicosia and Kyrenia. The troops have been accused of plundering churches, and Greek Cypriot art trea¬sures from the north have begun to appear on the interna¬tional market.
Some 170,000 Greek Cypriots were forced to flee to the south, while about 30,000 Turkish Cypriots migrated to the north. By 1992, some 80,000 new set¬tlers had been brought into northern Cyprus from Turkish Anatolia. In 1983, a 'Turkish Repub¬lic of Northern Cyprus' was set up under Rauf Denktash, but recognized only by Turkey. The UN Security Council has condemned the move and urged Greek Cypriot President George Vassiliou and Denktash to find a way other than partition for pro¬tecting minority rights on the island.
Because of its diplo¬matic isolation, the economy in northern Cyprus has stag¬nated badly. Greek Cypriots have recovered from the initial shock of invasion and their economy was thriving again by 1992, thanks in large part to tourism. But reunification with the north remains their national goal.
Where to Go in Cyprus and car rentals at the airport
Car rentals and car hire at the airport in Cyprus is easy to pick up and relatively cheap, compared to the rest of Europe. In order to get the best car hire deals visitors should pre-book their hire car at Larnaca Airport or Paphos Airport, Cyprus before they travel.
Labels: Troubled Independence in Cyprus
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What better place to get away than hitting the beach in Cyprus. Pick up your north cyprus car-rentalservice and enjoy scenic drives to places like Paphos; or take a historic drive through the city centre which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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