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Cyprus is 40 miles from the coast of Turkey and 60 from the coast of Syria. At a very early date important Greek and Phoenician colonies were established in Cyprus and later it formed part of the Persian and Roman Empires. Its government frequently changed hands until 1571, when the Turks conquered the island from the Venetians, and retained possession of it until its cession to England for administrative purposes under a convention concluded with the Sultan at Constantinople, 4 June, 1878. On the outbreak of hostilities with Turkey on 5 Nov., 1914, the island was annexed. On 1 May, 1925, the island was given the status of a crown colony by letters patent, and the High Commissioner became Governor.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1955). Cyprus. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270848_11
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