Enosis with Greece

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Enosis with Greece was a nationalist movement advocating the political union of Cyprus with the Greek state, especially prominent among Greek Cypriots in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf irredentist movement ⓘ
nationalist movement ⓘ
advocatedBy Greek Cypriots ⓘ
aimsAt union of Cyprus with the Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
hasConsequence conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots ⓘ
intercommunal tensions in Cyprus ⓘ
internationalization of the Cyprus question ⓘ
involvement of Greece in Cyprus affairs ⓘ
involvement of Turkey in Cyprus affairs ⓘ
hasDemographicBase Greek-speaking population of Cyprus ⓘ
hasEthnicDimension Greek Cypriot identity ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod British Cyprus period ⓘ
Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

late Ottoman period ⓘ
hasIdeology Greek nationalism ⓘ
Hellenism ⓘ
hasMainGoal political union of Cyprus with Greece ⓘ
hasOpposingGoal Taksim (partition of Cyprus) ⓘ
hasPoliticalContext British colonial rule in Cyprus ⓘ
Ottoman rule in Cyprus ⓘ
hasSlogan Enosis ⓘ
hasStatus unrealized political objective ⓘ
hasTerritorialClaim entire island of Cyprus ⓘ
influencedBy pan-Hellenic aspirations ⓘ
inspiredBy Greek War of Independence ⓘ
unification of the Greek state ⓘ
involvesCountry Cyprus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
languageOfTerm Greek ⓘ
linkedEvent 1950 Enosis plebiscite in Cyprus ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus dispute

EOKA insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus Emergency
linkedToLeader Archbishop Makarios III ⓘ
linked to: Makarios III

Georgios Grivas ⓘ
linkedToOrganization EOKA ⓘ
literalMeaning union ⓘ
opposedBy Turkey ⓘ
Turkish Cypriots ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
relatedTo Cyprus dispute ⓘ
Cyprus problem ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus dispute

Megali Idea ⓘ
supportedBy Greek Cypriot political parties ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Cyprus ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Cyprus ⓘ
wasProminentInCentury 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ

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Cyprus Emergency → goal → enosis (union of Cyprus with Greece) ⓘ
linked to: Enosis with Greece