1878 Cyprus Convention

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The 1878 Cyprus Convention was a secret agreement between Britain and the Ottoman Empire that transferred administrative control of Cyprus to Britain in exchange for British support against Russian expansion.

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1878 Cyprus Convention canonical 1
Cyprus Convention 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
international convention ⓘ
secret agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Convention of Defensive Alliance ⓘ
Cyprus Convention ⓘ
archivalLocation British National Archives (text of the convention) ⓘ
cameToLight 1878 ⓘ
category 1878 in international relations ⓘ
History of Cyprus (Ottoman period) ⓘ
Treaties involving the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Treaties involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
context Eastern Question ⓘ
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) aftermath ⓘ
dateSigned 1878-06-04 ⓘ
effectOnCyprus beginning of British administration of Cyprus ⓘ
effectOnOttomanEmpire loss of effective control over Cyprus while retaining nominal sovereignty ⓘ
geopoliticalAim to check Russian influence in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
to secure a strategic base for Britain near the Suez route ⓘ
granted administrative control of Cyprus to Britain ⓘ
inForceUntil 1914 ⓘ
involvedIssue Ottoman territorial integrity ⓘ
Russian expansion in the Near East ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legalNature defensive alliance ⓘ
linkedEvent Congress of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
linked to: Congress of Berlin
locationConcerned Cyprus ⓘ
negotiatedBy Austro-Hungarian and British diplomats in the lead-up to the Congress of Berlin ⓘ
Benjamin Disraeli ⓘ
Count Gyula Andrássy (for the Ottoman side’s broader diplomatic context) ⓘ
obligationOf Ottoman Empire to allow British occupation and administration of Cyprus ⓘ
United Kingdom to support the Ottoman Empire against Russian aggression in Asia ⓘ
purpose to secure British support for the Ottoman Empire against Russian expansion ⓘ
to transfer administrative control of Cyprus to Britain ⓘ
relatedPolicy British policy of maintaining the balance of power in Europe ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
resultedIn British occupation of Cyprus ⓘ
establishment of British administration in Cyprus ⓘ
retainedBy Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire sovereignty over Cyprus (nominal) ⓘ
secretStatus initially secret ⓘ
securityClause British guarantee to defend Asiatic Ottoman territories against Russia ⓘ
signatory Ottoman Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
strategicSignificance provided Britain with a naval and military base in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
supersededBy British annexation of Cyprus in 1914 ⓘ
typeOfControlTransferred administrative control ⓘ
yearSigned 1878 ⓘ

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1878 Cyprus Convention → alsoKnownAs → Cyprus Convention ⓘ
linked to: 1878 Cyprus Convention