Cyprus Won Independence, Then Found It Had No Laws
Cold War

Cyprus Won Independence, Then Found It Had No Laws

A newly independent nation in 1960 discovered it had forgotten one crucial detail: how to actually govern itself.

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Cold WarCyprusDecolonizationBritish EmpireLegal SystemsIndependence MovementsMediterraneanConstitutional CrisisPost-Colonial States1960s

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