Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rusvingo rwakamira muguta guru reCyprus reNicosia kwemakore anopfuura makumi mana. Kwave kuri chiyeuchidzo chenguva dzose chemamiriro ezvinhu ezvematongerwe enyika echitsuwa cheMediterranean (chakawana rusununguko kubva kuBritain muna 1960) icho chakatambura nekuparadzaniswa kubva pamhirizhonga yemarudzi muna 1963 iyo yakangodzivirirwa nekugadzwa kweUnited Nations Peacekeeping Force imomo muna 1964. Kuparadzaniswa uku kwakatowedzera apo Cyprus yakapindirwa nemauto eTurkey
pakati paJuly 1974 pashure pokunge maGreek Cypriot akarurama (akatsigirwa nehurumende yechiuto yaitonga Girisi panguva iyoyo) akaedza kupandukira nechinangwa chokubatanidza chitsuwa chacho kuGreece. Mugumisiro wacho wakanga uri kupatsanuka pakati pehurumende yeGreek Cypriot yakazivikanwa munyika yose kumaodzanyemba neTurkey Cypriot kuchamhembe (inozivikanwa neTurkey bedzi). Kuparadzaniswa kwevanhu muNicosia kwava chinhu chinofadza vashanyi vanotarisa pamusoro pacho kuti vaone nzvimbo inodzivirira pakati pemapoka maviri aya (nzvimbo isina munhu ine dzimba dzakasiyiwa nemabhizimisi uko vanhuwo zvavo vasingatenderwi kupinda). Kuparadzwa kworusvingo kwakabudisawo vaKupro vaida kuziva.