jun 4, 1878 - UK takes administrative control

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The United Kingdom took administrative control of the island in 1878, to prevent Ottoman possessions from falling under Russian control following the Cyprus Convention, which led to the call for union with Greece (enosis) to grow louder.[citation needed] Under the terms of the agreement reached between Britain and the Ottoman Empire,[citation needed] the island remained an Ottoman territory. The Christian Greek-speaking majority of the island welcomed the arrival of the British,[citation needed] as a chance to voice their demands for union with Greece.

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