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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The population of Cyprus was wholly Greek-speaking and Christian prior to the Ottoman conquest in 1570-73. This brought about radical changes in the demographics of the island. A new ethnic element appeared, the Turks. The population of Cyprus, overwhelmingly Greek at the time, was now ruled by the Ottoman Empire. The island of Cyprus was then annexed by Britain in 1914 from the Ottoman Empire, following the latter's decision to join the World War I on the side of the Central Powers. Soon afterwards, it offered the island to Constantine I of Greece on condition that Greece join the war on the side of the British. Although the offer was supported by Eleftherios Venizelos, the Greek prime minister, it was rejected by the King, who wished to keep Greece out of the war. The offer therefore lapsed. After the foundation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, the new Turkish government formally recognized Britain's ownership of Cyprus. Greek Cypriots believed it their natural right to unite the island with Greece (called enosis), as many of the Aegean islands had done following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

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