What the records say
- When
- 4 Jun 1878
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 35.00° N, 33.00° E
- Description
- treaty
Placed at the island its title names, Chypre.
Cyprus Convention
1878 secret agreement on Cyprus between the UK and the Ottoman Empire
The Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878 was a secret agreement reached between the United Kingdom and the Ottoman Empire which granted administrative control of Cyprus to Britain, in exchange for its support of the Ottomans during the Congress of Berlin. Provisions in the Convention retained Ottoman rights over the territory of Cyprus.
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