REPUBLICA BOLIVARIANA DE VENEZUELA

UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR

INSTITUTO PEDAGOGICO “RAFAEL ALBERTO ESCOBAR LARA"
MARACAY-EDO ARAGUA
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Anglophone Culture

Prof. Jeferson Bello

Abreu, Martha C.I.V -9.658.114

Ortiz, Johan C.I.V – 13.625.081

Junio - 2023
 The island of Cyprus is
located in the
Mediterranean Sea, 113
km south of Turkey, 120
km west of Syria, and 150
km east of the Greek island
of Kastellórizo.
Geographically, Cyprus
belongs to the Near East,
but politically and
culturally it is considered
part of Europe. Historically,
it has always been a bridge
between the continents of
Africa, Asia and Europe.
 It was part of the British Empire from
1914 under military occupation from
1914–1925 and a Crown colony from
1925–1960.
 Is an independent
sovereign Republic with
a presidential system of
government. Executive
power is exercised by
the President who is
elected universal
suffrage for a five-year
term.
 The official languages ​of the
island are Greek and Turkish,
while English is widely spoken.
French, German and Russian are
also spoken in the tourism
industry.
 Cyprus was a territory of the Ottoman Empire, lastly as part of the Vilayet of the Archipelago, since it
was conquered from the Republic of Venice in 1570–71.

 The Ottoman occupation brought about two radical changes to the history of the island: A new ethnic
element appeared on the island, the Turks, while Cypriots now had a new ruler, the Ottomans.

 The Ottoman Empire gave timars—land grants—to soldiers under the condition that they and their
families would stay there permanently. An action of far-reaching importance because the predefined
soldiers became the nucleus of the island's Turkish community.

 During the 17th century the Turkish population grew rapidly, partly by Greek conversion (including
converts who retained some pre-Islamic practices) joined to them. Most of the Turks who had settled
on the island during the three centuries of Ottoman rule remained when control of Cyprus—although
not sovereignty—was ceded to Britain in 1878. The distinction between the two groups was by both
religion and language

 In 1878, as a result of the Cyprus

Convention, the United Kingdom received
as a protectorate the island of Cyprus from
the Ottoman Empire in exchange for
United Kingdom's military support to the
Ottoman Empire should Russia attempt to
take possession of territories of the
Ottomans in Asia
 In 1869 the construction of the Suez Canal was completed, so the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland began to have a greater interest in
the island. These and the Sultan secretly sign on June 4, 1878 the Cyprus
Convention by which the administration of Cyprus was ceded to the
United Kingdom. In return, it would support the Ottoman Empire in the
Russo-Turkish war of 1877–1878. Suez canal in 1914

 A British protectorate under nominal Ottoman suzerainty was established

over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878, following the
Russo-Turkish War, in which the British occupied the island as a
consequence of the Ottoman Empire's actions throughout the duration of
the war.

 Cyprus was then proclaimed a British protectorate and was informally

Flag of the British colony of Cyprus (1881-1922).
integrated into the British Empire. This remained in place until 5 November
1914, when after the Ottomans joined the Central Powers, in turn entering
World War I, Britain declared the complete annexation of Cyprus into the
British Empire, albeit under a military administration status.

 The Crown Colony of Cyprus was proclaimed a decade later, in 1925, after
Britain's annexation of Cyprus was verified twice, firstly in the Treaty of
Sèvres in 1920, then confirmed again in the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. Flag of the British colony of Cyprus (1922-1960)
 In 1954, the British government declared its intention to move its military
headquarters at Suez to Cyprus. The EOKA organization, whose main
purpose was self-determination and enosis, saw this as a sign that the British
would not withdraw from Cyprus and launched a guerrilla campaign
beginning on 1 April 1955 on British military and civilian installations such
as well as the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot collaborators, informers
and communists. Current flag of the republic of cyprus

 Signed on February 19, 1959, the London and Zurich Agreements began the
process for the constitution of an independent Cyprus. In December of that
same year, a ceasefire was reached with EOKA after it was agreed that the
United Kingdom would allow independence on condition of maintaining two
sovereign bases on the island, Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Situation that has been
maintained until today.
Current flag of the Turkish Republic
of Northern Cyprus

 One of the influences of the British occupation was the language, since Cyprus is
a country with deep Greek and Turkish roots.
 Although it does not have an official character, English is widely spoken and is
very present in traffic signs, public notices, advertisements, etc.
 In fact, English was the only official language during British colonial rule and
the lingua franca until 1960, and continued to be used in the courts of law until
1989 and in legislation until 1996. 80.4% of Cypriots are fluent in English as a
second language.
 Art
Concerning the arts, Cyprus was completely independent from
Greece; it was more influenced by the East countries. There are no
remains from public buildings, except from the Kingdom in
Bouni(5th century b.d), which is far away from the Greek
architecture standards. Common characteristics of all the ancient
temples is the big inner yard surrounded with other smaller yards
and small rooms.

Sculpture came up for first time at the 7th century b.d. At the
beginning somebody can observe Assyrian influence and then
Egyptian. Afterwards the influence of the Greek art is obvious,
where the subjects were taken from real life incidents.

 Religion
Cyprus enjoys an exceedingly high level of freedom
of worship. While the majority of Greek-Cypriots are
Greek Orthodox Christians, other denominations are
represented on the island, including Armenians,
Maronites and Roman Catholics. The Turkish-Cypriot
community is predominantly Muslim
• https://www.lifeder.com/bandera-de-chipre/
• https://www.mosalingua.com/es/que-idioma-se-habla-en-chipre/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cyprus_(1878%E2%80%93present)
• https://paisesdesaparecidos.wordpress.com/chipre-britanico/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Cyprus
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Cyprus