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Word: tition (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...stronger Soviet backing over Cyprus, but there were limits to what Premier Aleksei Kosygin could prom ise. Russia, like Turkey, is against enosis, the union of Cyprus with Greece, but the Soviets are not likely to go so far as to back Turkey's desire for par tition of the island. The Turkish press blossomed with headlines when Kosygin promised the visiting Turks that the Kremlin would study ways to improve the living conditions of the hapless Turkish Cypriots. Though a new dollop of Soviet aid may come out of the trip, many Turks found Urguplii's junket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey: The Hug of the Bear | 8/20/1965 | See Source »

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