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EOKA B'
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When Grivas died from heart failure on [[January 27]], [[1974]], the new leadership of EOKA-B increasingly came under the direct control and influence of the military junta in Athens. On [[15 July]] [[1974]], EOKA B' - with approval of the Greek Dictator [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]] -assisted the [[Cyprus National Guard]] in overthrowing [[Makarios]] and installing [[Nikos Sampson]] as President of Cyprus. This action served only to trigger a Turkish military Invasion on [[July 20]] [[1974]] which led to the subsequent and continuing Turkish occupation of more than a third of the island's territory.
[[Category:History of Cyprus]]