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  • n  the union of Greece and Cyprus (which is the goal of a group of Greek Cypriots)

  • But enosis (union with Greece) seemed farther away than ever for Cyprus.
  • He stirred the dying enosis (union with Greece) movement into holding a plebiscite (1950), which produced a 95% vote in favor of union.
  • From the moment of his arrival, the bristling little fighter talked not only enosis but peace and fair play for the Turks, which, as an undisputed Greek-Cypriot hero, he felt .

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