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Ban visits Cyprus to prod peace process
1960 - Britain grants independence to Cyprus under a power-sharing constitution between Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
1963/1964 - Power sharing crumbles amid fighting; government formed without Turkish Cypriots and recognised worldwide as only legitimate authority on island. U.N. peacekeeping force (UNFICYP) established.
1974 - Military junta in Greece backs July coup against President Archbishop Makarios. Five days later Turkish troops intervened Cyprus.
-- Turkey and Greece come close to war. The coup quickly collapses, as does the Athens junta. Turkish forces occupy the northern third of the island.
1983 - Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash declares the Turkish Repubic of Northern Cyprus. Turkey recognises it.
1996 - Two Greek Cypriots are killed in separate demonstrations along the UN-controlled ceasefire line in the worst outbreak of violence since 1974.
2002 - UN presents a peace plan for Cyprus calling for broad power-sharing and a return of territory to Greek Cypriots.
2003 - Turkish Cypriot side authorises opening checkpoints along the ceasefire line for day trips.
April 24, 2004 - Turkish Cypriots, under new leadership of Mehmet Ali Talat, accept it. Greek Cypriots reject UN power-sharing plan in referendum.
-- May 1 - Cyprus joins the European Union, still partitioned.
Oct. 4, 2005 - Turkey starts EU entry negotiations. Cyprus says Turkey must open its ports and airports to Cypriot traffic.
Feb. 24, 2008 - Greek Cypriot communist party leader Demetris Christofias wins presidential election in Greek Cyprus and agrees to revive reunification efforts.
-- April 3 - Greek and Turkish Cypriots pull down barricades that have separated them in the capital Nicosia for half a century.
-- Sept. 3 - Greek and Turkish leaders launch direct peace negotiations which continue at slow pace.
April 19, 2009 - Turkish Cypriot hardliners sweep to victory in parliamentary elections, suggesting a fall in popularity for Talat, whose presidential term ends in April 2010.
-- Oct. 13 - Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides cancel annual rival war games to avoid disrupting talks.
-- Nov. 4 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Cyprus talks making "good progress".
Jan. 31 - Ban to visit Cyprus to boost reunification talks.
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