Cyprus

Cyprus is an island country in the east Mediterranean which is populated by a majority of Greek and a minority of Turkish people. After what can be claimed to be a CIA coup in the 70s, through which Greece tried to take control of the country, Turkey invaded and set up a puppet state on the north which is still not admitted into the UN.

The donkey is one of the most characteristic animals of Cyprus.

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CIA coup

An often violent change in the government of a country not allied with the US, brought about or instigated by CIA operatives. Preety abundant during the Cold War.

A CIA coup overthrew Prime Minister Mossadeq when he tried to nationalise Iranian oil in the 1950s.

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