1.5. Internal changes in Cyprus after the violent eventsFollowing the violent events, the Turkish Cypriots closed themselves up in their own enclaves and avoided entering the Greek area. The Greek Cypriots, for their part, began passing laws aimed at weakening the 1960 constitution and strengthening their own status. In June 1964 the Greeks passed a law establishing a National Guard, according to which all men aged 18 to 59 were required to do three months' mandatory service. In December 1964 further laws were passed, one establishing unitary local authorities and the other imposing income tax. On 30 March 1965 the House of Representatives decided to cancel the Greek Communal Chamber and to establish a ministry of education which would take on some of the prerogatives of the Chamber.
On 23 August 1965 the Cyprus government spokesman announced that Vice President Fazil Küçük had lost the right to hold office due to his involvement in the "Turkish revolt' which began in December 1963. The spokesman noted that all three Turkish ministers had been deposed even before that. In June 1965 the House of Representatives decided to extend its term of office and that of President Makarios' by an additional year, contrary to the constitution, which stipulated elections every five years, (that is, 16 August 1965).
Yet another law cancelled the article of the constitution stipulating that elections for parliament be carried out separately for the number of seats allotted to each of the two communities, and established uniform elections. As a result the Turkish Cypriots lost the 15 seats in parliament that the constitution had set aside for them. In response, the 15 Turkish members of parliament decided to extend their own term of office, as well as that of Vice President Küçük, by another year.
Towards the end of the period, in December 1967, the Turkish community established a Transitional Administration to govern the Turkish regions "until the day when the articles of the 1960 constitution are applied in full." Dr. Fazil Küçük headed this administration. [No. 214]
Source:Isreal State Archives
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