<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> This article is about the history of Cyprus from 1878 to the present . </P> <P> Cyprus was part of the British Empire, as a Military occupation from 1914--1925, and a Crown colony from 1925--1960 . Cyprus became an independent nation in 1960 . </P> <P> In 1878, as a result of the Cyprus Convention, the United Kingdom received as a protectorate the island of Cyprus from the Ottoman Empire in exchange for United Kingdom's military support to the Ottoman Empire should Russia attempt to take possession of territories of the Ottomans in Asia . </P>

When did the republic of cyprus become independent