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NICOS SAMSON CLAIMS PRESIDENCY OF CYPRUS WITH EOKA BERET ORIGINAL PHOTO CYPRUS 16 / 7 / 1974
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NICOS SAMSON CLAIMS PRESIDENCY OF CYPRUS WITH EOKA BERET ORIGINAL ARCHIVE PHOTO 18CM X 24CM CYPRUS 16 / 7 / 1974
The Greek military junta installed Sampson as President, as a result of a decision of Colonel Constantinos Kombokis, Deputy leader of the coup, when the President of the Supreme Court could not be found and an ex Makarios minister Zenon Severis refused to take over as President. Sampson's appointment was an on-the-spot decision to avoid a power vacuum. The second Junta of Greece fell on 24 July 1974, only eight days after Sampson had been appointed. Sampson was forced to resign. The Greek Cypriot government was restored under Glafkos Clerides. When Sampson resigned on Tuesday July 23, 1974 Turkey was in control of 3% of the territory of Cyprus and the Turkish Cypriot enclaves (around 4-5% of the territory) had almost all fallen in the hands of Greek-Cypriots.
