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سازمان ملی مبارزان قبرس
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Also known as National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters

The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA ; ) was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought a campaign for the end of British rule in Cyprus, and for eventual union with Greece.

Key facts

War faction.name
EOKAΕθνική Οργάνωσις Κυπρίων ΑγωνιστώνNational Organisation of Cypriot Fighters
War faction.logo
EOKA flag.svg
War faction.caption
EOKA flag
War faction.active
1955–1959
War faction.leaders
George GrivasGrigoris Afxentiou
War faction.headquarters
border|23px British Cyprus
War faction.ideology
EnosisGreek nationalismAnti-imperialismAnti-Turkish sentimentAnti-British sentimentAnti-communismReligious conservatism
War faction.position
Right-wing
War faction.size
300 regulars1,000 active underground
War faction.successor
EOKA B
War faction.allies
border|23px Kingdom of Greece
War faction.opponents
TMTAKELBlack Gang9 September Front
War faction.battles
Cyprus Emergency

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
independentism
Political ideology
enosis
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dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1959-00-00
Commons category
EOKA
inception
1955-00-00
topic's main category
Category:EOKA
different from
EOKA B
native label
Εθνική Οργάνωσις Κυπρίων Αγωνιστών
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