Looking Back to See Forward: The 1959 Zurich and London Accords and the Constitutional Order of Cyprus

Abstract

This article attempts to present the constitutional structure of the Republic of Cyprus as it developed following the Zurich and London Accords of 1959 and the successive political crises, which ensued in the island, in particular the constitutional crisis of 1963 and the 1974 invasion by Turkey. The author outlines the current situation and the efforts to create a new constitutional order. In doing so, he refers to the original constitutional structure and problems experienced in applying the constitution at that juncture in Cypriot history.