House. " ) .A/44/967 S/2l420 English Page10 ~(continued) genuine inaninterview withRichard Patrick in1971. R.Patrick. Political Geography andtheCyprusConflict (1976). 11 (London). rejectionThegovernment ofTurkeyimmediately rejected theproposal. TheTimes 7December 1963.p.7.Archbishop Makarios refused toaccept any bytheTurkish Cypriots. TheTimes(London). 24December 1963.p.6. ~IExactly howtheTurkish Cypriot members ofthegovernment wereremoved is amatterofhistorical dispute. Somesources claimthattheyvoluntarily walked outinprotest. See.e.g..Blay.Jl.JUl.!:.llnote4.p.77("WhentheTurkish Cypriots withdrew fromthegovernment inthe1963-1964 crisis...");Evivriades. "TheLegal Dimension oftheCyprusConflict". 10TexasInternational LawJournal 227.247 (1975) ("TheTurkish Cypriots. alleging apreconceived Greekplanfortheir extermination. withdrew fromthegovernment andbarricaded themselves intheirown neighborhoods. refusing toallowintercourse withtheGreekCypriots unlesstheir constitutional rightswerestrictly observed."). Othersclaimthattheywere forcibly removed fromtheiroffices bytheGreekCypriots. See.e.g••M.Tamkoc. TheTurkish Cypriot State: TheEmbodiment oftheRightofSelf-Determination 74 (1988)("Thiswasapeculiar. probably aunique. takeover ofthegovernment ofa State.because thegoverning leadership dislodged theircolleagues fromofficeby bruteforce.colleagues whohadasmuchrightastheytomanagetheaffairs ofa functionally federated State."); N.Ertekun. TheCyprusDispute andtheBirthof theTurkish Republic ofNorthern Cyprus 11(2nded.1984)("AllTurkish Cypriots werephysically barred fromtakingpartintheadministration oftheIsland."). Stillothersources admitthattheydonotknowthetruth. See.e.g••Wolfe. "Cyprus: International LawandtheProspects forSettlement", 84Proceedings of theAmerican Society ofInternational Law107.109(1984)("Turkish Cypriot leaders withdrew orwereforced fromgovernment •••"). Whatever thereasonfortheirphysical absence. itisclearthattheydidnot formally resigntheiroffices. Dr.Kutchuk continued toidentify himself asthe Vice-President oftheRepublic ofCyprus. although in1965the"Government ••• statedthatitnolongerrecognized Dr.[Katchuk] inhiscapacity as Vice-President." SeereportoftheSecretary-General onrecentdevelopments in Cyprus (S/6569. para.10)(29July1965). ~ISeereportoftheSecretary-General onrecentdevelopments inCyprus (S/6569. para.11)(29July1965)(noting thatMr.Clerides. President oftheHouse ofRepresentatives. "madeitplain[toTurkish Cypriot members seeking readmission totheHouse]that.unless[theTurkish Cypriots agreedtofourpreconditions. including acceptance oflawspassedintheirabsence abolishing theconstitutional requirement ofseparate majorities]. hewouldnotpermittheTurkish Cypriot members toattendtheHouse. Mr.Clerides alsostatedthattheconstitutional provisions concerning promulgation ofthelawsbythePresident andthe Vice-President werenolongerapplicable. Hesubsequently statedthatinhis opinion theTurkish Cypriot members hadnolegalstanding anymoreinthe House.II). I ••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryAl44/967 s/2L4ZO English Page 11 Notes ( coatinued)
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a historical account of the political conflict in Cyprus, focusing on the events surrounding the removal of Turkish Cypriot members from the government and the subsequent recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The text mentions various political leaders, constitutional provisions, and international organizations, suggesting that the category should be related to politics or international relations.

**Category**
Politics, International Relations