Taksim (Turkish for "division") was the objective of Turkish Cypriots who supported a partition of the island of Cyprus into Turkish and Greek portions, a concept declared as early as 1957 by Dr. Fazil Küçük Supporters of taksim felt partition was the only way to ensure that Cyprus would always have a Turkish presence and to prevent the assimilation of the Turkish population on the island, due to its majority Greek population.

For details on the dispute and eventual de facto partition, see Cyprus dispute and Turkish invasion of Cyprus.

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