Makarios III was in office during the 1974 coup d'état by?
ELAS
TMT
EOKA B
AKEL
Answer
EOKA B, an underground nationalist group in Cyprus seeking union with Greece, orchestrated the 1974 coup d'état against the elected president, Archbishop Makarios III. The coup aimed to overthrow the government and install a pro-Greek regime, leading to Turkey's military intervention and the de facto partition of Cyprus.
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