Krisen i 1963-64 resulterede i dødsfald: 364 tyrkisk-cyprioter og 174 græsk-cyprioter ifølge Pierre Oberling.<ref name=oberling120>{{cite book|author=Pierre Oberling|title=The road to Bellapais: the Turkish Cypriot exodus to northern Cyprus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIK6AAAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Social Science Monographs|p=120}}</ref> Den 21. december 1963 udløstes en væbnet konflikt, ''Bloody Christmas'' (dansk: [[Blodige Jul]]).<ref>{{cite book|author=Ali Carkoglu|title=Turkey and the European Union: Domestic Politics, Economic Integration and International Dynamics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-IIzJty4sYC&pg=PA67|accessdate=17. august 2012|date=1. april 2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-7146-8335-5|page=67}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Salomon Ruysdael|title=New Trends in Turkish Foreign Affairs: Bridges and Boundaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SmLPR0-a8tEC&pg=PA299|accessdate=17. august 2012|date=1. september 2002|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-24494-2|pages=299–}}</ref> Paramilitære styrker udfoldede sig.<ref name=1963og1964s1qParamilitære>Patrick, Richard A. ''Political Geography and the Cyprus Conflict: 1963-1971''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060221231230/http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/narrative-main-%203.htm Arkiverede udgave, side 1]. (Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, 1976), pp. 45-88 . "This incident marked a major crisis in the Cypriot inter-communal conflict. The struggle developed into one of overt violence.The initiative fell from the hands of the politicians and was taken up by the communal paramilitary forces."</ref> Kamphandlinger brød ud mellem befolkningsgrupper flere steder på øen.
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