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Abdul Hamid II allowed the British Army to invade the island and rule

it during that period. However, over time three more additions were made
to the agreement. The first additional agreement dated July 1, 1878 gave the

Sultan the right to sell the lands on the island he owned, and obligated the
British to buy them if the lands were nationalized. This way, the money for

the lands sold was sent directly to Abdul Hamid II. The subsequent additions
required the British to send the taxes collected in Cyprus to the Ottoman Em-

pire, after necessary administrational costs were deducted. Many historians
interpret this practice as the rental of Cyprus by Abdul Hamid II. However,

British never paid the money and said they were offset against the Ottoman
debts to Britain.

When WWI broke out, Britain declared that it officially annexed Cyprus.
At the Conference of Lausanne, Turkey had to officially accept the situation

on Cyprus. In other words, the Cyprus 'gift' of Sultan Abdul Hamid II to the
British could be considered the first step in the British plan to physically in-

vade the Ottoman Empire.

Interestingly, before and after the failed coup attempt in Turkey on July
15, 2016, the British deep state heavily increased its military presence at its

South Cyprus base. When asked, the British explained their reasons for send-
ing warplanes, helicopters, landing ships and special forces to the region as

'rescuing British citizens if Turkey suffers a second coup attempt'. The British
authorities also claimed that 'if found necessary' the British forces entering

the Turkish land would also be authorized to fire. Both the Turkish public
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and the Turkish media considered this as 'an invasion plan'.

As this example also shows, the usual tactic of the British deep state is

first instigating unrest in a country through coup attempts, riots or civil wars

in a bid to financially, politically and militarily weaken the country. The sec-
ond stage is a military campaign with the pretense of 'protecting its citizens',
'humanitarian aid', 'humanitarian intervention or 'peacemaking'. A quick look

at the historical events will clearly reveal examples of this British deep state

strategy.

Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed