The Black Gang ( Turkish: ''Kara Çete'') was a

Turkish Cypriot Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

pro- taksim paramilitary organisation formed in 1957 with the support and funding of

Fazıl Küçük Fazıl Küçük (; ; 14 March 1906 – 15 January 1984) was a Turkish Cypriot politician and a medical doctor who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus. Biography Fazıl Küçük, the son of a farmer, was born in Nicosi ...

and some other predominant Turkish Cypriots as an organisation to counter the Greek Cypriot Fighter's Organization (

EOKA The Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA ; ) was a Greek Cypriot nationalist guerrilla organization that fought a campaign for the end of Cyprus#Cyprus under the British Empire, British rule in Cyprus, and for enosis, eventual union with K ...

History

The organisation was originally formed by a couple of youngsters to patrol a

Turkish Cypriot enclave Turkish may refer to: * Something related to Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire * The w ...

, the Tahtakale district of

Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

, against activities of

. It later attempted to grow into a national scale, but failed to gain public support. In April 1957, 4 members of the organisation arsoned a garage which was allegedly owned by spies of EOKA in the Tahtakale district to gain fame among the public. One member of organisation was detained by the British police related to the incident and was released after 105 days. In 1958, the organisation abolished itself and joined the

Turkish Resistance Organisation The Turkish Resistance Organisation (, TMT) was a Turkish Cypriot pro- taksim paramilitary resistance organisation formed by Rauf Denktaş and TAF officer Rıza Vuruşkan in 1958 as an guerilla organisation to counter the Greek Cypriot figh ...

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Cyprus dispute Paramilitary organisations based in Cyprus Cyprus Emergency Organisations based in Northern Cyprus Secession in Cyprus Turkish nationalism in Cyprus Turkish nationalist organizations {{paramilitary-org-stub