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One of the proposed flags of the United Republic of Cyprus The British colonial administration's rejected proposal for the flag of independent Cyprus (1959). Under the terms of the Annan Plan for Cyprus, a United Nations proposal to settle the Cyprus dispute, a new national flag would have been adopted by a reconstituted confederal republic of ...
A red ensign defaced with the 2 red lions of Cyprus. 1922-1960: Flag of the governor of Cyprus: 1881-1922: 1st flag of British Cyprus: A blue ensign defaced with the emblem of Cyprus. [21] [22] 1881–1905: Flag of the High Commissioner of Cyprus: 1878-1960 (used today in Akrotiri and Dhekelia) Flag of The United Kingdom
Proposed flag of the United Republic of Cyprus. The Annan Plan (named after UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan) underwent five revisions before it reached its final version.The fifth revision [4] proposed the creation of the United Republic of Cyprus, covering the island of Cyprus entirely except for the UK's Sovereign Base Areas.
In 1885, Ghevont Alishan, an Armenian Catholic priest and historian proposed 2 Armenian flags. One of which is a horizontal tricolor flag of red-green-white, with red and green coming from the Armenian Catholic calendar, with the first Sunday of Easter being called "Red Sunday", and the second Sunday being "Green Sunday", with white being added for design reasons.
Flag design: United Nations. SVG file: own work by Gabbe. Author: United Nations (design). Gabbe (SVG file) Permission (Reusing this file) Uncopyrightable due to simple geometric nature. SVG development
British Cyprus (Greek: Βρετανική Κύπρος; Turkish: Britanya Kıbrısı) was the island of Cyprus under the dominion of the British Empire, administered sequentially from 1878 to 1914 as a British protectorate, from 1914 to 1925 as a unilaterally annexed military occupation, and from 1925 to 1960 as a Crown colony.
Proposed flag of the United Republic of Cyprus (from Cyprus problem) Image 33 A British soldier facing a crowd of Greek Cypriot demonstrators in Nicosia (1956) (from Cyprus ) Image 34 Ioannis Kigalas ( c. 1622 –1687) was a Nicosia born Greek Cypriot scholar and professor of philosophy who was largely active in the 17th century.
The national symbols of Cyprus are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Cyprus and of its culture. Symbol [ edit ]