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Northern Cyprus, [a] officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), [b] is a de facto state [5] [6] that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey , and its territory is considered by all other states to be part of the Republic of Cyprus .
Northern Cyprus – de facto independent republic [1] [2] [3] on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Officially it is the northern territory of the Republic of Cyprus . [ 4 ] The territory includes the Kokkina exclave , a pene-enclave "of" the rest of Cyprus, partly surrounded by sea.
Northern Cyprus is divided into six districts, which are further divided into 12 sub-districts. [1] [2] Each district is governed by a Governor.On 27 December 2016, the Assembly of the Republic unanimously decided that the Lefke sub-district would be separated from the Güzelyurt District, establishing the Lefke District as the sixth district of Northern Cyprus.
This is a list of cities, town and villages in Northern Cyprus. [1] The list first lists the Turkish name followed by the English name. Lefkoşa District
This is a list of settlements in Cyprus. The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the ...
Northern Cyprus held multi-party parliamentary elections in 1993, removing the long-ruling National Unity Party in favour of a coalition of the Democratic Party and Republican Turkish Party (CTP). However, in August 1996, a new coalition was formed between the two main rightist parties, the National Unity Party and the Democratic Party, which ...
Azerbaijan–Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus locator. On 9 August 2022, Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan met with TRNC President Ersin Tatar in Konya and regarded Northern Cyprus officially as the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus". [16] Ersin Tatar also visited Azerbaijan on 13-14 October 2023 and met with Aliyev again. [17] [18]
The Greek Cypriots are members of the Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus (Church of Cyprus). In addition to the Orthodox Christian and Sunni Muslim communities, there is also small Maronite (Eastern Rites Catholic) community. In Northern Cyprus are the historical churches of Notre Dame de Tyre in Nicosia (1308) and Ganchvor in ...