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  Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cyprus is geographically in Western Asia (or the Near East), though politically and culturally it is considered as being in Europe.
Cyprus was originally settled in prehistory from the Levant.
Cyprus was placed under British control on 4 June 1878 as a result of the Cyprus Convention, which granted control of the island to Britain in return for British support of the Ottoman Empire in the Russian-Turkish War.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cyprus   (3690 words)

  
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti) is a de facto country proclaimed in northern Cyprus in 1983, nine years after the Turkish military intervened with a large-scale landing of troops on the island (20 July 1974) in response to a Greek-engineered coup d'etat.
Turkey was among the Guarantors of the Republic of Cyprus.
The number of seats assigned to Cyprus in the European Parliament (6 seats) is based on the population of the entire island, despite the fact that the residents of Northern Cyprus - Turkish Cypriots and Anatolian Turks alike - currently cannot participate in the election process.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus   (1261 words)

  
 EUROPA - Enlargement: Candidate Country: Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cyprus has been a centre of international trade since the copper that was worked on the island from 2500 BC - giving the name to it - became the basis of thriving exports, with Cypriot seafarers ranging as far as Egypt, Syria and Babylon, as well as Sicily and Crete.
Cyprus is an active proponent of regional co-operation in the Mediterranean basin and strives to contribute to regional stability in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.
A specific protocol on Cyprus is attached to the Accession Treaty which foresees that in the absence of a settlement, the application of the acquis shall be suspended to the northern part of the island until the Council decides unanimously otherwise, on the basis of a proposal by the Commission.
europa.eu.int /comm/enlargement/cyprus/index.htm   (3677 words)

  
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Cyprus, owing to its strategic position, was throughout its history colonized by some of the most influential colonial powers in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Following the coup d’ etat against the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Archbishop Makarios, a statement was issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on behalf of the nine members of the EEC, on 16th July 1974.
Thus, the Cyprus problem figures prominently in the stipulating principles of the Accession Partnership between the Union and Turkey that “the European Union encourages Turkey, together with all parties, to continue to support the UN Secretary General’s efforts to bring the process, aiming at a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem, to a successful conclusion”.
www.mfa.gov.cy   (4679 words)

  
 CYPRUS DOCUMENTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The territory of the Republic of Cyprus shall comprise the Island of Cyprus, together with the islands Iying off its coast, with the exception of the two areas defined in Annex A to this Treaty, which areas shall remain under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
The President or the Vice­President of the Republic elected at a by­election under paragraph 4 of Article 44 shall hold office for the unexpired period of office of the President or the Vice­President of the Republic, as the case may be, whose vacancy he has been elected to fill.
The Attorney­General of the Republic and the Deputy Attorney­General
www.cm.gov.nc.tr /gokhan/mc/cyprus.HTM   (16407 words)

  
 CYPRUSIVE - North Cyprus Web Guide - Welcome To Cyprusive
Cyprus, which is the third biggest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardunia, is covered with pine, carob and olive-clad mountains and verdant valleys fringed with golden beaches streching away for kilometers.
Cyprus is the the easternmost island in the Mediterranean Sea, west of Syria, south of Turkey, north of Egypt and in close proximity to the east of the Greek island of Rhodes.
Cyprus enjoys an intense Mediterranean climate, with long dry summers from mid-May to mid-October and with mild winters from December to February, which are separated by short autumn and spring seasons.
www.cyprusive.com   (1165 words)

  
 Cyprus (07/05)
It was ceded to the Venetian Republic in 1489 and conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1571.
Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom and established a constitutional republic in 1960, after an anti-British campaign by the Greek Cypriot EOKA (National Organization of Cypriot Fighters), a guerrilla group that desired political union, or enosis, with Greece.
Cyprus is a member of the United Nations and most of its agencies, as well as the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Council of Europe and the British Commonwealth.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5376.htm   (4683 words)

  
 Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti [KKTC]) is a de facto state, which controls the northern third of the island of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean.
The territory between the TRNC and the remainder of Cyprus is seperated by a United Nations-controlled buffer zone.
The Nakhchivan Autononomous Republic (which is an exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan), issued a resolution recognizing the TRNC as a sovereign state but as Nakhchivan's status is not that of an independent state, this is not regarded as official diplomatic recognition.
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus   (2251 words)

  
 Illegal entry into the Republic of Cyprus
Merely visiting the Turkish occupied areas of Cyprus is an unintended assault on the sovereignty and rights of the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus, and serious political and diplomatic fallout will emanate from your prospective visit, and/or subsequent activities.
Any visit to the occupied territories of Cyprus will strike a blow against the democratically elected government of the Republic of Cyprus, and will serve to indicate your support for the appointed representatives of Ankara who are serving in the occupied territories not by democratic means, but by the power of Turkish tanks and weaponry.
---- The occupation rulers in the occupied territories of Cyprus are representative of Turkish ultranationalism, racism, and extremism.
www.btinternet.com /~argyros.argyrou/cyprus/USTradeLetter2.htm   (502 words)

  
 The Republic of Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He discusses the competing legal arguments concerning the application of the Republic of Cyprus to join the European Union, the controversial decisions of the European Court and commission of Human Rights, and the debates regarding the status of the occupied northern part of Cyprus.
His conclusion is that the Republic of Cyprus has had a continuous existence as a State – and as the only State on the island of Cyprus – since 1960, notwithstanding all of the violations of international law to which it has been subjected.
Crisis and Continuity of the Republic of Cyprus (1963–1964 and 1974 coup).
www.brill.nl /product.asp?ID=20466   (453 words)

  
 Cyprus History through the Ages
Cyprus is annexed by Britain when Ottoman Empire enters into the World War I on the side of Germany; subsequently the island becomes a
Foundation of the Republic of Cyprus (by the Turkish and Greek-Cypriot communities)
Inter-communal strife in Cyprus and the subsequent collapse of the constitutional rule
www.cypnet.com /.ncyprus/history   (402 words)

  
 The Republic of Cyprus (from Cyprus) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Cyprus became a republic on August 16, 1960, and was admitted as a member of the UN.
In 2002 political events in Cyprus were dominated by the vision of European Union (EU) membership and direct talks between the leaders of the two republics.
The EU was prepared to accept Greek Cyprus in the hope that the island's future could be resolved, but Turkish Cyprus and the metropolitan Turks...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-33831?tocId=33831   (1018 words)

  
 Cyprus Constitution
The territory of the Republic of Cyprus shall comprise the island of Cyprus, together with the islands lying off its coast, with the exception of the two areas defined in Annex A to this Treaty, which areas shall remain under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
The Republic of Cyprus shall co-operate fully with the United Kingdom to ensure the security and effective operation of the military bases situated in the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area and the Dhekelia Sovereign Base Area, and the full enjoyment by the United Kingdom of the rights conferred by this Treaty.
Commission for the Cyprus Constitution and shall consist, in the initial period, of a limited number of officers charged with the training of the armed forces of the Republic of Cyprus.
www.hri.org /docs/cyprus/cyprus-const.html   (1575 words)

  
 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was adopted by Law n°15 of 1984, approved by the Assembly on the 7th of March 1984 and published in the Official Gazette on the 9th of March 1984.
This flag is the state flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
The President's flag is the same as the flag of the Republic but has a golden star fimbriated (big) red fimbriated gold on white in the canton.
flagspot.net /flags/cy-trnc.html   (481 words)

  
 Cyprus History: 1960 Republic of Cyprus
The Zürich Agreement (1959) between Turkey and Greece produced a bi-communal constitutional framework for Cyprus which recognised the equality of the two `communities' in many important matters and a large degree of political and cultural separateness.
The President of the Republic would be a Greek, whereas the Vice-President would be a Turkish-Cypriot who would have had the right to veto -a potentially disruptive though crucial way to give effect to political equality.
The new republic took over sovereignty from the British on August 16, 1960, after eighty-two years of British rule, much of it troubled.
www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/republic   (434 words)

  
 Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Given that over 92 percent of property in occupied Cyprus is Greek Cypriot, Church, or Republic of Cyprus government owned, it can be safely assumed that very little development has been carried out with the wishes of the legitimate owners.
As priority talks on the Cyprus issue proceed, Lobby for Cyprus wishes respectfully to draw your attention to some key matters that should be on the agenda: illegal immigration and the rights of the refugees...
In 1974 Turkey illegally invaded the Republic of Cyprus: 200,000 Greek Cypriots were ethnically cleansed from their ancestral homes; 6,000 Greek Cypriots including civilians were murdered or tortured to death...
www.lobbyforcyprus.org /statements/statements.htm   (1845 words)

  
 CYPRUS - FORSNET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rauf Raif Denktaş was born in the Baf region of Cyprus on January 27, 1924.
The President of the South Cyprus, Tassos PAPADOPULOS spread malice fear and unwillingness among the public with spurious agencies for the refusal votes of the public.
After Archbishop Makarios's application for the "amendment of the Constitution of Cyprus" was rejected by Turkey, the Greek cypriots set into action and began to implement the Akritas Plan.
www.kibris.gen.tr /english/index.html   (587 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The new Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, is 46 and the average age of the cabinet is 44.
Is he waiting for the UN to set up a committee to revisit the history of Cyprus in the 1960s and the atrocities committed by the Greek Cypriots against the Turkish Cypriots.
The President of Cyprus appears to be a bitter old village elder who is afraid of giving up his fiefdom to the detriment of the younger generation and to the Republic.
www.cyprus-mail.com /news/main.php?id=22445&cat_id=8   (354 words)

  
 CYPRUS - CONFEDERATION, FEDERATION AND SOVEREIGNTY - FORSNET   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
As is well known, the Constitution was overthrown in 1963-65 as the result of Greek Cypriot pressure, the extremes of violence they used to obtain their ends, and the acquiescence of the international community to this situation, including that of Britain, a Guarantor Power of the 1960 treaties.
After the Turkish military intervention in 1974 under the terms of the Treaty of Guarantee and the establishment of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus, negotiations for a reunification of the island began under the auspices of the United Nations.
However, the ready assumption by the international community in general, and the UN in particular, that Cyprus had been established as a coherent state with one sovereignty, one territory and one citizenship led to the acceptance without much debate of a set of expectations that this essentially confederal state was most unlikely to fulfil.
www.kibris.gen.tr /english/articles/articles12.html   (4360 words)

  
 Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cyprus law resource page with links to the Cyprus constitution, Cyprus government, Cyprus law firms, Cyprus law, Cyprus court, Cyprus legal research, Cyprus bar association, Cyprus legislature, and Cyprus law guide.
From the official webiste of the Republic of Cyprus.
From Judges Ylannakis Constantinides and Takis Eliades of the Supreme Court of Cyprus.
www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/cyprus.htm   (367 words)

  
 European Union - Republic of Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Welcome to Cyprus, an island of legends that basks year-round in the light of the warm Mediterranean sun.
In 1974, a Greek-sponsored attempt to seize the government was met by military intervention from Turkey, which soon controlled almost 40% of the island.
The future of Cyprus, especially the position of Northern Cyprus, plays an important role in the political discussions.
users.tijd.com /~tdn71908/indexEUcy.html   (310 words)

  
 Cyprus Europe - Mediterranean Sea, Pictures, Travel Maps
Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia).
Although only the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot-controlled "Republic of Cyprus" joined the EU on 1 May 2004, every Cypriot carrying a Cyprus passport have the status of a European citizen.
However, Nicosia continues to oppose EU efforts to establish direct trade and economic links to northern Cyprus as a way of rewarding the Turkish Cypriot community for voting in favor of the UN unity plan.
cyprus.europe-countries.com   (2014 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Cyprus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Turkish Cypriot economy grew 2.6% in 2004, fueled by growth in the construction and education sectors as well as increased employment of Turkish Cypriots in the Republic of Cyprus.
Republic of Cyprus: 17.9% of GDP (2004 est.)
Republic of Cyprus: 74.9% of GDP (2004 est.)
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/print/cy.html   (1916 words)

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