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	onlinefx destination guide to cyprus
		This delineation is only reflective of the post-1974 division of the island, which involved an expulsion of Greek Cypriots from the north and the analoguous move of Turkish Cypriots from the south.
		Historically, the Greek language was largely spoken by all Greek Cypriots and by many Turkish Cypriots too, given the fact that the Greek Cypriots formed the majority of the population.
		Turkish Cypriots uses Turkish as VO language and rather as a strong dialect of Turkish.
	www.onlinefx.co.uk /fx/Stores/OnlineFX/destinationguide/cyprus.asp (593 words)

	Ankara hosts the KKTC president - Turkish Daily News Aug 01, 2005
		Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat will arrive in Istanbul this morning, and after attending media functions and meetings with prominent Turkish businessmen will be moving on to Ankara tonight for his first-ever official visit since assuming leadership of the Turkish Cypriot state from veteran Rauf Denktaş.
		Disrespect to the Turkish Cypriot president amounts to disrespect, to say the least, to the Turkish Cypriot people and the undermining of the Turkish Cypriot state.
		If Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot side cannot regain the initiative in this new period with well-calculated and constructive moves, the unilateral declaration Turkey issued after signing the EU protocol will not suffice to stop the erosion of the KKTC.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=19638 (381 words)

	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Summary
		The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a semipresidential democracy, with a president as head of state and a council of ministers composed of a prime minister and ten cabinet members.
		The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti) or Turkish Cypriot State (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türk Devleti) is a break-away de facto state in the northern third of the island of Cyprus.
		Turkish Cypriots were opposed to the proposal since it relegated their status to a minority, instead of co-founders of the state, whilst also removing their community’s constitutional safeguards.
	www.bookrags.com /Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus (3922 words)

	Cyprus :: New Approach from OIC
		Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Bulent Arinc, in the statement he made after the closing, announced that a draft to name Cyprus termed as "Cyprus Muslim Turkish Society" in PUOIC as the "Cyprus Turkish State" has been unanimously passed.
		The cancellation was announced in a statement issued by the Turkish foreign ministry, which blamed the Dutch Presidency for this development, which disagreed with the Turkish Cypriot pseudo-state being invited to observe proceedings with the title "Turkish Cypriot state".
		He stated that Turkey's insistence on inviting the occupation regime in northern Cyprus to the meeting under the name "Turkish Cypriot state" was not acceptable to the European Union.
	www.cyprus-forum.com /cyprus5649.html (841 words)

	Cyprus: The Turkish Cypriot Pseudostate and Turkey's Objectives
		The "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" is an unrecognized and illegal "state".
		The Turkish invasion and occupation forcibly divided the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus, a sovereign and independent state, with a mixed population of nearly three quarters of a million consisting of 82% Greek Cypriots (including Maronites, Armenians and Latins) and 18% Turkish Cypriots, and forcibly segregated its people.
		Turkish Cypriots are now outnumbered by the approximately 85.000 Turkish settlers and the additional 35.000 Turkish occupation troops.
	www.hellas.org /cyprus/cypio.htm (1266 words)

	Turkish-Cypriot Theatres
		Especially during the Turkish War of Liberation (1920-22), many plays have been performed by the Turkish-Cypriot theatre groups to raise money for the displaced people and orphaned children as a result of the Greek invasion of western Anatolia, Turkey.
		The play became very popular for a simple reason that the characters spoke with what was called a very Cypriot [rural] accent of the early years and that the people could find a part of them in the characters.
		The Cypriot-Turkish theatres also produces a small number of celebrity actresses, among them Mine Senhuy, who stars in the popular television series Bizimkiler, on a Turkish televison, and Ayhatun Atesin, who is famous for her successful performance in one-person play of Willy Russel's One Woman: Shirley Valentine in 1993.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/culture/theatre/index.html (841 words)

	North Cyprus Island Homes: Turkish Cypriot People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		These relations were exacerbated by the Venetian seizure of Turkish ships, execution of Turkish corsairs in violation of an Ottoman-Venetian Treaty, and the continuing presence of Maltese pirates in Venetian ports harassing Muslim pilgrims and interfering in general commerce.
		Following the defeat of the Venetians in 1571, Lala Mustafa Pasha, the Turkish Commander of the land forces in Cyprus, chose, before departing for Istanbul, 12,000 foot soldiers to remain on the island for the formation of the defensive garrison of Famagusta, Nicosia and Kyrenia.
		These people as a whole formed the original nucleus of the fledgling Turkish-Cypriot community whose members were of Turkish origin, and by the firman (decree) of Sultan Selim II they were given fiefs for the provision of their homes, and sustenance.
	www.cyprusislandhomes.com /turkish-cypriot-people.htm (985 words)

	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turkish Cypriots were opposed to the proposal since it allegedly re-classfied their status as a minority, instead of co-founders of the state; the proposals also removed what they saw as their community’s constitutional safeguards.
		Despite the fact that the Turkish Cypriot residents of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus- and possibly some of the naturalized Anatolian Turks - are EU citizens, fewer than expected Northerners voted in the 2004 elections.
		As an area under dispute, the Turkish military presence in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is seen differently by the communities in the region, the Greek population seeing it as an occupational force, while the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus citizens see it as protecting their life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turkish_Cypriot_State (2937 words)

	Kibris Op-Ed: The Annan Plan: Securing Cyprus' Future for All
		On the contrary, the Plan explicitly enshrines the principle of bi-zonality, asserts the political equality of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, and declares the two constituent states of the United Cyprus Republic are of equal status.
		Those safeguards include: the equal status of the two constituent states; the equal number of senators hailing from each constituent state; rotation of the chair of the Presidential Council among all its six members, two of whom must be Turkish Cypriots.
		The United States does not want to see a return to the dark days before 1974; we are convinced that the Annan Plan provides safeguards for all people on the island to be able to trust in their hopes and enjoy the benefits of joining Europe.
	www.americanembassy.org.cy /USpolicy/sp-Kibris_oct6_03.htm (1437 words)

	Report: Turkish Cypriot leader approves new Cabinet in self-declared Turkish Cypriot state - iht,europe,Cyprus ...
		Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat approved a new coalition government led by Premier Ferdi Sabit Soyer, head of the Turkish Republican Party, the Anatolia news agency reported.
		Turkish media said the move was aimed at averting a crisis over Ankara's bid to join the European Union.
		Turkish Cyprus is a favorite national cause for Turks, and nationalists decry any concessions on the island as tantamount to treason.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/09/25/europe/EU_POL_Cyprus_Government.php (400 words)

	The Turkish Times/Opinion
		Turkish Cypriot insistence on sovereignty should not be misconstrued as an attempt to "pocket and run away with it", as the Greek Cypriot side claims.
		It is the earnest desire of the Turkish Cypriots for a just and sustainable settlement that prompts them to insist on sovereignty, as a means of achieving rather than preventing it.
		Aside from the economic problems, the chief Turkish concern is disintegration of Iraq in the wake of a war that may pave the way for the establishment of a Kurdish state with 'undesired' repercussions on the Turkish side.
	www.theturkishtimes.com /archive/02/06_15/opinion.html (5280 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| International \| Greek-Cypriot tragedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This is because the negotiations involved the Greek Cypriots and Turkey, the occupying power in the northern 37 per cent of the island since 1974, rather than Turkish Cypriots.
		Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan achieved his aims by telephoning UN President George Bush and other world leaders, asking them to press Annan to accept Turkey's suggested revisions to the fourth version of his plan.
		The Turkish camp cracked open the champagne when the revised text began circulating, though Erdogan warned the Turkish press to refrain from triumphalism when the text was leaked to journalists.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2004/685/in4.htm (781 words)

	Guardian \| Turkey sets new terms for any talks on Cyprus
		The Turkish parliament held a special session yesterday to mark the 25th anniversary of the ill-fated coup by Greek Cypriot extremists, which was followed within days by a massive Turkish military invasion which sectioned off the north of the island.
		Western countries led by the United States are calling for a resumption of dialogue between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders.
		But Turkish sources insist that any land transfer would have to be part of an overall and final settlement, and that could be years away.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,3883697-110487,00.html (593 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - Turkish Republic of N. Cyprus PM sets off for landmark US visit
		Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat will set off on a landmark visit to the United States today as Washington has started moving towards according a de facto recognition of the Turkish Cypriot state.
		State Department spokesman Richard Boucher also suggested that a meeting between Powell and Talat would be in keeping with the U.S. intent to ease the isolation of Turkish Cypriots following the Greek-Cypriot rejection of the U.N. peace plan.
		On Saturday only the Greek Cypriot side of the island, though they rejected the settlement plan, was rewarded with unilateral EU accession while the Turkish Cypriot side that overwhelmingly voted for a resolution to the 40-year problem, was left in the cold.
	www.turks.us /article~story~20040503205920627.htm (1128 words)

	Annan Plan for Cyprus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The right of return of Greek Cypriots to their homes in the areas coming under the control of the Turkish Cypriot component state would be strictly limited if not, insome cases, forbidden, thus the possibility of Turkish Cypriots becoming a minority in their respective component state would not exist.
		Turkish Cypriots would have gained all the basic demands it made, from the first day of the implementation of the solution.
		Those Greek Cypriot refugees that would return to their homes in regions under Turkish Cypriot administration would have no local civil rights, because the political representatives of Turkish Cypriot state would be elected only from Turkish Cypriots.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Cyprus_Republic (2645 words)

	A Cyprus Settlement: Political Equality and Security for All
		At the talks in 1992, the Turkish Cypriot side agreed to the eventual demilitarization of Cyprus, the desirability of a single sovereignty and single citizenship, and the importance of freedom of movement and settlement.
		So Greek Cypriots who would live in the north -- a number which is expressly limited by the terms of the Plan -- would not necessarily become citizens of the Turkish Cypriot State and they would thus continue to vote in the Greek Cypriot State.
		As part of the United Cyprus Republic, Turkish Cypriots would continue to have control over their daily lives in their own territory and live in a Turkish Cypriot State, which is the political equal of the Greek Cypriot State.
	www.americanembassy.org.cy /USpolicy/sp-Architects.htm (3172 words)

	Turks.US Daily News - Turkish Cypriot partner state constitution ready
		The draft constitution of the Turkish Cypriot Partner State, one of the statelets to form the central state in a solution was completed.
		LEFKOSA (AA) - The draft constitution of the Turkish Cypriot Partner State, one of the statelets to form the central state in a solution which is targeted to be found to the Cyprus issue on the basis of the plan of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, was completed.
		Besides Turkish Cypriot Federate State of 1975 and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Constitution of 1983, views of political parties, the government, the Presidential Office and the Union of Bars were taken into consideration during preparatory studies over the draft constitution.
	www.turks.us /article~story~20040312072458575.htm (590 words)

	Cyprus: the only solution is through the unity and the common struggle of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot workers
		In contrast, the Turkish Cypriot workers, poor and harshly oppressed, see the plan as the solution that will lead them out of the oppression under the Turks, save them from the settler's aggression and from the harsh exploitation they suffer from their own bourgeoisie.
		If mistakenly the Greek Cypriot workers try to lay the blame for the fall in their living standards on the Turkish Cypriot workers and not where it really lies, then inter-communal strife will not be avoided.
		Only then can the Turkish Cypriot workers be free of the need to be "protected" by their own bourgeoisie and thus enter into a common front with the Greek Cypriot workers both in the North and the South of Cyprus.
	www.marxist.com /cyprus-greek-turkish-unity161202.htm (2423 words)

	Soyer welcomes OIC’s parliamentary recognition of ‘Turkish Cypriot State’ - Turkish Daily News Apr ...
		Although the Turkish Cypriots had accepted it in a simultaneous vote, the plan was rejected altogether since one of the two sides declined to endorse it.
		While the OIC in 2004 had called on member states to improve relations with the Turkish Cypriots, last year it urged members and the OIC secretary-general to implement 2004's decision in practice.
		During the 31st ministerial OIC meeting held in 2004 in Istanbul, the General Assembly had decided to upgrade the KKTC's status in the OIC from “Turkish Cypriot Muslim Community” to the “Turkish Cypriot State” as it was stated in the U.N. reunification plan prepared by Annan.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=40803 (545 words)

	The Annan plan
		Greek Cypriot refugees who lost their properties but now reside abroad would not be allowed to vote, while at least 50,000 Turkish colonists, illegally sent to Cyprus by Ankara to alter the demography of the island, will vote.
		They were evicted by the invading Turkish army and left Cyprus not through choice and the referendum denies them the right to have a say on the future of their country.
		The Greek Cypriot refugees’ claim for compensation for loss of use of an affected property for any period commencing with dispossession would be considered by the constituent state which the claimant hails i.e.
	www.lobbyforcyprus.org /statements/consandprosannan/consandpros.htm (2662 words)

	The Turkish Times/News
		The United States, which had previously objected to peacekeepers being stationed in other cities, is now contemplating an increase in troop size -- either through the formation of a rapid reaction force or letting peacekeepers go to Mazar-i-Sharif in the north, the diplomats said.
		The meetings between the U.S. Congressmen and Turkish officials focused on strengthening the U.S.-Turkish partnership on issues such as terrorism and policies towards Afghanistan, defense, energy, Iraq, Israeli-Turkish relations, the Middle East, the Balkans, Central Asia, the Caucasus region, and the upcoming U.S.-Turkey Econo-mic Partnership Commission meeting of February 26-27.
		Ziyal said their hope was to provide progress for the fulfillment of the political assignment given to them by the heads of state and government of the two countries.
	www.theturkishtimes.com /archive/02/03_01/index.html (3218 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| EU approves Turkish Cypriot aid
		In 2004, Greek Cypriots rejected a UN plan for reunification which was supported by many Turkish Cypriots.
		Restrictions are still in place on the Turkish Cypriots, despite their backing for the UN plan.
		Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos is due to meet UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Tuesday to discuss further efforts towards reuniting the island.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4756932.stm (418 words)

	Cyprus: The rejected 2004 flag proposal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The current flag of the (unrecognized) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus would be used as the flag for Turkish Cypriot State.
		The {component state} flag shall be flown on {component state} government buildings, along with and in the same manner as the flag of Cyprus and, if {component state} law so provides, that of the European Union.
		It said "joint entries from Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are particularly welcome" while entrants should bear in mind that both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, "as equal partners in a new state of affairs, should be able to identify with their flag and anthem".
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/cy!new.html (1519 words)

	CNN - Turkish troops fire on Greek Cypriot protesters, 1 killed - August 11, 1996
		NICOSIA, Cyprus (CNN) -- One Greek Cypriot man died and 15 people were wounded on Sunday in clashes with Turkish Cypriot troops across a cease-fire line that divides Turkish-occupied Cyprus and the rest of the island.
		Five Turkish Cypriot policemen were wounded in the violence, which erupted when about 200 Greek Cypriot motorcyclists defied an order by Cypriot authorities and pushed through the so-called "Green Line" to protest against Turkey's 22-year occupation.
		Thousands of Greek Cypriot and Turkish troops and police, as well as the 1,200-strong U.N. peacekeeping force, have been put on full alert along the 112-mile cease-fire line.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9608/11/cyprus.bikers (235 words)

	2001 Open letter to Mr. Prodi
		For the Turkish Cypriot leadership to accept the model of a Federation would be to permit the return to northern Cyprus of those Greek Cypriot elements, such as Mr.
		Such a solution will both offer an absolute guarantee of the physical security of the Turkish Cypriots and in time serve to allay the fears of the Turkish Cypriot population concerning the hypothetical or real danger of a repetition of the slaughter of 1963.
		The view that Cyprus' entry into the European Union will constitute a guarantee of the security of the Turkish Cypriot minority is the stuff of fantasy, as one can see from a glance at the situation prevailing in Greece, a full member of the EU, with regard to the treatment of ethnic minorities.
	www.florina.org /html/2001/2001_nakratzas_prodi.html (815 words)

	Turkish invasion of Cyprus
		Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, who ordered the invasion during an earlier stint as premier and will visit the Turkish sector Tuesday, reiterated that for Turkey "there is no Cyprus problem, as this was settled in 1974."
		Greek and Turkish Cyprus are divided by a buffer zone, policed by 2,000 United Nations peacekeepers, that slants across the island and runs through Nicosia.
		The council has also demanded that 200,000 Greek Cypriots who fled or were forcibly expelled in the wake of the invasion be allowed to return to their homes.
	www.lobbyforcyprus.org /press/press1999/Cnn190799.htm (702 words)

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