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The 1960 census of Cyprus reported the Turkish Cypriot population as 18% of the total population. The figure was challenged during a 1978 debate in the British Parliament when Lord Spens stated that there were 400,000 Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus, at least one-fifth of the population.
The total population of Cyprus as of the end of 2006 was slightly over 1 million, comprising 789,300 in the territory controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus [5] and 294,406 in the northern areas of Cyprus. The population of the northern areas of Cyprus has increased following the immigration of 150,000–160,000 Turkish ...
The second census, carried out in 2006, revealed the population of Northern Cyprus to be 265,100, [137] of which majority is composed of indigenous Turkish Cypriots (including refugees from Southern Cyprus) and settlers from Turkey. Of the 178,000 Turkish Cypriot citizens, 82% are native Cypriots (145,000).
286,257 (2011 Turkish Cypriot census) [3] 300,000 [4]-500,000 [5] (includes Turkish Cypriots and recent Turkish settlers) According to Article 2(2) of the 1985 constitution of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which is only recognised by Turkey, the Turkish language is the sole official language of the break-away state. [6] Turkish Cypriots
[12] [13] The Turkish Cypriot population initially advocated for the continuation of British rule, then demanded the annexation of the island to Turkey; in the 1950s, together with Turkey, they established a policy of taksim (the partition of Cyprus and the creation of a Turkish polity in the north of the island). [14]
A year later, in 1974, the Cypriot government's Department of Statistics and Research estimated the Turkish Cypriot population was 118,000 (or 18.4%). [207] A coup d'état in Cyprus on 15 July 1974 by Greeks and Greek Cypriots favoring union with Greece (also known as " Enosis ") was followed by military intervention by Turkey whose troops ...
The headquarters of the Association for the Culture and Solidarity of those from Hatay, in Nicosia in 2017.. The Turkish settlers (Cypriot Turkish: Türkiyeliler, [1] "those from Turkey"), also referred to as the Turkish immigrants (Turkish: Türkiyeli göçmenler [2]), are a group of Turkish people from Turkey who have settled in Northern Cyprus since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
Today, approximately one-fifth of the Turkish population, or around 15–20 million Turks, [76] is estimated to have Balkan origins. [74] Most arrived from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia. In addition, there was significant migration waves from the island of Cyprus; today the Turkish Cypriot population in Turkey may exceed 600,000. [77]