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The flag of Cyprus (Greek: Σημαία της Κύπρου, romanized: Simaía tis Kýprou; Turkish: Kıbrıs bayrağı) came into use on 16 August 1960, under the Zürich and London Agreements, whereby a constitution was drafted and Cyprus was proclaimed an independent state. The flag was designed by Turkish Cypriot artist İsmet Güney. [1]
Flag of Northern Cyprus: A red star and crescent slightly to the left of the centre between two horizontal red bars on a white field. [29] [7] [30] [31] [10] [32] 1984–present: Flag of the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus [33] 1983-1984: Reported flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from 1983 to 1984 [34] [35 ...
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 ]
Flags of Turkey and Northern Cyprus, North Nicosia The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Bayrağı) is the national flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and is based on the flag of Turkey, with the colors reversed and two additional horizontal red stripes at the top and bottom.
Cyprus [f] (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, [g] is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.Although it is geographically located in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical make-up are overwhelmingly Southeast European.
[13] [14] De facto states include Northern Cyprus, [15] Abkhazia, [16] South Ossetia, [17] Transnistria, [18] Kosovo, [19] the Sahrawi Republic, [20] Somaliland, [21] and Taiwan. [ 12 ] The oldest flag of a sovereign state which is currently in use is the flag of Denmark , which has been recognized as a national symbol of the country since the ...
According to the 2011 census, 659,115 respondents recorded their ethnicity as Greek, forming almost 99% of the 667,398 Cypriot citizens and over 78% of the 840,407 total residents of the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus. [1]
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.