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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. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.
The flag of Cyprus. Cyprus (/ ˈ s aɪ p r ə s / ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, 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. It is the third largest and third most populous island in the ...
Cyprus (Greek: Κύπρος, Kýpros; Turkish: Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία,'Kypriakí Dimokratía, Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti) is a Eurasian island country in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Anatolia and east of the island of Crete in Greece.
The population of the northern areas of Cyprus has increased following the immigration of 150,000–160,000 Turkish mainlanders, which the UN confirmed to have arrived illegally. [6] On this basis, the Republic of Cyprus government does not include this group in the population statistics of the Republic of Cyprus Statistical Service. [7]
In 1571, the Turks entered the country in order of the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573), also known as the Fourth Ottoman - Venetian War, or the War of Cyprus. Following the Ottoman Empire's invasion of Cyprus with 350-400 ships and 60,000-100,000 soldiers to take control of the island, Turks and Cypriots coexisted on the island.
Cyprus – Eurasian island country located in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, northwest of Israel and north of Egypt. Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and the Republic of Cyprus is a member state of the European Union.
It is located south of the Anatolian Peninsula, yet it belongs to the Cyprus Arc. [1] Geographically, Cyprus is located in West Asia, [2] but the country is considered a European country in political geography. [3] Cyprus also had lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, Byzantine, Turkish, and Western European ...
The Cyprus Conspiracy: America, Espionage and the Turkish Invasion (I.B. Tauris, 1999). Plumer, Aytug. Cyprus, 1963–64: The Fateful Years (Cyrep (Lefkosa), 2003) Rappas, Alexis. Cyprus in the 1930s: British Colonial Rule and the Roots of the Cyprus Conflict (IB Tauris, 2014). Richter, Heinz. A Concise History of Modern Cyprus 1878–2009 ...