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Nicosia was divided into Greek and Turkish Cypriot quarters with the Green Line, named after the color of the pen used by the United Nations officer to draw the line on a map of the city. [59] This resulted in Turkish Cypriots withdrawing from the government, and following more intercommunal violence in 1964, a number of Turkish Cypriots moved ...
The English name is indicated first, followed by the Greek and Turkish names, in turn followed by any former names, including ones used in antiquity. Note that even though, prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus , Turkish names existed for some villages/towns, due to political reasons, most of the villages/towns were given a different ...
North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia (Turkish: Kuzey Lefkoşa [kuˈzej lefˈkoʃa]; Greek: Βόρεια Λευκωσία) refers to the largest settlement and the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia , and is governed by the Nicosia Turkish Municipality .
Ledra Street, once cut by the Green Line in Nicosia. After a nearly 30-year ban on crossings, the Turkish Cypriot administration significantly eased travel restrictions across the dividing line in April 2003, allowing Greek Cypriots to cross at the Ledra Palace Crossing just outside the walls of old Nicosia.
After the invasion the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Mia Milia were displaced to other parts of Cyprus and the area was resettled by displaced Turkish Cypriots from other areas. [15] The Mia Milia Village Council of the Republic of Cyprus continues to operate in exile, [16] but the Nicosia Turkish Municipality considers it one of its ...
The Nicosia District, [b] or simply Nicosia [c] (also Lefkosia [d] and Lefkoşa [e]), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country 's capital city, Nicosia . The de-facto TRNC -controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa District of the unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
A Turkish Cypriot declaration of independence is recognized only by Turkey, which maintains more than 35,000 troops in the island’s northern third. A crossing point deal would have given a much-needed boost to U.N. efforts to get formal talks on resolving the island’s ethnic division up and running again after a seven-year hiatus.
The Turkish air force began bombing Greek positions in Cyprus, and hundreds of paratroopers were dropped in the area between Nicosia and Kyrenia, where well-armed Turkish Cypriot enclaves had been long-established; while off the Kyrenia coast, Turkish troop ships landed 6,000 men as well as tanks, trucks and armoured vehicles. [111] [112]