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This figure was repeated by the then Minister for Europe, Leo Docherty, at the Celebration of Cyprus Gala Dinner in January 2023, organised by the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK. [27] Estimates on the Turkish Cypriot population vary according to figures on the Turkish Cypriot-born population and that of estimates which include UK ...
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.
Furthermore, an article by Armin Laschet suggests that the British-Turkish Cypriot community now numbers 350,000 [43] whilst some Turkish Cypriot sources suggest that they have a total population of 400,000 living in the United Kingdom.
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 political and economic unrest in Cyprus, after 1964, sharply increased the number of Turkish Cypriot immigrants to the United Kingdom. [28] Many of these early migrants worked in the clothing industry in London , where both men and women could work together; many worked in the textile industry as sewing was a skill which the community had ...
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]
This resulted in the foundation of the United Kingdom Turkish Islamic Association (UKTIA) Shacklewell Lane Mosque In 1977 the first Turkish mosque, Shacklewell Lane Mosque, was opened by the Turkish Cypriot business man and politician Ramadan Güney. By 1983 the first Turkish mosque complex, the Azizye Mosque, was established.
The UK government does not recognise Cypriot claims that the UK's sovereignty in the areas is limited. [ 35 ] In July 2001, protests were held at the bases by local Cypriots, unhappy with British plans to construct radio masts at the bases as part of an upgrade of British military communication posts around the world.