Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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de facto state partially recognized state political entity self-declared state

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a self-declared state on the northern part of the island of Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey and formed following the Turkish intervention in 1974.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Cyprus	8
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti	1
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)	1
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (self-declared state)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	de facto state ⓘ partially recognized state ⓘ political entity ⓘ self-declared state ⓘ
abbreviation	TRNC ⓘ
borderWith	Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cyprus
callingCode	+90 392 ⓘ
capital	Nicosia Turkish Municipality (north) ⓘ surface form: North Nicosia
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
controlsNorthernPartOf	Cyprus ⓘ surface form: island of Cyprus
currency	Turkish lira ⓘ
declaredIndependenceDate	1983-11-15 ⓘ
declaredIndependenceFrom	Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cyprus
drivesOn	left ⓘ
formationEventYear	1974 ⓘ
formedAfterEvent	Turkish military intervention in Cyprus ⓘ
governmentType	presidential republic ⓘ
hasClimate	Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasDeFactoControlOver	northern third of Cyprus ⓘ
hasDisputedStatusWith	Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cyprus
hasEthnicMajority	Cypriot Turkish ⓘ surface form: Turkish Cypriots
hasMainPort	Famagusta ⓘ
hasMajorCity	Kyrenia ⓘ Morphou ⓘ
hasMilitaryPresenceOf	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Türkiye
headOfGovernmentTitle	Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President ⓘ
internetTLD	.nc.tr ⓘ
largestCity	Nicosia Turkish Municipality (north) ⓘ surface form: North Nicosia
legislature	Assembly of the Republic ⓘ
liesInRegion	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
locatedOn	island of Cyprus ⓘ
memberOf	Economic Cooperation Organization (observer) ⓘ Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ⓘ surface form: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (observer)
nativeName	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti
notRecognizedBy	European Union ⓘ Greece ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage	Turkish ⓘ
recognizedBy	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Republic of Türkiye
separatedFromSouthBy	Cyprus buffer zone ⓘ surface form: United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus
shortName	Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Cyprus
subjectTo	United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 ⓘ surface form: United Nations Security Council resolutions on Cyprus
usesLegalSystemBasedOn	English common law influences ⓘ Turkish law ⓘ
usesScript	Latin alphabet ⓘ
usesTimeZone	Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ Eastern European Time ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkic languages → areSpokenIn → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Cypriot Turkish → country → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (self-declared state)

Turkish alphabet → countryUsedIn → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Turkish lira → currencyOf → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasObserver → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasObserver → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Cyprus → hasPart → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Turkic world → includesRegion → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Turkish lira → legalTenderIn → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus → nativeName → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

Nicosia → northernPartControlledBy → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)

Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day → observedBy → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Organization of Turkic States → observer → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Turkish lira → officialCurrencyOf → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Turkish language → officialLanguageOf → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

Turkish alphabet → officialStatusIn → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Cypriot Turkish → region → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus → shortName → Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Cyprus