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Northern Cyprus

Description: The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti) (KKTC) is a quasi ... more

Northern Cyprus ... independent republic located in northern Cyprus within the internationally recognised borders of the Republic of Cyprus. The TRNC declared its independence in 1983, nine years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus following a Greek Cypriot coup that was backed by the Athens Junta against the President of Cyprus. It is dependent on and recognized only by Turkey. The United Nations recognizes the de jure sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the whole island. From the tip of the Karpass Peninsula (Cape Apostolos Andreas) in the northeast, the TRNC extends westward to Morphou Bay and Cape Kormakitis (the Kokkina/Erenköy exclave marks the westernmost extent of the TRNC), and southward to the village of Louroujina/Akıncılar. The territory between the TRNC and the area under the effective control of the Republic of Cyprus is separated by a United Nations-controlled buffer zone.

Newest Review: ... west of Girne and hardly at all to the east. Now, it extends at least ten miles each way, and is also creeping up the eastern coast from Gazimagusa. Northern Cyprus is too small to stand much more if it is to retain any of its natural coastline. Already, only the Karpaz Peninsula (which will form the subject of a separate review) is unaffected, and one wonders how long that can last. Along ... more

... the northern coast road, some of the ugliest new building is at least concealed behind the billboards advertising it, reminding one of Ogden Nash's rhyme: "I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fa...more

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Northern Cyprus: Going, going.... (3872 words)
by - written on 06/06/07 (Very useful, 465 readings)
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"Go. You'll like it," our elder son told us after visiting the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, "but hurry, because it won't last." That was a year and a half ago and maybe we didn't hurry enough. In the event, we did like it, but not as much as we'd hoped. As a destination for tourists of our kind - the kind who enjoy wild countryside, the relics of history and cultures contrasting with our own - North Cyprus seems to have deteriorated even over that short timescale, and more so still in the three or four years since the guidebook with which we had equipped ourselves was written. Those things that appeal to us have not yet been ... Read the complete review