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Cyprus (/ˈsaɪprəs/ ⓘ), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, north of the Sinai Peninsula, south of the Anatolian Peninsula, and west of the Levant. It is geographically a part of West Asia, but its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is east of Greece, north of Egypt, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is de facto governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Cyprus has seen a succession of rulers, namely Assyrians, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, Arabs, Crusaders and Turks who ruled the Island as part of the Ottoman Empire, from 1571 until 1878. Cyprus is home to some of the oldest water wells in the world. Cyprus was settled by
Cyprus was placed under the United Kingdom's administration based on the Cyprus Convention in 1878 and was formally annexed by the UK in 1914. The future of the island became a matter of disagreement between the two prominent ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots, who made up 77% of the population in 1960, and Turkish Cypriots, who made up 18% of the population. From the 19th century onwards, the Greek Cypriot population pursued enosis, union with Greece, which became a Greek national policy in the 1950s. The Turkish Cypriot population initially advocated the continuation of the British rule, then demanded the annexation of the island to Turkey, and in the 1950s, together with Turkey, established a policy of taksim, the partition of Cyprus and the creation of a Turkish polity in the north. (Full article...)
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Cape Greco (from Cyprus)Sea caves at
- Turkish rally in Nicosia in January 1958 (from
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Ledra Street in April 2008 (from Cyprus problem)Opening of
- Typical Cypriot architecture in old part of
- Proposed flag of the United Republic of Cyprus (from
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Varosha (Maraş), a suburb of Famagusta, was abandoned when its inhabitants fled in 1974 and remains under Turkish military control. (from Cyprus)
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Sentinel-2 image of Cyprus taken in 2022 (from Cyprus)A
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Khirokitia archeological site. (from History of Cyprus)
- A copper mine in Cyprus. In antiquity, Cyprus was a major source of copper. (from
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Büyük Han, a caravanserai in Nicosia, is an example of the surviving Ottoman architecture in Cyprus. (from Cyprus)
- Cypriot demonstrations for
- Zeus Keraunios, 500-480 BC, Nicosia museum (from
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Kouris Dam overflow in April 2012 (from Cyprus)
- "TAKSİM" (division) graffiti on a wall in Nicosia in the late 1950s (from
- Cypriot style café in an arcade in
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Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, consecrated in 1328, the largest medieval building in Famagusta, where the Kings of Cyprus were crowned also as Kings of Jerusalem. In 1571 having fallen to the Ottoman Empire it became the Mosque of Mağusa, and remains a mosque today (from History of Cyprus)
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Ayia Paraskevi Byzantine church inYeroskipou, Cyprus (from History of Cyprus)
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Accession of Cyprus to the European Union in 2004(from Cyprus problem)
- Statue of Liberty symbolising the independence of Cyprus. (from
- Street in the divided capital of Nicosia (from
- Base ring vessel of Late Bronze Age (from
- Population growth, 1961–2003 (numbers for the entire island, excluding Turkish settlers residing in Northern Cyprus) (from
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Former UN secretary-generalAnnan plan. (from Cyprus problem)
- Cyprus in 1482 (from
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- The north–south checkpoint has been open since 2003 (from
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Atatürk Square, North Nicosia in 2006 (from Cyprus problem)
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Greek Cypriot demonstration in the 1930s in favour of Enosis (union) with Greece (from Cyprus problem)A
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Pancyprian Gymnasium (from Cyprus)The entrance of the historic
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Kyrenia Castle was originally built by the Byzantines and enlarged by the Venetians. (from Cyprus)
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Troodos Mountains experience heavy snowfall in winter. (from Cyprus)The
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Andreas Mavroyiannis and the Turkish Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Feridun Sinirlioğlu, in Ankara, within the scope of the 2014 Cyprus talks (from Cyprus problem)Greek Cypriot negotiator
- Welcoming ceremony of the former
- A map showing the division of Cyprus (from
- Supreme Court of Justice (from
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Walls of Nicosia were built by the Venetians to defend the city in case of an Ottoman attack. (from Cyprus)The
- Cypri insvla nova descript 1573, Ioannes á Deutecum f[ecit]. Map of Cyprus newly drawn by Johannes van Deutecom, 1573. (from
- Ethnic map of Cyprus according to the 1960 census (from
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Greek Cypriot scholar and professor of Philosophy who was largely active in the 17th century. (from Cyprus)
- The "Green Line" in Nicosia, Cyprus. (from
- Limassol General Hospital (from
- Foreign Ministers of the European Union countries in Limassol during Cyprus Presidency of the EU in 2012 (from
- A British soldier facing a crowd of Greek Cypriot demonstrators in Nicosia (1956) (from
- Street close to the Nicosia border (from
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Salamis, Cyprus (from History of Cyprus)Red-polished ceramics from Enkomi, 1900–1725 BC. St. Barnabas Archaeological Museum,
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Faneromeni School is the oldest all-girl primary school in Cyprus. (from Cyprus)
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Cyprus is part of a monetary union, theEU single market. (from Cyprus)
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Cypriot cult image. 'Red Polished Ware', 2100–2000 BC.Museum zu Allerheiligen (from History of Cyprus)
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Central Bank of Cyprus (from Cyprus)
- 2010 population by age and gender (from
- Zeus Keraunios, 500–480 BC, Nicosia museum (from
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Melkonian Educational Institute. Armenian is recognised as a minority language in Cyprus. (from Cyprus)The Armenian Alphabet at the
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Khirokitia with early remains of human habitation during the Aceramic Neolithic period (reconstruction) (from Cyprus)Archaeological site of
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Dhekelia Power Station (from Cyprus)
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