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This entry only covers the area of Cyprus under effective control of the Turkish Cypriot Republic. For the rest see [[
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (''Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti'' in Turkish) is the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|northern half of Cyprus]], an island in the east end of the Mediterranean. A united Cyprus became independent from the British Empire in 1960. In 1974, following years of intercommunal violence between Greeks and Turks, the Turkish military invaded the island and the Turkish Cypriot community declared the northern half independent. This contentious issue has become known as The Cyprus Dispute.
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