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Article: More Turkish Cypriots Seek Passports of Republic of Cyprus
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 9, 2001
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In the past four months, there was an increase in the number of
Turkish Cypriots who applied to the Cypriot government to acquire
Cypriot passports, the Financial Mirror newspaper reported on
Wednesday.
According to the report, about 250 Turkish Cypriots have applied
for passports from the Republic of Cyprus, either directly to the
Cypriot Interior Ministry in Nicosia, or Cypriot embassies abroad.
Last year, the Cypriot government issued passports to 448 Turkish
Cypriots.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded
and occupied the northern third of the island after a failed coup by
the Greek Cypriots seeking union with Greece.
The Turkish Cypriots established in 1983 the ...