Country Page: Northern Cyprus

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Norther Cyprus is also known as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, is an unrecognized but de facto autonomous country on the northern part of the island. A coup in 1974 attempted to annex the island to Greece, which resulted in a Turkish invasion and the subsequent division of the the island into two state. The border goes through the capital of Nicosia, literally cut through residential buildings.