nc.tr is the Internet country code second-level domain (ccSLD) for Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. As the TRNC is not recognized as soveriegn and the Cypriot domain name of .cy is not used in the north, the TRNC's access to the internet is carried on Turkey's first-level domain name of .tr. In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a second-level domain is a domain that is directly below a top-level domain (TLD). ... The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (in Turkish Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti [KKTC]) is a de facto state, which controls the northern third of the island of Cyprus, in the eastern Mediterranean. ... The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus(TRNC) {NOTE: the name is not accepted by UN} , in Turkish Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, is a self-proclaimed state occupying the northern third of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. ... .cy is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cyprus. ... .tr is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Turkey. ...