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Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Eight years after the Turkish Federative State of North Cyprus was proclaimed (in 1975), The UDI of North Cyprus was presented to the Northern Cypriot Parliament in North Nicosia by Turkish Cypriot Leader/Northern Cypriot State President Rauf Denktash on November 15, 1983. Containing text espousing human rights and a desire to live side-by-side with the Greek Cypriot population, it ended with a declaration that Northern Cyprus was an independent and sovereign state, naming the entity the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The Northern Cypriot Parliament passed a unaminous resolution later that day ratifying the declaraion. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikisource is a sister project to Wikipedia that aims to create a free wiki library of primary source texts, and translations of source texts in any language. ... Image File history File links photo of TRNC flag. ... UDI may refer to: A Unilateral Declaration of Independence A political party in Chile, Unión Demócrata Independiente The Uniform Driver Interface This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 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. ... Rauf R. DenktaÅŸ Rauf Raif DenktaÅŸ (pronounced Denktash; born January 27, 1924) is a Turkish Cypriot political leader. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty. ... The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) (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. ...

International Reaction

The United Nations Security Council issued two resolutions (541 and 550) proclaiming that the Turkish Cypriot UDI was illegal and that no other soveriegn state should recogize the legality of the declaration. To date, only Turkey has formally done so, though the Organization of the Islamic Conference recognizes the TRNC as a constituent state of Cyprus. The parliament of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, which is an exclave of Azerbaijan, has issued a resolution recognizing the TRNC as a soveriegn nation, but as this recognition is not shared by Azerbaijan's central government, is not regarded as official by the world at large. A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ... The flag of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an inter-governmental organization with a Permanent Delegation to the United Nations. ... 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. ... Constituent State: Term given to a state that is part of a larger political entity. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... Map of Azerbaijan, showing Naxçıvan to the bottom-left Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (or Naxçıvan Muxtar Respublikası) is an exclave of Azerbaijan. ... D is Bs exclave, but is not an enclave. ... Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations; the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; NATOs Partnership for Peace; Euro-Atlantic Partnership; World Health Organization; CFE Treaty member state; the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; the Council of Europe; the Community of Democracies; the International Monetary Fund...

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