no formal writing (Cypriot people write in Istanbul Turkish)
Official status
Regulated by
unregulated (Istanbul Turkish is used in education, broadcast and legal matters)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
–
Glottolog
cypr1251
IETF
tr-CY
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Cypriot Turkish (Kıbrıs Türkçesi) is a dialect of the Turkish language spoken by Turkish Cypriots both in Cyprus and among its diaspora.
TurkishCypriots or Cypriot Turks (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türkleri or Kıbrıslı Türkler; Greek: Τουρκοκύπριοι, romanized: Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating...
between Greek and TurkishCypriots, and in response to a Greek junta-sponsored Cypriot coup d'état five days earlier, it led to the Turkish capture and occupation...
CypriotTurkish (Kıbrıs Türkçesi) is a dialect of the Turkish language spoken by TurkishCypriots both in Cyprus and among its diaspora. Emanating from...
prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of TurkishCypriots from the...
runs the Republic of Cyprus (de facto only comprising the south of the island since the events of 1974) and the TurkishCypriot community in the north...
TurkishCypriot Administration (Turkish: Otonom Kıbrıs Türk Yönetimi) was the name of a de facto administration established by the TurkishCypriots in...
The TurkishCypriot diaspora is a term used to refer to the TurkishCypriot community living outside the island of Cyprus. TurkishCypriot migration to...
heritage in Cyprus, noting the destruction of TurkishCypriot heritage in the hands of Greek Cypriot extremists. In the early 21st century, Cyprus boasted...
Cyprus into Turkish and Greek portions, is widespread among TurkishCypriot nationalists. Nevertheless, a considerable number of them wish for Turkey...
that of Turkish Cypriots is CypriotTurkish. For official purposes, the standard languages (Standard Modern Greek and Standard Turkish) are used. According...
The TurkishCypriot enclaves were inhabited by TurkishCypriots between the intercommunal violence of 1963–64 and the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. In...
the Greek Cypriot State and TurkishCypriot State (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türk Devleti), which would be governed by Greek Cypriots and TurkishCypriots respectively...
and CypriotTurkish community, the North declared its independence on 15 November 1983 under the name of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. This...
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Bayrağı) is the national flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and...
The CyprusTurkish Peace Force Command (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türk Barış Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı) is the Turkish garrison in Cyprus. In 1974 Turkish troops invaded...
under the title "TurkishCypriot State". In 2017, Northern Cyprus was represented with its official name "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" for the first...
country other than Turkey (99.2% of other nationalities live in the Greek Cypriot areas in the center, west, east and south). Greek and Cypriot dialect are predominantly...
The Turkish settlers (CypriotTurkish: Türkiyeliler, "those from Turkey"), also referred to as the Turkish immigrants (Turkish: Türkiyeli göçmenler), are...
independent armed forces. Even before independence, the TurkishCypriot community (and similarly the Greek Cypriot community) maintained its own paramilitary force...
Turkish people or Turks (Turkish: Türkler) are the largest Turkic people who speak various dialects of the Turkish language and form a majority in Turkey...
of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus by Turkey after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, as well as the Turkish star and crescent emblem...
Cypriot Americans are Americans of full or partial Cypriot ancestry. Cypriot Americans, alongside English, speak Cypriot Greek, CypriotTurkish, Cypriot...
ministers of Northern Cyprus since 1983. The premiership's precursor was a post known as the "president of the TurkishCypriot Communal Chamber". The...
of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and TurkishCypriots, marked mid-20th century Cyprus. These...
Northern Cyprus. A Northern Cypriot passport is valid in Anguilla, Pakistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Turkish Cypriots...
the post-Ottoman period, CypriotTurkish was relatively isolated from standard Turkish and had strong influences from the Cypriot Greek dialect. The condition...
between the Greek and TurkishCypriot communities, an ideal that has not yet been realised. In 1963, Greek Cypriot and TurkishCypriot communities separated...
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