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[edit] News Articles of Interest

Article in BAKU TODAY (26AUG05) shows terminology giving TRNC the status of a soveriegn nation. It can be accessed here. -- Expatkiwi 01:32 27AUG05 UTC

[edit] Embargo

On 29 August 2005, the first major chink in the travel embargo took place with the inauguration of non-stop air services between Ercan and Baku. This is the first time that airliners have not had to do an obligatory stop in Turkey first -- Expatkiwi 22:32 29AUG05 UTC I have altered the opening paragraph as if you look at the reference it does not attribute this so-called isolation to the Republic of Cyprus; ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6215410.stm</ref>

[edit] Diplomatic Relations of TRNC

What's that thing about Paraguay's changing her views on TRNC in a positive way?Wikiturk 06:22, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Trnc-arms6.gif

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BetacommandBot (talk) 02:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Recognition of Kosovo by TRNC

I tagged the section containing the info on TRNC of Kosovo. The basic question is : has it really happend ? The only source I can find (and which is the one given in the article) is a rather spurious newspaper controlled by the government of break-away Transdniestr Republic. Up to now I haven't found a single Cypriot (north or south) source confirming this. The only thing I could find is the statement by Talat welcoming the declaration of independnace, which however carefully avoids the word "recognition". Trncinfo has nothing further either. So I very much doubt that the recognition ever took place. But maybe someone can provide a Turkish-Cypriot (or other similarly reliable) source for this ??

Travelbird (talk) 22:42, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

http://www.kktcb.eu/index.php?tpl=show_news&id=236
The head of the TRNC offered that statement including "The will of the people of Kosovo should be respected and the new state should be assisted." A pretty clear recognition of Kosovo's independence with the words "new state." TheWoody (talk) 01:29, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
That exactly is the problem. Diplomatic recognition is a well established process, by which one country's head of state writes a letter to another recognizing that country's independance. Verbal statemants to well-whishing and support are not official diplomatic recognition. E.g. the US issues statements of support for Taiwan all the time, yet Taiwan is not recognized by the US as a country. Many European countries have welcomed Kosovo indpendance, but have not yet completed the actual act of recognition.
So unless someone can find a source stating either a) Talat has actually sent a letter of recognition to the president of Kosovo or b) an official TRNC government site or publication lists Kosovo as a country in a list among other countries, I am going to remove the statement from the article again, as most probabably the official recognition has not (yet ?) taken place. Travelbird (talk) 14:21, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/tcpr/2008/08-02-20.tcpr.html#01
Now I agree with you, the statement was released that TRNC would not be officially recognizing Kosovo and that the president's comments are simply that, comments. Good catch TheWoody (talk) 19:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
The comments should still be noted in the article. The TRNC has not recognized Kosovo but the TRNC president's comments do establish a sort of informal position on this controversial issue. 141.166.230.9 (talk) 05:21, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Never mind my earlier comment; I must have overlooked it earlier, I see his comments are already noted in the article. 141.166.230.9 (talk) 05:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] So much POV

This article needs the attention of an expert. It is a mess. It make claims such as "Greek Cyprus" and the like. Meander₪ 07:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)