Congratulations to Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on the 42nd year anniversary of declaring independence on November 15, 1983.

• The evening before the declaration, Rauf Denktaş, President of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (KTFD), briefed all party MPs and cabinet. • The vote in the Federated Assembly was unanimous, with support from all parties. After the declaration, journalist İzzet-Rıza Yalın asked Denktaş, “How are you feeling? Are you at ease?” Denktaş replied: “Of course. The child has now been born.” ------- The declaration was a result of the long-standing struggle of the Turkish Cypriot community for self-determination and political recognition. A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island of Cyprus to Greece, prompted the Turkish intervention as a guarantor power. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the north in 1983. #trnc #kktc #sancarturkishcenter #sancarturkishculturalandcommunitycenter #turkishrepublicofnortherncyprus #turkishcypriots #northcyprus