Cyprus

Kipriakí Dimokratía, Kibris Cumhuriyeti

Last modified: 1997-09-03 by giuseppe bottasini
Keywords: cyprus | europe | asia | olive | geographic outline |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

by mark sensen 24-NOV-1995

• The Constitution and the flag
• How many flags are flying in Cyprus
• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

From the art.4 of Constitution of the 6th April 1960:

• 1-The Republic shall have its own flag of neutral design and colour, chosen jointly by the President and the Vice-President of the Republic.
• 2-The Authorities of the Republic and any public corporation or public utility body created by or under the laws of the Republic shall fly the flag of the Republic and they shall have the right to fly on holidays together with the flags of the Republic both the Greek and the Turkish flags at the same time.
• 3-The communal authorities and institutions shall have the right to fly on holidays together with the flag of the Republic either the Greek or the Turkish flag at the same time.
• 4-Any citizen of the Republic or any body, corporate or unincorporate other than public, whose members are citizens of the Republic, shall have the right to fly on their premises the flag of the Republic or the Greek or the Turkish flag without any restriction.
• 5-The Greek and the Turkish communities shall have the right to celebrate respectively the Greek and the Turkish national holidays.

I read in a book called "Le grand guide de Chypre", editions Gallimard, 1993 that Cyprus gained its independance only in exchange of the creation of three British military bases on its territory:these are the base of Akrotiri, the base of Dhekelia and the Mount Olympus hearing centre on top of the Troodhos Mounts.The British law is the only law there.
With these bases is Cyprus a country with six flags:the Cypriot flag as well the Greek one in the South of the island, the Turkish Northern Cyprus flag as well as the Turkish one in the North of the island, the United Nation flag in the cease-fire stripe between the North and the South (this stripe is called I think the Attila line) and of course the British one in the bases.Some sources say that there may be an American military base in the Turkish Northern Cyprus, so the American flag could be there too but it's not sure.
pascal vagnat 23-NOV-1995