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n as bloody christmas 65 when makarios iii attempted to modify the constitution greek cypriots initiated a military campaign against the turkish cypriots and began to attack turkish inhabited villages by early 1964 the turkish cypriots started to withdraw into armed enclaves where the greek cypriots blockaded them resulting in some 25 000 turkish cypriots becoming refugees or internally displaced persons 66 64 this resulted in the un peacekeeping force unficyp being stationed on the island as well as an external migration trend of thousands more turkish cypriots to the united kingdom turkey north america and australia 67 with the rise to power of the greek military junta a decade later in 1974 a group of right wing greek nationalists eoka b who supported the union of cyprus with greece launched a putsch 68 this action precipitated the turkish invasion of cyprus 69 which led to the capture of the present day territory of northern cyprus the following month after a ceasefire collapsed the turkish invasion resulted in the occupation of some 37 of the island in the north 66 during the invasion of the island a number of atrocities against the turkish cypriot community were committed such as the maratha santalaris and aloda massacre by the greek cypriot paramilitary organisation eoka b after the turkish invasion and the ensuing 1975 vienna agreements 60 000 turkish cypriots who lived in the south of the island fled to the north 70 the 1974 1975 movement was strictly organised by the provisional turkish administration who tried to preserve village communities intact 64 turkish republic of northern cyprus edit the northern areas of the island of cyprus administered by turkish cypriots in 1983 the turkish cypriots declared their own state in the north the turkish republic of northern cyprus which remains internationally unrecognised except by turkey 71 in 2004 a referendum for the unification of the island the annan plan was accepted by 65 of turkish cypriots but rejected by 76 of greek cypriots 72 the majority of turks born after 1975 in northern cyprus are the mixed descendants of native turkish cypriots and mainland turkish settlers 73 74 culture edit see also culture of northern cyprus the turkish cypriots are turkish speaking regard themselves as secular muslims and take pride in their ottoman heritage 75 however turkish cypriots differentiate themselves from mainlanders especially from the religiously conservative settlers who have come to cyprus more recently but their strong connection to turkey is nonetheless undisputed 76 hence the turkish cypriot identity is based on their ethnic turkish roots and links to mainland turkey but also to their cypriot character with cultural and linguistic similarities with greek cypriots 77 their culture is heavily based on family ties linked to parents siblings and relatives one s neighbourhood is also considered important as emphasis is given on helping those in need 78 thus much of their lives revolves around social activities and food is a central feature of gatherings turkish cypriot folk dances music and art are also integral parts of their culture 78 religion edit the hala sultan tekke was built by the ottomans in the 18th century according to a 2020 survey the majority of turkish cypriots about 70 are religious with most of those about 98 7 identifying as sunni muslims about 30 of the total population does not identify with any religion 21 religious practices are considered a matter of individual choice and many do not actively practice their religion 21 79 alcohol is frequently consumed within the community and most turkish cypriot women do not cover their heads 80 turkish cypriot males are generally circumcised at a young age in accordance with religious beliefs although this practice appears more related to custom and tradition than to powerful religious motivation 81 the social religious phenomenon of crypto christianity was observed in cyprus as in other parts of the ottoman empire the crypto christians of cyprus were known as linobambaki of linen and cotton they are mentioned by foreign travellers as turks who are secretly greeks observing the greek orthodox fasting turner 1815 drinking wine eating pork and often taking christian wives 82 language edit main articles cypriot turkish and languages of cyprus the turkish language was introduced to cyprus with the ottoman conquest in 1571 and became the politically dominant prestigious language of the administration 83 in the post ottoman period cypriot turkish was relatively isolated from standard turkish and had strong influences by the cypriot greek dialect the condition of coexistence with the greek cypriots led to a certain bilingualism whereby turkish cypriots knowledge of greek was important in areas where the two communities lived and worked together 84 according to prof c f beckingham 1957 in cyprus religious and linguistic divisions do not always coincide there were turkish 85 i e muslim villages in which the normal language was greek among them were lapithiou platanisto ayios simeon 86 beckingham said that this phenomenon has not been adequately investigated 87 the existence of greek speaking muslims is also mentioned in subsequent works 88 ozan gülle 2014 it is historically well documented that turkish cypriots showed large differences in their frequency of communication in cypriot greek on one end of the spectrum are turkish cypriots who were probably monolingual cypriot greek speakers or had only little competency in turkish 89 the linguistic situation changed radically in 1974 following the division of cyprus into a greek south and a turkish north today the cypriot turkish dialect is being exposed to increasing standard turkish through immigration from turkey new mass media and new educational institutions 83 nonetheless a turkish speaker familiar with the cypriot turkish variety of turkish can still easily identify a member of the community from one who is not 90 although many turkish cypriots command standard turkish as well they generally choose to use their own variety in particular contexts to affirm their identity most commonly these differences are in pronunciation but they extend to lexicon and grammatical structures as well 90 there are many words used by turkish cypriots that originate in the particular historical circumstances of the island including english and greek and therefore have no precedent in standard turkish there are also words used by the turkish cypriot and greek cypriot communities which are authentically cypriot in origin 90 music and dances edit main article turkish cypriot folk dances kıbrısım güzelim problems playing these files see media help folk music and dancing is an integral part of social life among turkish cypriots traditional turkish cypriot folk dances can be divided into five categories karsilamas sirtos zeybeks ciftetellis arabiyes and topical dances such as orak kozan kartal and topal the folk dancing groups usually have performances during national festivals weddings turkish nights at hotels and within tourism areas 91 demographics edit debates on the turkish cypriot population in the 1970s edit the 1960 census of cyprus reported the turkish cypriot population as 18 of the total population the figure was challenged during a 1978 debate in the british parliament when lord spens stated that there were 400 000 turkish cypriots in cyprus at least one fifth of the population 92 2006 census edit according to the 2006 northern cyprus census there were 145 443 turkish cypriots born on the island who were resident in northern cyprus trnc 93 of the cypriot born population 120 007 had both parents born in cyprus 12 628 had one of their parents born in cyprus and the other born in another country thus 132 635 turkish cypriots had at least one parent born in cyprus 93 place of birth turkish cypriot population male female north cyprus 112 534 56 332 56 202 lefkoşa 54 077 27 043 27 034 gazimağusa 32 264 16 151 16 113 girne 10 178 5 168 5 010 güzelyurt 10 241 5 013 5 228 i̇skele 4 617 2 356 2 261 district not indicated 1 157 601 556 south cyprus 32 538 15 411 17 127 nicosia lefkoşa 3 544 1 646 1 898 famagusta gazimağusa 1 307 598 709 larnaca larnaka 6 492 3 031 3 461 limassol limasol 9 067 4 314 4 753 paphos baf 11 955 5 750 6 205 district not indicated 173 72 101 cyprus north or south region not indicated 371 178 193 total 145 443 71 921 73 522 2011 census edit according to the 2011 northern cyprus census there were 160 207 turkish cypriots born on the island who were resident in north cyprus trnc 94 place of birth turkish cypriot population 95 male female north cyprus 131 423 65 880 65 543 lefkoşa 66 833 33 306 33 527 gazimağusa 37 027 18 634 18 393 girne 12 719 6 477 6 242 güzelyurt 10 457 5 158 5 299 i̇skele 4 387 2 305 2 082 south cyprus 28 784 13 615 15 169 nicosia lefkoşa 2 958 1 412 1 546 famagusta gazimağusa 237 104 133 larnaca larnaka 5 872 2 760 3 112 limassol limasol 8 579 4 031 4 548 paphos baf 11 138 5 308 5 830 total 160 207 79 495 80 712 diaspora edit main article turkish cypriot diaspora there was significant turkish cypriot emigration from the island during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries mainly to great britain australia and turkey emigration from cyprus has mainly been for economical and political reasons according to the trnc ministry of foreign affairs in 2001 500 000 turkish cypriots were living in turkey 200 000 in great britain 40 000 in australia some 10 000 in north america and 5 000 in other countries 6 a more recent estimate in 2011 by the home affairs committee states that there are now 300 000 turkish cypriots living in the united kingdom 11 though turkish cypriots themselves claim that the british turkish cypriot community has reached 400 000 15 furthermore recent estimates suggest that there are between 60 000 and 120 000 turkish cypriots living in australia 7 15 18 5 000 in the united states 2 000 in germany 1 800 in canada 1 600 in new zealand and a smaller community in south africa 7 turkey edit see also muhacir a turkish cypriot family who migrated to turkey in 1935 the first mass migration of turkish cypriots to turkey occurred in 1878 when the ottoman empire leased cyprus to great britain the flow of turkish cypriot emigration to turkey continued in the aftermath of the first world war and gained its greatest velocity in the mid 1920s economic motives played an important part of the continued migration to turkey because conditions for the poor in cyprus during the 1920s were especially harsh thereafter turkish cypriots continued to migrate to turkey during the second world war in the 1940s and during the cyprus conflict of the 1960s and 1970s initially enthusiasm to emigrate to turkey was inflated by the euphoria that greeted the birth of the newly established republic of turkey and later of promises of assistance to turks who emigrated a decision taken by the turkish government at the end of 1925 for instance noted that the turks of cyprus had according to the treaty of lausanne the right to emigrate to the republic and therefore families that so emigrated would be given a house and sufficient land 96 the precise number of those who emigrated to turkey is a matter that remains unknown 97 the press in turkey reported in mid 1927 that of those who had opted for turkish nationality 5 000 6 000 turkish cypriots had already settled in turkey however many turkish cypriots had already emigrated even before the rights accorded to them under the treaty of lausanne had come into force 98 metin heper and bilge criss have summarized the migration of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as follows the first wave of immigration from cyprus occurred in 1878 when the ottomans were obliged to lease the island to great britain at that time 15 000 people moved to anatolia when the 1923 lausanne treaty gave the island to great britain another 30 000 immigrants came to turkey 47 st john jones has analyzed the migration of turkish cypriots during early british rule further i f the turkish cypriot community had like the greek cypriots increased by 101 percent between 1881 and 1931 it would have totalled 91 300 in 1931 27 000 more than the number enumerated is it possible that so many turkish cypriots emigrated in the fifty year period taken together the considerations just mentioned suggest that it probably was from a base of 45 000 in 1881 emigration of anything like 27 000 persons seems huge but after subtracting the known 5 000 of the 1920s the balance represents an average annual outflow of some 500 not enough probably to concern the community s leaders evoke official comment or be documented in any way which survives today 58 the turkish cypriot population in turkey continued to increase at fluctuating speeds as a result of the second world war 1939 1945 96 according to ali suat bilge taking into consideration the mass migrations of 1878 the first world war the 1920s early turkish republican era and the second world war overall a total of approximately 100 000 turkish cypriots had left the island for turkey between 1878 and 1945 99 by 31 august 1955 a statement by turkey s minister of state and acting foreign minister fatin rüştü zorlu at the london conference on cyprus estimated that the total turkish cypriot population including descendants in turkey had reached 300 000 consequently today 1955 as well when we take into account the state of the population in cyprus it is not sufficient to say for instance that 100 000 turks live there one should rather say that 100 000 live there and that 300 000 turkish cypriots live in various parts of turkey 100 by 2001 the trnc ministry of foreign affairs estimated that 500 000 turkish cypriots were living in turkey 6 palestine edit turkish cypriots who remained in cyprus during the early twentieth century were faced with the harsh economic conditions of the great depression under british rule consequently many families in the poorest villages facing debt and starvation married off their daughters to arabs mainly in british palestine and other arab countries 101 in the hope that they would have a better life 102 103 a bride price was normally given by the groom to the family of the girls usually about 10 20 enough to buy several acres of land at the time as part of the marriage arrangements 103 104 such payments had not been part of cypriot tradition and cypriots typically describe the girls in these forced marriages as having been sold arabs however often object to this characterization 102 mostly between the ages of 11 18 the majority of the girls lost contact with their families in cyprus and while some had successful marriages and families others found themselves little more than domestic servants abused or ended up working in brothels 103 the marriages were sometimes arranged by brokers who presented the prospective husbands as wealthy doctors and engineers however 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