* Alnus orientalis — Oriental alder, southern Turkey, northwest Syria, Cyprus

* National Sovereignty and Children's Day ( Turkey and Northern Cyprus )

Few of his other paintings resemble this apocalyptic scene of two huge armies dominated by an extravagant landscape seen from a very high viewpoint, which looks south over the whole Mediterranean from modern Turkey to include the island of Cyprus and the mouths of the Nile and the Red Sea ( behind the isthmus to the left ) on the other side.

In order to contain Russia's influence, he launched an invasion of Afghanistan and signed the Cyprus Convention with Turkey, whereby this strategically placed island was handed over to Britain.

It is located south of Asia Minor, the Anatolian peninsula of the Asian ( or Eurasian ) mainland ( now part of modern-day Turkey ), so it may be included in Western Asia or the Middle East: At a confluence of Western Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa, Cyprus has had lengthy periods of mainly Greek and intermittent Anatolian, Levantine, Byzantine, and Western European influences.

Cyprus measures 240 kilometres latitudinally and longitudinally, with Turkey to the north.

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by Turkey, occupies the northern one-third of the island.

Turkey responded by launching a military operation on Cyprus in a move not approved by the other two international guarantor powers, Greece and the United Kingdom using as a pretext the protection of the Turkish minority from Greek militias.

Aside from Turkey, all foreign governments and the United Nations recognise the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the whole island of Cyprus.

Turkey, which does not recognise the Republic of Cyprus, and the Turkish Cypriot administration of the northern part of the island, do not accept the Republic's rule over the whole island and refer to it not by its international name, but as the " Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus ".

In 1983, the Turkish Cypriots declared an independent " Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ", which has never been recognized by any country except Turkey and Pakistan.

The division of Cyprus has remained an intractable political problem plaguing relations between Greece and Turkey, and drawing in NATO, of which both Greece and Turkey are members, and latterly the European Union, which has admitted Greece and Cyprus and which Turkey has been seeking to join for over twenty years.

On 15 November 1983 the Turkish Cypriot North declared independence and the formation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC ), which has been recognized only by Turkey.

There is now a focus on convincing Turkey to recognise the government of Cyprus, a requirement for Turkish admission advocated most strongly by Cyprus and France.

The economic achievements of Cyprus during the preceding decades have been significant, bearing in mind the severe economic and social dislocation created by the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the continuing occupation of the northern part of the island by Turkey.

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Cyprus recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina ’ s independence on 7 February 2000, both countries established diplomatic relations on the same date.

The Turkish invasion inflicted a serious blow to the Cyprus economy and in particular to agriculture, tourism, mining and quarrying: 70 percent of the island ’ s wealth-producing resources were lost, the tourist industry lost 65 percent of its hotels and tourist accommodation, the industrial sector lost 46 percent, and mining and quarrying lost 56 percent of production.

Cyprus ’ s application for accession is pending before the OSCC.

The Venetians did not have Cyprus ' best interest at heart, they were only interested in receiving the taxes and in exploiting the country ’ s resources.

Israel and Cyprus ’ associations have continued to expand since 1960, the year of Cyprus ’ independence.

In Cyprus, agri-environment schemes support the maintenance of traditional trees and bushes which are a natural habitat for the island ’ s and likely to be of benefit to farmland birds in Cyprus

* Kissinger ’ s Secret Phone Calls Concerning Cyprus English translation of Eleftherotypia article

Official figures released by Cyprus ’ Vines Products Commission show that there is a general increasing trend in the volumes produced.

After his election Makarios, together with the Vice-President-elect, Dr. Fazıl Küçük, continued to draw up plans for Cyprus ’ s future.

Nikos Sampson ’ s presidency was short-lived, as the regime of the " invisible dictator " Ioannides in Athens collapsed only a few days after the Turkish invasion as a result of its failure to predict the Turkish invasion and intervene militarily in the war of Cyprus.

In 1828, modern Greece ’ s first president Ioannis Kapodistrias whose maternal ancestors were Greek Cypriots, called for union of Cyprus with Greece, and numerous minor uprisings took place.

* Coureas, Nicolas, ' To what extent was the crusaders ’ capture of Cyprus impelled by strategic considerations ', Epetêris 19 ( 1992 ), 197-202

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In 1999, Dr. Poos left the government and was elected as a Member of European Parliament, where he sat on the Committee for Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defense Policy, and was the draftsman for Cyprus ’ accession into the EU.

Proskynetaria of both these types still exist in Cyprus, from Lagoudera, now in the Archbishop ’ s Palace in Nicosia, and in St Neophytos.

During a period of the most hostile political turbulence which spilled over into Cyprus, after board officials sent a telegram the Hellenic Amateur Athletic Association ( SEGAS ) with intention of having its players sign allegiances to Greece ’ s fascist dictatorship, clearly violating the statue prohibiting clubs from being associated with any political groups.

* South: Limassol, Cyprus de jure ( 34 ° 39 ’ N )

:: or Cape Gata, Limassol, Cyprus de facto ( 34 ° 34 ’ N )

* East: Rizokarpaso, Cyprus de jure ( 34 ° 36 ’ E )

:: or Cape Greco, Ayia Napa, Cyprus de facto ( 34 ° 5 ’ E )

Miss Moneypenny ’ s has sprinkled it ’ s exquisite values for fourteen years at Ibiza ’ s El Divino in the exclusive and cosmopolitan Ibiza town, a fourteen year residency at the Marjorca ’ s Super Club BCM as well as holding summer residencies in Tenerife, Marbella, Cyprus, Malta, Greece and Turkey.

According to FIFTA ’ s webpage, FIFTA was left with ten members: Croatia, Russia, Moldova, Romania, India, Turkey, North Cyprus, Hungary, Macedonia, Georgia.

• In 2005, the FAO ’ s General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean ( GFCM ) banned bottom trawling below 1000 metres and, in January 2006, completely closed ecologically sensitive areas off Italy, Cyprus, and Egypt to all bottom trawling.

On 11 November 2006 the Company website announced that The Government of the Republic of Cyprus had " illegally detained Ajet ’ s aircraft and frozen the Company ’ s bank accounts ", which was in " direct contravention to the successful appeal lodged by Ajet in the District Court, causing substantial financial damage to the Company ".

The Turkish Government stated that it cannot implement the Court ’ s decision, which it contends is a political decision, and argued that the land in question is not Turkish but is part of the " Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

As regent, John helped arrange the marriage of Amalric II ’ s son Hugh I of Cyprus to Alice of Champagne, daughter of Amalric ’ s predecessor as King of Jerusalem, Henry II of Champagne.