Flag Of Northern Cyprus
The flag of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti bayrağı) is based on the flag of Turkey with the colors reversed and two horizontal red stripes added at the top and bottom. It was the result of a competition to find a new representative flag for the TRNC.
The flag of TRNC waves in the countries where TRNC has diplomatic relations, i.e. Turkey and the non sovereign Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in Azerbaijan.
The flag of the TRNC is used in opposition to the flag of Cyprus as the flag of Northern Cyprus. The local use of the Turkish flag is somewhat similar to the use of the Greek flag in the rest of the island.
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Famous quotes containing the words flag of, flag and/or northern:
“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
“There’s an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.”
—Jonathan Raban (b. 1942)
“I have found that anything that comes out of the South is going to be called grotesque by the Northern reader, unless it is grotesque, in which case it is going to be called realistic.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)