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| {{see also|Demographics of Cyprus|Turkish Cypriots|Mainland Turks in Northern Cyprus}} | |||
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| |caption = Ethnic groups of Northern Cyprus (2006 census)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tablo – 8 : Yaş Grubu, Milliyet ve Cinsiyete Göre Sürekli İkamet Eden (de-jure) KKTC Vatandaşı Nüfus. TOPLAM |url=http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/Nufus-nitelikleri_main.html |access-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314011919/http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/Nufus-nitelikleri_main.html |archive-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | |||
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| Northern Cyprus's first official census was performed in 1996. The population recorded was 200,587.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kibrispostasi.com/index.php/cat/1/col/97/art/9407/PageName/KIBRIS_POSTASI |title=Kıbrıslı Türkler Kaç Kişi – Kıbrıs Postası Gazetesi – Haber Merkezi |publisher=Kibrispostasi.com |access-date=14 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927025318/http://www.kibrispostasi.com/index.php/cat/1/col/97/art/9407/PageName/KIBRIS_POSTASI |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The second census, carried out in 2006, revealed the population of Northern Cyprus to be 265,100,<ref name=census2006>{{cite web|url=http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/Census%202006.pdf |title=Census.XLS |access-date=14 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116120824/http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/Census%202006.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref> <!--<ref name=POPULATION> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225001641/http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/population%20%20and%20housing%20%20census.pdf |date=25 February 2009 }} Nüfus ve Konut Sayimi</ref>--> of which majority is composed of indigenous ] (including ]) and ]. Of the 178,000 Turkish Cypriot citizens, 82% are native Cypriots (145,000). Of the 45,000 people born to non-Cypriot parentage, nearly 40% (17,000) were born in Cyprus. The figure for non-citizens, including students, guest workers and temporary residents stood at 78,000 people.<ref name=census2006/><ref>{{cite news|author=Simon Bahceli |title=Indigenous Turkish Cypriots just over half north's population |url=http://cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=30725&cat_id=1 |publisher=] |date=15 February 2007 |access-date=16 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015114/http://cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=30725&cat_id=1 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> | |||
| The third official census of Northern Cyprus was carried out in 2011, made under the auspices of UN observers. It returned a total population of 294,906.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20son_.pdf |title=Basin Bildirisi |publisher=Devplan.org |access-date=14 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927104440/http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20son_.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> These results were disputed by some political parties, labour unions and local newspapers. The government was accused of deliberately under-counting the population, after apparently giving an estimate of 700,000 before the census, in order to demand financial help from Turkey.<ref name=censusDoubts>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Census+in+north+marred+by+delays+and+doubts.-a0274211364 |newspaper=CyprusMail |date=6 December 2011 |access-date=6 April 2013 |title=Census in north marred by delays and doubts |quote=Top selling daily Kibris described the headcount as "controversial", while out-spoken left-wing daily Afrika dubbed it a "fiasco" |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022220149/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Census+in+north+marred+by+delays+and+doubts.-a0274211364 |archive-date=22 October 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=censusOverestimates>{{cite news |url=http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/index.php/cat/2/news/129918/PageName/Ic_Haberler |newspaper=Kibris |date=13 December 2011 |access-date=23 December 2011 |title=TC'den para isterken 700 bin diyorlardı |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109192117/http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/index.php/cat/2/news/129918/PageName/Ic_Haberler |archive-date=9 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=census2011>{{cite news |url=http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/index.php/cat/2/news/129803/PageName/Ic_Haberler |newspaper=Kibris |date=11 December 2011 |access-date=23 December 2011 |title=Nifus sayımı gerçekçi değil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108033749/http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/index.php/cat/2/news/129803/PageName/Ic_Haberler |archive-date=8 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> One source claims that the population in the north has reached 500,000,<ref>{{cite book |last=Cole |first=Jeffrey |author-link=Jeffrey Cole |year=2011 |title=Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-302-6 |page=95 }}</ref> split between 50% Turkish Cypriots and 50% Turkish settlers or Cypriot-born children of such settlers.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cole |first=Jeffrey |author-link=Jeffrey Cole |year=2011 |title=Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-302-6 |page=97 }}</ref> Researcher Mete Hatay has written that such reports are "wildly speculative" and are picked up by opposition parties for political benefit, which resulted in reports in the south. Such reports have never been scientifically or statistically scrutinised, despite opportunities of opposition parties to do so using the electoral rolls in their possession, thereby continuing a "war of numbers".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hatay|first1=Mete|title=Is the Turkish Cypriot Population Shrinking?|url=http://file.prio.no/publication_files/Cyprus/Report%202007-2%20Is%20the%20Turkish%20Cypriot%20Population%20Shrinking.pdf|publisher=PRIO Cyprus Center|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220054745/http://file.prio.no/publication_files/Cyprus/Report%202007-2%20Is%20the%20Turkish%20Cypriot%20Population%20Shrinking.pdf|archive-date=20 February 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | |||
| The Government of Northern Cyprus estimates that the 1983 population of Northern Cyprus was 155,521.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.devplan.org/Ecosos/EXCEL-ENG/sesco-eng.zip |title=?? |publisher=Devplan.org |access-date=14 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105022542/http://www.devplan.org/Ecosos/EXCEL-ENG/sesco-eng.zip |archive-date=5 November 2013 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Estimates by the government of the ] from 2001 place the population at 200,000, of which 80–89,000 are Turkish Cypriots and 109,000–117,000 are designated as Turkish settlers by the Republic of Cyprus.<ref name="Euromosaic">{{cite web |url= http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/cy_en.pdf |title= Quoted after the ''Euromosaic'' report, a study commissioned by the European Commission |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070616073825/http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lang/languages/langmin/euromosaic/cy_en.pdf |archive-date= 16 June 2007 |df= dmy-all }} {{small|(120 KB)}}</ref> An island-wide census in 1960 indicated the number of Turkish Cypriots as 102,000 and Greek Cypriots as 450,000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-3458.html |title=Cyprus – Society |publisher=Country-data.com |access-date=17 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514185548/http://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-3458.html |archive-date=14 May 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> {{As of|2005}}, the settlers constituted no more than 25% of the electorate in Northern Cyprus. The degree of the integration of mainland Turks to the Turkish Cypriot community varies; some identify as Turkish Cypriots and have culturally integrated, while some embrace a Turkish identity.<ref>Hatay, Mete (2005) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906041622/https://cyprus.prio.org/Publications/Publication/?x=1146 |date=6 September 2015 }}, PRIO Report, 4. Oslo/Nicosia: PRIO Cyprus Centre.</ref> | |||
| Northern Cyprus is almost entirely Turkish-speaking. English, however, is widely spoken as a second language.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | |||
| There are 644 ]s living in ] (Dipkarpaz) and 364 ] in ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/Nüfus%20Tabloları/Nitelikler/Tablo8.NITELIK.zip |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725232040/http://nufussayimi.devplan.org/N%C3%BCfus%20Tablolar%C4%B1/Nitelikler/Tablo8.NITELIK.zip |title=Please, add title |archive-date=25 July 2011}}</ref> 162,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/embassies/berlinembassy.nsf/DMLcyquest_de/DMLcyquest_de?Opendocument|title=Botschaft der Republik Zypern in Berlin – Zypernfrage|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201143454/http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/embassies/berlinembassy.nsf/DMLcyquest_de/DMLcyquest_de?Opendocument|archive-date=1 February 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Greek Cypriots were forcibly evicted from their homes in the North by the invading force of the Turkish army.<ref name="Denver journal of international law and policy">{{cite book|title=Denver journal of international law and policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tm9LAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|quote=The invasion of Cyprus by Turkish troops in 1974 resulted in the widespread eviction and population transfer of 162,000 Greek Cypriots from their homes in the northern part of Cyprus. In Cyprus v. Turkey, the European Commission on ..|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002727/https://books.google.com/books?id=Tm9LAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Mallinson2011">{{cite book|author=William Mallinson|title=Britain and Cyprus: Key Themes and Documents since World War II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJJ1tbJXFKIC&pg=PA8|date=15 February 2011|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-84885-456-7|page=8|quote=Around 180,000 Greek Cypriots had been expelled from their homes and fled to the unoccupied part of the island, with another 20,000 being "encouraged" to flee later.|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906002049/https://books.google.com/books?id=DJJ1tbJXFKIC&pg=PA8|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="HörnerDöbert2006">{{cite book|author1=Wolfgang Hörner|author2=Hans Döbert|author3=Botho von Kopp|author4=Wolfgang Mitter|title=The Education Systems of Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FI5hZqm2_0MC&pg=PA202|date=19 December 2006|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4020-4868-5|page=202|quote=Turkish settlers and military personnel, estimated at 85,000 and 40,000 respectively, who have moved into the Turkish-occupied areas since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. At that time one third of the Greek population (about 200,000 persons) was expelled from their homes in the northern part of the island and forced to resettle in the southern areas.|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906000013/https://books.google.com/books?id=FI5hZqm2_0MC&pg=PA202|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Rizokarpaso is the home of the biggest Greek-speaking population in the north. The Greek-Cypriot inhabitants are still supplied by the UN, and Greek-Cypriot products are consequently available in some shops.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} | |||
| {{Largest cities | |||
| | country = Northern Cyprus | |||
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| |city_1 = North Nicosia | |||
| |div_1 = Lefkoşa District{{!}}Lefkoşa | |||
| |pop_1 = 61,378 | |||
| |img_1 = Nicosia 01-2017 img22 View from Shacolas Tower.jpg | |||
| |city_2 = Famagusta | |||
| |div_2 = Gazimağusa District{{!}}Gazimağusa | |||
| |pop_2 = 40,920 | |||
| |img_2 = St. Nikolaos Mustafa- Pascha-Moschee C.jpg | |||
| |city_3 = Kyrenia | |||
| |div_3 = Girne District{{!}}Girne | |||
| |pop_3 = 33,207 | |||
| |img_3 = Bellapais - Blick auf Kyrenia.jpg | |||
| |city_4 = Morphou | |||
| |div_4 = Güzelyurt District{{!}}Güzelyurt | |||
| |pop_4 = 18,946 | |||
| |img_4 = Morphou orange monument.jpg | |||
| |city_5 = Gönyeli | |||
| |div_5 = Lefkoşa District{{!}}Lefkoşa | |||
| |pop_5 = 17,277 | |||
| |city_6 = Kythrea | |||
| |div_6 = Lefkoşa District{{!}}Lefkoşa | |||
| |pop_6 = 11,895 | |||
| |city_7 = Lefka | |||
| |div_7 = Lefke District{{!}}Lefke | |||
| |pop_7 = 11,091 | |||
| |city_8 = Dikomo | |||
| |div_8 = Girne District{{!}}Girne | |||
| |pop_8 = 9,120 | |||
| |city_9 = Trikomo, Cyprus{{!}}Trikomo | |||
| |div_9 = İskele District{{!}}İskele | |||
| |pop_9 = 7,906 | |||
| |city_10 = Lapithos | |||
| |div_10 = Girne District{{!}}Girne | |||
| |pop_10 = 7,839 | |||
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