Northern Cyprus
About Northern Cyprus
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a de facto state comprising the northern third of the island of Cyprus. It is recognised only by Turkey, with the international community considering it territory of the Republic of Cyprus under Turkish military occupation. It extends from Cape Apostolos Andreas in the northeast to Morphou Bay in the northwest, with Cape Kormakitis at its westernmost point and the Kokkina exclave west of the mainland. A buffer zone controlled by the UN forms a barrier between both sides of the island and runs through Nicosia, the island's largest city and the capital of both sides.
On the show — 3 mentions total
There's a cup rather nicely called the Elf Cup, which took place in 2006 between Crimea, Greenland, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Tibet, Northern Cyprus and Zanzibar. They hosted it and they won it.
from 17: No Such Thing As A Bassoon In A Football Stadium, 2014-07-11 at 00:33:53 · read transcript
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They did that in this World Cup. You actually went, didn't you, to the Kenefa? To the final and to one of the other games, yeah. Who did you see playing? I saw Northern Cyprus against Abkhazia in the first game, and then Northern Cyprus against... Who was it? Kapitalia. I can't believe Abkhazia lost to Northern Cyprus. I know, because I was supporting Abkhazia, actually, so I was quite disappointed.
221: No Such Thing As A Fully Carpeted Country, 2018-06-14 · listen
They did that in this World Cup. You actually went, didn't you? To the final and to one of the other games, yeah. Who did you see play? I saw Northern Cyprus against Abkhazia in the first game, and then Northern Cyprus against who was it? Carpetalia. I can't believe Abkhazia lost northern Cyprus. I know because I was supporting Abkhazia actually so I was quite disappointed. It's a breakaway area of Georgia.
No Such Thing As A Fully Carpeted Country, 2018-06-14 · listen
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