Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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Declaration of Independence of Northern Cyprus
1983 copy of the original UDI of NC
Created	5 November 1983
Ratified	15 November 1983
Location	Northern Cyprus
Author(s)	Prof. Dr. Turan Fevzioğlu, Osman Ertuğ, Necati Münir Ertekün, Tugay Uluçevik[1]
Signatories	40 Turkish-Cypriot parliament members
Purpose	Emphasizing independence, freedom, and sovereignty of Turkish Cypriots, and realising self-determination of the nation

Part of a series on the
History of Northern Cyprus
Before 1983
(see History of Cyprus) Cyprus Emergency (1955–1959) Independence of Cyprus (1960) Cyprus crisis of 1963–64 Turkish Cypriot enclaves (1963–1974) UN Peacekeeping Force (1964–present) Greek coup (1974) Turkish invasion (1974) Autonomous Turkish Cypriot Administration (1974–1975) Turkish Federated State of Cyprus (1975–1983)
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (from 1983)
Declaration of Independence (1983) Cyprus reunification referendums (2004)
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The declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) from the Republic of Cyprus by the Turkish Cypriot parliament on 15 November 1983.

Eight years after the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus was proclaimed (in 1975), the declaration of North Cyprus was presented to the Turkish Cypriot parliament in North Nicosia by Turkish Cypriot Leader and Northern Cypriot State President Rauf Denktaş on 15 November 1983. Containing text espousing human rights and a desire to live side-by-side with the Greek Cypriot population, it ended with a declaration that Northern Cyprus was an independent and sovereign state, naming the entity the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The Turkish Cypriot Parliament passed a unanimous resolution later that day ratifying the declaration.