Atlas of Northern Cyprus

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Northern Cyprus
Kuzey Kıbrıs
Türkçe Kuzey Kıbrıs - Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti

Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti (KKTC) veya Kıbrıs Türk Devleti Akdeniz'de yer alan en büyük üçüncü ada ve Anadolu yarımadasının 65 km güneyindeki Kıbrıs adasının kuzey kısmında yer alan Türk devletinin adıdır.

English Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is a self-styled state in northern ► Cyprus recognised only by ► Turkey. The United Nations recognises the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus over the whole island; however, the republic's writ does not extend to Northern Cyprus.

Short name  Northern Cyprus
Official name Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Status Unilateral independent country since 1983, only recognized by Turkey, internationally considered to be part of ► Cyprus
Location Middle East
Capital Lefkoşa (Nicosia)
Population 286,257 inhabitants
Area 3,355 square kilometres (1,295 sq mi)
Major languages Turkish
Major religions Islam
More information Northern Cyprus, Geography of Northern Cyprus, History of Northern Cyprus and Politics of Northern Cyprus
More images Northern Cyprus - Northern Cyprus (Category).

General maps

Map of Northern Cyprus
Map of Northern Cyprus
Map of Northern Cyprus
flag map of Northern Cyprus
Division of Cyprus
Districts of Cyprus, including those in force in Northern Cyprus
Districts of Cyprus
Topographic map of Cyprus
Location of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus. See also Atlas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Northern Cyprus, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Northern Cyprus.

The Region in the 9th to 7th centuries BC
The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
The Persian Achaemenid Empire
[[|border|251x400px]] The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander
Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)
Hellenistic successor states:
 
Kingdom of Ptolemy
 
Kingdom of Cassander
 
Kingdom of Lysimachus
 
Kingdom of Seleucus
 
Epirus
Other states:
 
Carthage
 
Rome
 
Greek colonies
Hellenistic world in 200 BCE
Lydia
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present
Roman conquest of Minor Asia
Map of the Roman Empire in 50
The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
 
133 BC
 
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
 
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
 
117 (maximum extension)
Cyprus in the Roman Empire
Map of the Roman Empire in 116
Roman Empire in 117
Roman Empire divided 395, showing the dioceses and praetorian prefectures of Gaul, Italy, Illyricum and Oriens (east), roughly analogous to the four Tetrarch zones of influence after Diocletian's reforms.
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
 
Western Roman Empire
 
Eastern Roman Empire
Division of the Roman Empire in 406
Eastern Roman Empire and Western Roman Empires, c.476
Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Eastern Roman Empire under emperor Justinianus
Eastern Roman Empire 550

(aka Bysantine Empire)

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
Age of the :en:Caliphs
Caliphate around 750
The Byzantine Empire under Basil II, c. 1025
Byzantine Empire 1025
The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Alexios I Komnenos, c. 1081
The Crusader States
Ayyubid rule in 1189
The Ayyubid Empire of Saladin around 1190
Map of the Byzantine Empire under Manuel Komnenos, c.1170.
Byzantine Empire 1180
The Kingdom of Cyprus in 1265 (William R. Shepherd, Historical Atlas, 1911).
Kingdom of Cyprus in 1265
Kingdom of Cyprus in 1355
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Cyprus inside the British Empire

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Map by Pieter van der Aa made in 1719 of Turkey and Cyprus

Satellite maps

Satellite map
Satellite map
Satellite map

Notes and references

General remarks:

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