History UsefulNotes / Cyprus

** President: Nicos Anastasiades

** President of the House of Representatives: Adamos Adamou

Cyprus (Greek: Κύπρος ''Kypros''; Turkish: Kıbrıs), officially known as the '''Republic of Cyprus''' (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία ''Kypriakí Dimokratía''; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti) is an island and Southern European/Western Asian country in the Mediterranean. It gained independence from the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom in 1960. In 1974, UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} invaded the north of Cyprus and the local Turkish Cypriots declared a separate state.

Cyprus ('''Greek:''' Κύπρος ''Kypros''; Turkish: Kıbrıs), officially known as the '''Republic of Cyprus''' (Greek: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία ''Kypriakí Dimokratía''; Turkish: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti) is an island and Southern European/Western Asian country in the Mediterranean. It gained independence from the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom in 1960. In 1974, UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} invaded the north of Cyprus and the local Turkish Cypriots declared a separate state.

Cyprus ('''Greek:''' Κύπρος; '''Turkish:''' Kıbrıs), officially known as the '''Republic of Cyprus''' ('''Greek:''' Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; '''Turkish:''' Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti) is an island and Southern European/Western Asian country in the Mediterranean. It gained independence from the UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom in 1960. In 1974, UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}} invaded the north of Cyprus and the local Turkish Cypriots declared a separate state.

Historically, the island has frequently been passed among various Mediterranean empires with only rare periods of true independence - UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart captured the island for England during the first Crusade (despite it belonging to the Byzantine Empire he was supposed to be ''helping''), then sold it to Guy de Lusignan, a French noble who had been declared King of Jerusalem but had been defeated and lost his kingdom. The Lusignans ruled Cyprus for a few hundred years before dying out and the island passed to the Venetian empire, and was then conquered in 1570 by the Ottoman Turks, who kept it until 1878 when it was given to the British as war booty following the Russo-Turkish war.

->''Like UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion's customs laws, this entry only covers the area of Cyprus under effective control of the Republic of Cyprus. For the Turkish side, see UsefulNotes/NorthCyprus. For the British bases, see UsefulNotes/AkrotiriAndDhekelia.''

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Olympus (1951 m/6,401 ft) (138th)

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Olympus (1951 m/6,401 ft) (123rd)

* '''Highest point:''' Mount Olympus (1951 m/6,401 ft) (141st)