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Everything is explained - 100,000s GCs in the casinos!

[CopperLine]

The numbers question ... again !

Here's a link that I posted some months back http://www.prio.no/page/Publication_details//9429/46909.html It is a report title 'Beyond numbers'

And more recent population data and analysis at :

http://www.prio.no/page/Publication_details/Publications_books_2003_a/9429/50777.html

It is a report titled 'Is the Turkish Cypriot population shrinking ?'

[CopperLine]

This is part of the conclusion of that second report :

The population of Turkish Cypriots in 1974 was almost 118,000; the [2006] census
results show that out of the 178,031 TRNC citizens, the current native Turkish Cypriot
population (one or both parents born in Cyprus) now numbers 132,635.127
Overall, it can be observed that since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in
1960, the proportional size of the island’s Turkish Cypriot population (including those TRNC
citizens who have their origins in Turkey) has not changed significantly in comparison to that
of the Greek Cypriot population. The argument that the demographics of the north have
been altered through immigration is hardly a groundless one, but the change is not as
radical as has been claimed. There was indeed a concerted effort to settle mainland Turks
on the island from 1975 until 1979, during which around 15,000 were successfully settled.
According to the 2006 census, 11,925 TRNC citizens of Turkish origin declared that they
arrived in Cyprus before 1979. In addition, over the course of more than three decades, this
population of non-Cyprus-born citizens has increased through naturalization or assisted
naturalization by marriage. If we include the children of these naturalized citizens (both
parents born in Turkey), non-‘native’ TRNC citizens account for 24% of the total TRNC citizen
population. However, the 1960 ethnic ratio of the population of the entire island has been
altered by less than 3%, where the Turkish Cypriot percentage rose from 18.4 to 21. I think
it is worth emphasizing that in a united Cyprus with a projected population of over one million,
42,000 additional naturalized Turks who would constitute 3-4 per cent of the total population
(and of whom 16,000 were born in the island) should hardly be an impediment to solving a
problem that has continued for more than four decades to the detriment of all Cypriots.

From : 'Is the Turkish Cypriot population shrinking ?' PRIO Cyprus, 2007 p.42

[Tim Drayton]

This is part of the conclusion of that second report :

The population of Turkish Cypriots in 1974 was almost 118,000; the [2006] census
results show that out of the 178,031 TRNC citizens, the current native Turkish Cypriot
population (one or both parents born in Cyprus) now numbers 132,635.127
Overall, it can be observed that since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in
1960, the proportional size of the island’s Turkish Cypriot population (including those TRNC
citizens who have their origins in Turkey) has not changed significantly in comparison to that
of the Greek Cypriot population. The argument that the demographics of the north have
been altered through immigration is hardly a groundless one, but the change is not as
radical as has been claimed. There was indeed a concerted effort to settle mainland Turks
on the island from 1975 until 1979, during which around 15,000 were successfully settled.
According to the 2006 census, 11,925 TRNC citizens of Turkish origin declared that they
arrived in Cyprus before 1979. In addition, over the course of more than three decades, this
population of non-Cyprus-born citizens has increased through naturalization or assisted
naturalization by marriage. If we include the children of these naturalized citizens (both
parents born in Turkey), non-‘native’ TRNC citizens account for 24% of the total TRNC citizen
population. However, the 1960 ethnic ratio of the population of the entire island has been
altered by less than 3%, where the Turkish Cypriot percentage rose from 18.4 to 21. I think
it is worth emphasizing that in a united Cyprus with a projected population of over one million,
42,000 additional naturalized Turks who would constitute 3-4 per cent of the total population
(and of whom 16,000 were born in the island) should hardly be an impediment to solving a
problem that has continued for more than four decades to the detriment of all Cypriots.

From : 'Is the Turkish Cypriot population shrinking ?' PRIO Cyprus, 2007 p.42

I have that report on my bookshelf behind me. It is interesting reading in that it challenges the claims often made which virtually categorise the Turkish Cypriot as an "endangered species".

A further point to consider when asking where all these people live is that there has been a lot of construction work in the north as well as the south. Creeping suburbanisation has been spreading in all directions around Nicosia, including the north. Places like Geunyeli/Gönyeli are now virtually suburbs of Nicosia.