Sent:22.06.2017
Received: 17.07.2017
Travel time: 25 days
Sender Krisztina from Hungary
Sent from North Cyprus - using specific stamps: 05 December (Aralik) 2017
Received - 19.12.2017
Travel time: 14 days
Sender a friend from Turkey
The national flag of Cyprus (Greek: σημαία της Κύπρου
simea tis Kipru; Turkish: Kıbrıs bayrağı) came into use on 16 August 1960,
under the Zurich and London Agreements, whereby a constitution was drafted and
Cyprus was proclaimed an independent state. The flag was designed by art
teacher İsmet Güney.[1] The flag deliberately chose peaceful and neutral
symbols in an attempt to indicate harmony between the rival Greek and Turkish
communities, an ideal that has not yet been realized. In 1963 Turkish Cypriot
and Greek Cypriot communities separated because of Cypriot intercommunal
violence.
The state flag features a map of the entirety of the
island, with two olive branches below (a symbol of peace) on white (another
symbol of peace). The olive branches signify peace between the Turks and
Greeks. The map on the flag is a copper-orange colour, symbolising the large
deposits of copper ore on the island (chiefly in the form of chalcopyrite,
which is yellow in colour), from which it may have received its name.
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