Cypriot passports are issued to Cyprus citizens to travel outside of the island of Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

. For traveling inside the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

, Cyprus citizens can use their ID card.
The Civil Registry and Migration Department is responsible for issuing and renewing Cypriot Passports.

Despite the continuing political division of Cyprus

Cyprus dispute

The Cyprus dispute is the result of the ongoing conflict between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, over the Turkish occupied northern part of Cyprus....

, all Cypriot passports contain text in Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 as well as Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

 and English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, as Greek and Turkish are the official languages of the Republic of Cyprus.

The new biometric passports depict a statue of goddess Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.Her Roman equivalent is the goddess .Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia....

, on display in the Cyprus Museum

Cyprus Museum

The Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus.The museum houses artefacts discovered during numerous excavations on the island. The museum is home to the most extensive collection of Cypriot antiquities in the world and is located on Museum Street in central Nicosia...

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See also

• Visa requirements for Cypriot citizens
  Visa requirements for Cypriot citizens
  Visa requirements for Cypriot citizens are as follows;-Europe:-Africa:-Americas:-Asia:-Oceania:-See also:* Cypriot passport* Northern Cypriot passport* Visa requirements for Northern Cypriot citizens-References:*...
  
  
• Passports of the European Union
• Northern Cypriot passport
  Northern Cypriot passport
  Holders of a Northern Cypriot Citizen passport can visit 7 countries in the world. According to the Northern Cypriot government, these countries are: Australia, Pakistan, France, Syria, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom.-External links:*...