The Embassy of Turkey to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is located in the Turkish Sector of Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

, just outside the walls of the Old City. It is unique in all of the foreign diplomatic missions located in Nicosia in that it is officially accredited to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Northern Cyprus or North Cyprus , officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus , is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern part of the island of Cyprus...

 (TRNC), rather than the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus (what Turkey refers to as the Greek Cypriot Administration of South Cyprus as Turkey does not recognize the Greek Cypriot Republic as a legitimate entity).

The embassy was established in November 1983, shortly after the TRNC's Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Eight years after the Turkish Federative State of North Cyprus was proclaimed , the UDI of North Cyprus was presented to the Northern Cypriot Parliament in North Nicosia by Turkish Cypriot Leader/Northern Cypriot State President Rauf Denktaş on November 15, 1983...

. It is located just across the street from the TRNC Parliament Building.

Embassy Details

Current Ambassador: Türkekul Kurttekin

Address: T.C. Lefkoşa Büyükelçiliği / Turkish Embassy in TRNC

Bedrettin Demirel Caddesi, Lefkoşa, KKTC.

Tel.: +90 392 227 2314

Fax: +90 392 227 2209

URL: www.tclefkosabe.org