Azerbaijan, Baku, May 29 / Trend, A.Taghiyeva /
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus took a decision to rename it to the Turkish Republic of Cyprus, the Milliyet newspaper reported.
The relevant decision was taken by the Cabinet of Ministers on May 23. Also, along with the renaming of the republic, other decisions relating to the country's citizens were taken. By the government's decision, now "the Cypriot Turk" will be written in the column "origin" of citizens' identity cards.
According to the newspaper, the decision was made in response to presidency of the Republic of Cyprus (Greek) in the European Union, which started from July 1.