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The breakaway Turkish Cypriot state in north Cyprus hopes to end its international isolation, its leader Ersin Tatar told AFP in an interview, as the Mediterranean island marks fives decades of division. “Every day, we are working for recognition,” said the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), which Turkish Cypriot leaders declared in 1983 but which is recognised only by Ankara. “Turkish Cypriots have been (put) under a lot of disadvantages – embargoes, isolation,” Tatar said in the interview conducted on Thursday. This month marks the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invas…

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