If anything. we seem to be gravitating toward a situation where the island will be irretrievably partitioned. with the northern part of the island becoming Turkish soil. In 1983. TurkishCypriot leader Rauf Denktash made a unilateral declaration of independence for the Turkish occupied area of northern Cyprus. Since that time. no country other than Turkey has recognized this independence. Since 1974. the Turkish troop force on the island has grown from an estimated 10.000 to estimates now of above 30.000. Turkish settlers immigrated to the island since 1974 have grown to an estimated total population 65.000. The native TurkishCypriot community is estimated to be approximately 100.000 people. There is now an estimated 1toi ratio of Turks to TurkishCypriots on the island.
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