It seems that places like Zanzibar, which consists of a couple of islands off the African Coast, and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus were desperate to have a World Cup of their own.

像非州海岸附近群岛组成的桑给巴尔和北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国这样的地方似乎极其渴望办一个属于自己的世界杯。

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The new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire.

他帮助创建的新土耳其共和国是在大帝国残存的领土上建立起来的。

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Mr Aktar suggests that individual EU countries which back Turkey should name an unofficial target date for entry: perhaps 2023, the centenary of the Turkish republic.

Aktar表示，支持土的欧盟各成员国应确定土入盟的非正式目标：也许2023年较合适。那是土耳其共和国建国100周年。

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This tiny enclave of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus is not recognized by the United Nations and reluctantly recognized by Turkey.

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As voters in the northern half of the island, known as the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus,go to the polls, its leader Mehmet Ali Talat has warned if he is defeated the current United Nations sponsored reunification talks will grind to a halt.

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Born in Istanbul, in the early years of the Turkish republic, she rose to become a world authority in leprosy and was in the forefront of eradicating the disease in Turkey.

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Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus - the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus - is recognised only by Ankara.

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Turkish ports and airports remain closed to Cypriot traffic and Turkey is the only country to recognise the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, in a dispute stretching back to the 1970s.

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The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is always in favor of -- in Cyprus we believe that there is a lot of opportunity to reach an agreement on the Cyprus issue and this is an area which we continue to focus on.

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