PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sports: Cyprus (5 December 2023)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will take steps to help ensure that (a) athletes, (b) footballers and (c) teams from Northern Cyprus can participate in international sporting events.

Asked by:
Naz Shah (Labour)

Answer

In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” as an independent state.


Answered by:
Stuart Andrew (Conservative)
14 December 2023

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