PRIME MINISTER  SOYER ANNOUNCED THE  OFFICIAL FIGURES OF THE  SECOND PHASE OF LAST YEAR’S  CENSUS

 In  a press conference organized yesterday, Prime  Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer  announced the official   figures of the  second phase of the last year’s  census, which was held on  30 April 2006.

According to the information given by the Prime Minister, including the  place of  birth of the individuals, and the places of  birth of  their parents, de-jure population of the TRNC, the total  number of  TRNC citizens, who  have either  single or double citizenship,  is 178 thousand  31.

A 120 thousand 7  TRNC citizens, who permanently reside in the TRNC- corresponding  to 67.41 per cent-  have Turkish Cypriot parents born in Cyprus (either in the TRNC or in the south); 8 thousand 84  TRNC citizens have  mothers  born  in  Cyprus, whereas their fathers were born in an other country; 4 thousand 544 TRNC  citizens have   fathers  born in   Cyprus  and mothers born in another country.

According to census results,  132 thousand 635  TRNC citizens have  Turkish Cypriot parents born in Cyprus  or one of their parents  born in Cyprus in total– corresponding to 74.5 per cent.  The number of the people having their parents  born in Turkey is 42 thousand 572 –corresponding to  23.91 per cent.

The TRNC’s  de-facto population  is 265 thousand 100, and de-jure population 256 thousand 644. 

Prime Minister Soyer explained that  population  and housing census  was made in accordance with the “ Advices  for  Population  and Housing Censuses for 2010”, prepared  jointly with UN European  Economic Commission  and European Community’s  Statistical  Office.  He added that the decision  for the census was taken during the CTP-DP coalition government in June 2005,  and that they  behaved very sensitive  for the census to be carried out  in line with the  international  norms, definitions and transparency principle.

Reminding that the Annan Plan envisaged 45 thousand Turkish origin people to stay in the island  and that they have handed the UN a 41 thousand people list  said   after the census  the number of people having parents born in Turkey raised to 42 thousand.