Northern Cyprus the rest of the island and divides Nicosia, the island's largest city and capital of both sides. A coup d'état in 1974, performed as part of an attempt to annex the island to Greece, prompted the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This resulted in the eviction of much of the north's Greek Cypriot population, the flight of Turkish Cypriots from the south, and the partitioning of the island, leading to a unilateral declaration of independence by the North in 1983. Due to its lack of recognition, Northern Cyprus is heavily dependent on Turkey for economic, political and military support. Attempts to
Capital City Courier Harris re-centered the paper in its community roots, the content of the paper was not regulated to social gossip, and news was always the papers' main focus. The "Courier" would run until April 4, 1903, when the last issue of the newspaper was published. During its eighteen years of publication the "Capital City Courier" went through multiple name changes:. This site allows users the ability to read all of the issues of the "Capital City Courier" as they were published, in PDF format, and view the associated images. Capital City Courier The Capital City Courier was a newspaper established on