Kibkom North Cyprus Forum

Following on from this thread
http://www.kibkom.com/forum/en/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1479
it is thought that the arson attack at the North Cyprus Football Federation's building in Lefkoşa, in the early hours of Monday morning, was because KKTC played "Iraqi Kurdistan" in the final of the VIVA World Cup* on Saturday.
Yesterday, Hasan Sertoğlu, president of the football federation told reporters that the reason for sending a team to the tournament, which this year was staged in northern Iraq, was to make KKTC better known in other parts of the world, and other than that there was no political aim. He added "in front of 20 000 spectators we sang our national anthem and raised our flag."
http://www.sondakika.com/haber/haber-kt ... n-3699880/

*The VIVA World Cup is an international football tournament organized by the New Federation Board, an umbrella association for nations unaffiliated with FIFA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIVA_World_Cup

Apparently there was 150 000 TL's worth of damage
http://www.haberkktc.com/haber/ktff-kun ... 38176.html

Is there a TRNC national anthem?

Good morning Edi,
TCs sing Turkey's national anthem ... and in schools they sing at least twice a week, in the flag ceremonies to start and finish the week.
Normally TCs refer to it as "İstiklal Marşı", THE national anthem, but it should be noted that yesterday Sertoğlu said "İstiklal Marşımız", OUR national anthem - I suppose this was to show their support of Turkey in their struggle with the PKK.

Or possibly, a warning from our 'friends' on the 'dark side'? Such a shame, young people with no political motive, maybe just dreams of being the next Beckham.

It's a sad old world