Editing Nicosia (section)

===Nicosia Turkish Municipality===
[[File:Lefkoşa Türk Belediyesi.JPG|thumb|right|alt=Nicosia Turkish Municipal building |Nicosia Turkish Municipal building]]
The first attempt to establish a [[Nicosia Turkish Municipality]] was made in 1958. In October 1959, the British Colonial Administration passed the Turkish Municipality Committees law. In 1960 with the declaration of independence of Cyprus, the Constitution of the [[Republic of Cyprus]] gave Turkish Cypriots the right to establish their own municipality.<ref>Phoebe Koundouri, ''Water Resources Allocation: Policy and Socioeconomic Issues in Cyprus'', Springer, 2010, [https://books.google.com/books?id=f957ycdkGsMC&dq=%221960+Constitution+of+the+Republic+of+Cyprus+gave+the+right+to%22&pg=PA70 p. 70.]</ref><ref>''The Middle East: a survey and directory of the countries of the Middle East'', Europa Publications., 1966, [https://books.google.com/books?id=yl4gAQAAMAAJ&q=%22+the+Turkish+municipality+of+Nicosia+asked+for+a+similar+decision+against+the+Council+of+Ministers%22 p. 171.]</ref><ref name="const">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/0/f7eb7480579b1a50c2256fdb0040a003?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=5#_Section5 |title=The Constitution – Appendix D: Part 12 – Miscellaneous Provisions |language=el |publisher=Cyprus.gov.cy |access-date=10 March 2012 |archive-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805123156/http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/0/f7eb7480579b1a50c2256fdb0040a003?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=5#_Section5 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As negotiations between the two sides to establish separate municipalities failed in 1962, implementing legislation was never passed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/municipalities%20pt%202.html |title=The Issue of Separate Municipalities and the Birth of the New Republic: Cyprus 1957–1963 (University of Minnesota Press, 2000) |publisher=Cyprus-conflict.net |access-date=10 March 2012 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326163329/http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/municipalities%20pt%202.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cytoc.html |title=The Library of Congress – Country Studies: Cyprus – Ch. 4 – 1960 Constitution |publisher=Lcweb2.loc.gov |date=27 July 2010 |access-date=10 March 2012}}</ref> Since the complete division of Nicosia following the Turkish Invasion in 1974, the [[Nicosia Turkish Municipality]] has become the [[de facto]] local authority of northern Nicosia. The [[Nicosia Turkish Municipality]] is a member of the Union of Cyprus Turkish Municipalities.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZEeqAdvwDgC&q=TRNC+Local+Government+Units+and+their+unions&pg=PA420|title=Comparative E-Government | first=Christopher G. |last=Reddick|isbn=978-1-4419-6535-6|date=2010-08-19 |publisher=Springer }}</ref> The mayor is [[Mehmet Harmancı]] from the [[Communal Democracy Party]].