Talk:Religion in Northern Cyprus

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"Partially Recognized Countries (States with limited recognition)" have their own

Categories
Templates
Pages

in Wikipedia.

In WP, things of Partially Recognized Countries (PRC, States with limited recognition) are given/handled in separate headings/categories/templates from their Claimers. This is also the case for Northern Cyprus. Therefore, Northern Cyprus and Cyprus are covered separately: See Human Rights, LGBT rights, Women, Foreign Relations, Sport, Education, Islands, Extreme Points, Mammals, Districts, Newspapers, TV, Universities etc. in WP.

The case for "Religion" is not different. See:

There is a distinct Religion in Abkhazia article in WP. "Religion in Abkhazia" is not embedded to "Religion in Georgia".
There is a distinct Religion in Nagorno-Karabakh article in WP. "Religion in Nagorno-Karabakh" is not embedded to "Religion in Azarbaijan".
There is a distinct Religion in Transnistria article in WP. "Religion in Transnistria" is not embedded to "Religion in Moldova".
Religion in Kosovo redirects to Demographics of Kosovo#Religion

Forget Sovereign Partially Recognized Countries, even dependencies has distinct "Religion" pages:

Woodgridge (talk) 19:15, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

In Wikipedia, Northern Cyprus is a country just as it is so in all over the world, and hence in WP articles, C and NC are given as 2 items in the same articles

See "Country" definition in WP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country The term "country" is frequently used to refer to sovereign states. See List of 206 Sovereign States in the world: http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/list_of_sovereign_states Note: Northern Cyprus is among 206 sovereign states.

"List of islands", "Foreign relations", "Sport", "Education", "Extreme points", "List of mammals", "Districts", "Human rights", "LGBT rights", "Women", "List of newspapers", "Television", "List of universities and colleges" and thousands others are all covered separately for Cyprus and Northern Cyprus in Wikipedia:

Ethnic groups in Europe#By country: C and NC are given as 2 distinct countries in the same table
European countries: NC is among limitedly recognized states
List of countries and territories by population density : C and NC are listed in the same WP article.
List of sovereign states and dependencies by area: C and NC are listed in the same WP article.
List of countries and dependencies by population: C and NC are listed in the same WP article.
List of European countries by population: Population of C does not include that of NC.
Immigration to Europe: Turks from Turkey and Northern Cyprus...
List of islands of Northern Cyprus and List of islands of Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus and Foreign relations of Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Sport in Northern Cyprus and Sport in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Education in Northern Cyprus and Education in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Extreme points of Northern Cyprus and Extreme points of Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
List of mammals of Northern Cyprus and List of mammals of Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Districts of Northern Cyprus and Districts of Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Human rights in Northern Cyprus and Human rights in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
LGBT rights in Northern Cyprus and LGBT rights in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Women in Northern Cyprus and Women in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
List of newspapers in Northern Cyprus and List of newspapers in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Television in Northern Cyprus and Television in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
List of universities and colleges in Northern Cyprus and List of universities and colleges in Cyprus are 2 different articles in WP.
Area and population of European countries: C and NC are listed in the same WP article.

just as this was done so in almost all the other web pages/institutions in the world. Hence, putting "Hijab" to the same heading (Cyprus) does not only violates Wikipedia policies but also does not reflect the real situation: "Hijab in Cyprus" and "Hijab in Northern Cyprus" are 2 totally different things. There are different applications for Hijab in these 2 countries. There are two different Hijab regulations in Cyprus and Northern Cyprus, and the regulation in one does not bind the other (not only legally but also in practice: by the way, see above: "All laws of Northern Cyprus are accepted in Europe").85.110.119.125 (talk) 21:47, 2 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A standard: WP covers things of Partially Recognized Countries in separate articles, and covers things of PRCs and their Claimers under separate headings in a WP article

Item	Separate Articles in WP for PRCs and their Claimers	Separate Heading in a WP article
Television	Television in Northern Cyprus,Television in Cyprus Television in Kosovo,Television in Serbia	NC and C are listed separately in Television in Europe K and S are listed separately in Television in Europe
Women	Women in Northern Cyprus, Women in Cyprus	Women in Europe:Northern Cyprus, Women in Europe:Cyprus
Foreign Relations	Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus, Foreign relations of Cyprus	No WP article "Foreign relations of Europe"
Sport	Sport in Northern Cyprus, Sport in Cyprus	NC and C are listed separately in the bottom template in Sport in Europe
Education	Education in Northern Cyprus, Education in Cyprus	NC and C are listed separately in the bottom template in Education in Europe
Extreme points	Extreme points of Northern Cyprus, Extreme points of Cyprus	NC and C are listed separately in the bottom template in Extreme points of Europe
Mammals	List of mammals of Northern Cyprus, List of mammals of Cyprus	NC and C are listed separately in the bottom template in List of mammals of Europe
Newspapers	List of newspapers in Northern Cyprus, List of newspapers in Cyprus	NC and C are listed separately in the bottom template in Lists of newspapers

Woodgridge (talk) 19:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]