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From: Martin.Baines@uk.sun.com (Martin Baines)
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Subject: Re: Tones and Country Codes
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In article <14208@accuvax.nwu.edu>, scb@cs.brown.edu (Spyros C.
Bartsocas) writes:

|> >  BT list two country codes I haven't seen before:
|> >    905   Turkish Cyprus

|> This is not a country code.  There is no such country as Turkish
|> Cyprus.  I assume BT refers to the Turkish occupied area of Cyprus
|> (Cyprus has country code of 357).  Country code 90 is Turkey, they are
|> just advertising (for political reasons) how to reach a certain area
|> of the teritory they control.

Oh no, politics again.

The code refered to get you to the area that designates itself "The
Turkish Republic of Northern Cypres". This may not be widely
recognised as a country, but that is how it considers itself, so to
say there is no such country is a bias statement: after all, Iraq does
recognise the existance of Kuwait!


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