Emin v. Yeldag (Attorney-General and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs intervening)

Abstract

663Recognition — States — Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (“TRNC”) — Lack of recognition by United Kingdom Government — Effects of non-recognition — Family law — Recognition of foreign divorce — Whether English court entitled to recognize decree of divorce issued in TRNC — Recognition of acts of unrecognized States concerning private rights — Status of the TRNC under the Family Law Act 1986 — Establishment of the Republic of Cyprus — Whether Cyprus exercising effective control over whole island — De facto authority in northern part of island — The TRNC as a defined territory — Whether Republic of Cyprus comprising one country with two territories operating different systems of law — The law of England