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Rizokarpaso Primary School is a Greek-Cypriot primary school in
Rizokarpaso Rizokarpaso ( []; ) is a town on the Karpas Peninsula in the northeastern part of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. While nominally part of the Famagusta District of the Republic of Cyprus, it has been under the '' de facto'' control of Northern Cypru ...
, in
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...
. For a number of years it was the only Greek language school in Northern Cyprus. It has regularly appeared in Greek language media because it was reported that primary school teachers had been prevented from teaching there by the government of Northern Cyprus.


Notable cases

Eleni Foka was prevented from returning to her village and the primary school, and therefore applied to the
European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court hears applications alleging that a co ...
for justice.Press release issued by the Registrar, Chamber judgments concerning Lithuania, Romania and Turkey, Foka v. Turkey (no. 28940/95)
European Court of Human Rights, 24 June 2008. Alexia Koukotsikas and her husband Grigoris Koukotsikas were primary school teachers who taught at Rizokarpaso Primary School in
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...
who were prevented, together with their children, from returning to their village and primary school by the government of
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...
.One-minute speeches on matters of political importance, MEP Tsatsos
European Parliament, Strasbourg, 1 September 2003. The plight of the Koukotsikas family was raised by MEP Dimitris Tsatsos at the European Parliament and in the Parliament of Cyprus by the President of the House of Representatives (Mr
Demetris Christofias Demetris Christofias ( ; 29 August 1946 – 21 June 2019) was a Cypriot politician, who served President of Cyprus from 2008 to 2013. He was previously President of the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2008 and General Secretary of the Prog ...
). The Cypriot ''Financial Mirror'' newspaper has recorded that as recently as September 2008, the government of
Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, island of Cyprus. It is List of states with limited recognition, recognis ...
has prevented schoolteachers from returning to the primary school in Rizokarpaso.School year begins in Cyprus primary education
Financial Mirror, 4 September 2008.


See also

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Human rights in Northern Cyprus Human rights in Northern Cyprus are protected by the constitution of Northern Cyprus.Enclaved Greek Cypriots *
Kormakitis Kormakitis (Cypriot Arabic: ; , ''Kormakítis''; or ) is a small village in Cyprus. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cyprus, the other three being Asomatos, ...
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Right to education The right to education has been recognized as a human rights, human right in a number of international conventions, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights which recognizes a right to free education, free, pr ...
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Romanian-language schools in Transnistria The Romanian-language schools in Transnistria are subject to limitations by the government of Transnistria, an unrecognized breakaway region of Moldova since 1992. History Romanian-language schools that identified their language as Moldovan ...


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{{coord missing, Cyprus Human rights abuses in Cyprus Schools in Northern Cyprus Greek-language education