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[Bug localedata/531] New: New locale entries for Cyprus el_CY and tr_CY


We (Recai Oktas and me) have written two new locale entries for Cyprus. These 
will be attached to the bug report.  
 
For el_CY, some relevant info that justifies the values in the locale entry 
can be found on these pages: 
 
http://europa.eu.int/abc/european_countries/eu_members/cyprus/index_en.htm 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus 
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/pageinfo_pays.php3?Pays=CYP 
 
For tr_CY, some more explanation will be needed, given by Recai: 
----- 
Attached is the tr_CY locale prepared by basing on the latest tr_TR 
locale (grabbed from CVS, release 1.18.2.1).  I'm also sending a unified 
diff file which makes easier to follow the changes.  I think, in its 
early stage, this locale could be helpful for Turkish Cypriots using a 
glibc based system.  We could expect further modifications, according to 
the changes in Cyprus's situation. 
 
Turkish locale for Cyprus almost completely follows the Turkey's 
counterpart, indeed only a few items has been changed.  Due to its 
current political conjecture, I can only supply some unofficial 
information sources for justification: 
 
    * Wikipedia:  
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus 
 
    * North Cyprus online: 
      http://www.northcyprusonline.com/facts.php 
     
    * Official pages from UN which may be helpful to get an idea for the 
      current situation: 
      http://www.cyprus-un-plan.org/ 
 
* Here are the obvious changes which are self-explanatory (excerpts from 
  the diff file): 
 
    -% Turkish Language Locale for Turkey 
    +% Turkish Language Locale for Cyprus 
 
    -% Territory: TR 
    +% Territory: CY 
 
 
    +% Adapted from tr_TR by Recai Okta?? <roktas@omu.edu.tr>, 2004 
    + 
 
    -title      "Turkish locale for Turkey" 
    +title      "Turkish locale for Cyprus" 
 
 
    -territory  "Turkey" 
    +territory  "Cyprus" 
 
 
    -date       "2000-06-29" 
    +date       "2004-10-23" 
 
* Although, there is no such official country (in a sense, recognized by 
  UN) as 'Northern Cyprus' or 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' (aka 
  TRNC), there are two separate regions in Cyprus, of which one of them, 
  the Southern region is officially recognized as 'Cyprus'.  The 
  suggested change, IMO, appears to be a reasonable choice which 
  reflects the current situation. 
 
    -% Turkey 
    -country_name       "<U0054><U0075><U0072><U006B><U0065><U0079>" 
    +% Northern Cyprus 
    +country_name       
"<U004E><U006F><U0072><U0074><U0068><U0065><U0072><U006E>/ 
    +<U0020><U0043><U0079><U0070><U0072><U0075><U0073>" 
 
* I haven't touched the other parts of tr_TR locale, because they all 
  are the same as in tr_TR.  Following issues could be justified from 
  the given sources above. 
 
    + Currency is Turkish Lira (TL). 
    + Northern Cypriots use the Turkey's postal code and intl tel code; 
      they don't have any separate intl car plate, and so on... 
----- 
 
Regards 
 
Konstantinos Margaritis <markos@debian.org> 
Recai Oktas <roktas@omu.edu.tr>

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           Summary: New locale entries for Cyprus el_CY and tr_CY
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
        AssignedTo: pere at hungry dot com
        ReportedBy: markos at debian dot org
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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