Flag of Cyprus
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The current flag of Cyprus was adopted on August 16, 1960. It shows a map of the entirety of the island, with two olive branches below (a symbol of peace) on white (another symbol of peace).
The flag of Cyprus was selected by the President of the Republic, Makarios III, in 1960 after a proposal made by a Turkish Cypriot school teacher who brought him a message from the Vice-President Fazil Küçük.
Blue and red (the colours of the flag of Greece and the flag of Turkey) were deliberately avoided in an attempt to make the flag "neutral", but today the flag is often seen only as a symbol of the Greek Cypriots. In practice, it is not as well-used as the Greek National Flag in the Greek Cypriot South.
The flags of India, Eire and Bosnia-Herzegovina were also intended as flags of peace among communities but ended identified with one side.
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