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title="Brothels">brothels</a>, organising <a href="/wiki/Prostitution" title="Prostitution">prostitution</a> rings, living off the profits of prostitution, encouraging prostitution or forcing a person to engage in prostitution are illegal activities.<sup id="cite_ref-spl_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spl-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, MP Rikkos Mappourides called for prostitution in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> to be legalised.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Cyprus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion" title="Ancient Greek religion">ancient Greek goddess</a> of love, <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a>, was reputed to have been born near <a href="/wiki/Paphos" title="Paphos">Paphos</a>, and a temple was built on the site. From the 5th century BC <a href="/wiki/Sacred_prostitution" title="Sacred prostitution">sacred prostitution</a> took place at the temple. Every woman in the land was expected to make a journey to the temple once in her lifetime and have sex in exchange for money in the temple grounds.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the island coming under <a href="/wiki/Cyprus#Cyprus_under_the_British_Empire" title="Cyprus">control of the British</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prostitute" class="mw-redirect" title="Prostitute">prostitutes</a> were required to be registered. In the <a href="/wiki/Larnaca" title="Larnaca">Larnaca</a> Town Museum the 1916 registration book is on display, which contains photographs of the town's prostitutes. <a href="/wiki/Brothel" title="Brothel">Brothels</a> were outlawed by the Governor, <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Storrs" title="Ronald Storrs">Ronald Storrs</a>, in 1931, but there were exceptions during <a href="/wiki/WW2" class="mw-redirect" title="WW2">WW2</a> for the use of <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">allied troops</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-british_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an effort to reduce the spread of <a href="/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_infection" title="Sexually transmitted infection">STIs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Army Medical Corps</a> introduced a card system for prostitutes. In 1941 300 cards were issued. The prostitutes had to have a daily health check, and if clear of infections the card was stamped. If infected the women were treated and their card was withheld until they were cleared of the infection. <a href="/wiki/Prophylactic" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophylactic">Prophylactic</a> centres were set up for the troops to attend prior to visiting the brothels where they were issued <a href="/wiki/Condom" title="Condom">condoms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-british_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1942 it was estimated that there were 740 prostitutes working on the island, mainly in <a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Famagusta" title="Famagusta">Famagusta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limassol" title="Limassol">Limassol</a>. Every major town except <a href="/wiki/Kyrenia" title="Kyrenia">Kyrenia</a> had a venereal clinic. Twelve prophylactic centres were established and a 200-bed venereal ward at Nicosia General Hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-british_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sex_trafficking">Sex trafficking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Cyprus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sex trafficking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Cyprus" title="Human trafficking in Cyprus">Human trafficking in Cyprus</a></div> <p>Cyprus is a source and destination country for women and children subjected to <a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">sex trafficking</a>. Women, primarily from <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">sub-Saharan Africa</a>, are subjected to sex trafficking. Sex trafficking occurs in private apartments and hotels, on the street, and within commercial sex outlets in Cyprus including bars, pubs, coffee shops, and cabarets. Some female sex trafficking victims are recruited with false promises of marriage or work as barmaids or hostesses. Unaccompanied children, children of migrants, <a href="/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a>, and asylum-seekers are especially vulnerable to sex trafficking.<sup id="cite_ref-state17_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Law 60(I) of 2014 prohibits all forms of trafficking and prescribes penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment. The government investigated 13 suspects for sex trafficking in 2016 (seven in 2015).<sup id="cite_ref-state17_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Office_to_Monitor_and_Combat_Trafficking_in_Persons" title="Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons">Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons</a> ranks Cyprus as a '<a href="/wiki/Trafficking_in_Persons_Report#Ranking_System" title="Trafficking in Persons Report">Tier 1</a>' country.<sup id="cite_ref-state18_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state18-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Northern_Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Cyprus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Northern Cyprus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus">Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</a> (TRNC) is only recognised as a separate state by <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. Prostitution is illegal, however in nightclubs, "konsomatrices", who sit with, eat with or entertain customers for money are allowed. Konsomatrices are not allowed to have sex with customers, but this restriction is frequently flouted.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, authorities issued 1,314 six-month "hostess" and "barmaid" work permits for individuals working in nightclubs and two pubs operating in the north. During this period, 351 women worked under such permits. Nightclub owners hired female college students during this period to bypass the cap on the number of employees legally permitted in each club and avoid taxes and monitoring.<sup id="cite_ref-state17_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enforcement is generally lax, but in July 2006 the Nicosia District Court ordered the first prostitution-related imprisonment. After pleading no contest to the charges, the manager of Mexico nightclub, Mesut Kilicarslan, was sentenced to 15 days in prison for encouraging and profiting from prostitution. By the year's end three more suspects were sentenced to imprisonment for encouraging and profiting from prostitution.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>NGOs reported a number of women entered the TRNC on three-month tourist or student visas and engaged in prostitution in apartments in north Nicosia, Kyrenia, and Famagusta.<sup id="cite_ref-state17_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Northern Cyprus has become a destination for <a href="/wiki/Sex_tourism" title="Sex tourism">sex tourism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sex_trafficking_in_Northern_Cyprus">Sex trafficking in Northern Cyprus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Cyprus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sex trafficking in Northern Cyprus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is increasingly a destination for women from <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>, Eastern Europe, and Africa who are subjected to <a href="/wiki/Forced_prostitution" title="Forced prostitution">forced prostitution</a> in nightclubs licensed and regulated by the Turkish Cypriot administration. Nightclubs provide a significant source of tax revenue for the Turkish Cypriot administration; media reports estimated nightclub owners pay between 20 and 30 million Turkish lira ($5.7–8.5 million) in taxes annually.<sup id="cite_ref-state17_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the TRNC is not <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Northern_Cyprus#International_recognition" title="Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus">recognised</a> by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, the United States Department of State <a href="/wiki/Office_to_Monitor_and_Combat_Trafficking_in_Persons" title="Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons">Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons</a> does not give the area a country ranking. If it did it would be Tier 3.<sup id="cite_ref-state17_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-state17-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Cyprus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_the_British_Overseas_Territories#Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia" title="Prostitution in the British Overseas Territories">Prostitution in the British Overseas Territories#Akrotiri and Dhekelia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostitution_in_Cyprus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-spl-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-spl_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-spl_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexworklaw/countries">"Sex Work Law - Countries"</a>. <i>Sexuality, Poverty and Law</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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