It is estimated that these settlers and their descendants (not including Turkish soldiers) now make up about half the population of the North.[3] The vast majority of the Turkish settlers were given houses and land that legally belong to Greek Cypriots by the internationally unrecognised government of Northern Cyprus.[4] The group is heterogeneous in nature and is composed of various sub-groups, with varying degrees of integration. Mainland Turks are generally considered to be more conservative than the highly secularized Turkish Cypriots,[5][6] and tend to be more in favor of a two-state Cyprus.[7] However, not all settlers support nationalist policies.[8]