TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (Brit.) (AD 1848-1874}, {1962-) British possession, overseas territory. (Formed on the territory of modern Turks and Caicos Islands (Brit.) as a result of separation from the colony of the Bahamas (Brit.). It entered the colony of Jamaica (Brit.)}, {Recreated after the dissolution of the West Indies Federation (Brit.)) . Capital - Cockburn Town