Zypern: eine geteilte Insel 🇨🇾

I was there 2 years ago, interesting country. They were so confused as to why Americans were there 😂

What’s the point of the gap between the UN buffer zone by Dhekeli?

Geography tells the story of a divided history.

(The Washington Post, February 17th, 1964) „Greek Cypriot fanatics appear bent on a policy of ethnic genocide.“

Lars Harkanson, UN Peace Force, Cyprus, october 1974) “ The massacre committed by Greeks in Atlilar village. I have never seen such a tragedy and such barbarism in my life“

(The Sun, 03/09/1974) „What happened in Cyprus during the Coup D’etat, can not be named, it can only be called as dirty and inhuman.“

(French Soir, July 24, 1974) „The Greeks burned Turkish mosques and set fire to Turkish homes in the villages around Famagusta. Defenseless Turkish villagers who have weapons live in an atmosphere of terror and they evacuate their homes and go and live in tents in the forest. The Greeks actions are a shame to humanity.“

(George Ball, American Undersecretary of State, Memoirs): The central interest of Makarios was to block off Turkish intervention so that he and his Greek Cypriots could go on happily massacring Turkish Cypriots. Obviously we would never permit that.

(Die Zeit, German Newspaper) The massacre of Turkish Cypriots in Paphos and Famagusta is the proof of how justified the Turks were to undertake their intervention.

(Lord Willis, House of Lords December 17, 1986) Turkey intervened to protect the lives and property of the Turkish Cypriots, and to its credit it has done just that. In the 12 years since, there have been no killings and no massacres.

Divided countey by Turkey and UK.

An island invaded and occupied by an “ally”

Edit: I realize it’s a little more complicated than that

To put it shortly for those who don’t know what happened:

1. Greeks harass Turkish minority in Cyprus
2. Turkey invades Cyprus to protect Turks
3. Creates a separate Turkish Cypriot state
4. Population exchange between the two entities