Think again. If i was going to come in from. Weeks of excitement set in motion. Sucks. Its way to 90 what is. The goal of the results here on g. W. Leaves. Barricades in the middle of the city border posts un peacekeepers on patrol this is every day life on cyprus divided since 1974. A Demilitarized Zone runs across the entire island there are empty towns and abandoned villages. With few exceptions turks live in the north of cyprus
greeks live in the south the 1st Border Crossings opened in 2003 but theres little exchange. We traveled along the Demilitarized Zone known as the green line and met people whose lives have been affected by 45 years of Political Division what are the prospects for reuniting cyprus. Our journey begins in the southern part of the island the republic of cyprus and e. U. Member states since 2004 our 1st stop is the village of cancer pyrgos this is christophes hes 30 years old and opened a Convenience Store here a while back new businesses are rare here. To. Many
greeks live in the south the 1st border crossings opened in 2003 but there s little exchange. we traveled along the demilitarized zone known as the green line and met people whose lives have been affected by 45 years of political division what are the prospects for reuniting cyprus. our journey begins in the southern part of the island the republic of cyprus and e.u. member states since 2004 our 1st stop is the village of cancer pyrgos this is christophe s he s 30 years old and opened a convenience store here a while back new businesses are rare here.
to. many of the local residents have moved away. business is only good 2 months of a year during the summer holidays when we get tourists but. that s the only time you see new people around here otherwise the place is pretty deserted the mood in the village is always the same we feel sort of isolated. around 700 people live in carto peak ass in the 1970 s. the population was about 4000 but when cyprus was divided in 1974 the border was drawn directly between carter beat us and a neighboring village. ends on a kind of dead in street like many villages christophe s also left he spent a few years in the capital nicosia then he returned home and he used to come to
the majority of casualties back then with ethnic turks un peacekeeping troops intervened. the island was divided in 1974. greek cypriot military officers staged a coup against president makarios. on july 20th 1974 some 30000 turkish troops invaded the northern part of the island turkey said its goal was to protect the turkish cypriot population of. greek cypriot families fled to the south the troops remained and northern cyprus is still under turkish control to this day. a number of border crossings have been opened along the green line since 2003 including one between cars hopi across and a turkish cypriot village on the other side. christophe and his friends sometimes