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
buffer zone. greeks and turks both used to live in this village back then it was called lucina. during the conflicts in the 1960 s. the greek residents lived and turkish cypriots sought refuge there among them was the family historian the yard rick seen here on the left. he would light a study in germany he was 4 years old when his family fled to the village. i was heading for i was feeling a lot of turkish cypriots moved here including my family where we. are going to get these people came from patani darley and other villages and we all ended up here it was almost like a ghetto. man house on battles was