Cyprus Conflict - Political Aspects - Cold War DOCUMENTARY

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Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video on the history of Cyprus after WWII. Previously we have talked about the reasons that led to the Cyprus conflict ( • What Caused the Cyprus... ), while this episode will cover the conflict itself and its political aspects.
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[@Pixxelshim]

I was a US Marine stationed at an obscure Naval Communications Facility when the Turks invaded. Near Nicosia's airport. When the Turks appeared likely to capture the airport, we destroyed the station and evacuated. Before the fighting erupted, I often drove across the Green Line, in both Nicosia and over the mountains to Kyrenia. Eventually, it became too dangerous.

[@varkesgoetcherian1767]

Would that have been the US Yerolakkos listening post? (Yerolakkos is a village nr. Nicosia. )

[@Pixxelshim]

@@varkesgoetcherian1767 The public purpose was a communications radio relay station. Communications were relayed on to an obscure facility located between Washington and Baltimore. Not much to see there, as it was located in an old Army Fort.

[@atsonaga5520]

Why didn't the Americans intervened when turkey invaded

[@Pixxelshim]

@@atsonaga5520 Both Greece and Turkey were NATO members. And Cyprus had extensive British military facilities

[@eliassolomou980]

​@@atsonaga5520 the Americans wanted the invasion that's why, particularly Henry kissinger. When wikileaks occurred the evidence showed kissinger not only encouraging but assisting the invasion and the UK also.

[@miliba]

I just visited Cyprus and was amazed by this country. I also spent lots of time in the northern part of Nicosia. As a tourist, you feel hospitality from both greeks and turks and the border is no inconvenience, since passing it is so easy. Many locals cross back and forth daily but others refuse to even reach out and walk to the other side

[@chriskw4362]

Well if someone forced you out of your house and then was renting it back to you then you would have felt why some people don’t cross to occupied land.

[@A.Musa76]

I’m a Cypriot from the south that fled off the Island in pre 1974. All sides went through a living hell. Today this day I never went back to my home village. As many old Cypriots it’s still hunt us and we all lost ones. It’s hard for us to tell our next generations (our kids). Most will break down in tears. It’s a touching subjects.

[@-Shadow__Rider-]

Dont let both sides fool you. The second the border reopens you can be sure that they will start tearing each other apart limb to limb like it was 50 years ago. I would want the island seperated and in peace rather than be reunified into chaos…

[@chriskw4362]

@@-Shadow__Rider- Minorities of different ethnicities and religions live in other countries in harmony with the locals with some of them even thriving. The same goes with Cyprus as already there are people from all over the world living there. So by just stating that that means you are just spreading a propaganda that died with the people that created it 50 years ago.

[@phaedon3408]

It's not a border. It's an occupied territory of a UN Member State.

[@magellantv]

Yet again making such grand topics so easy to follow and understand 👏

[@MENSA.lady2]

Such a shame he's wrong.

[@hannibal3375]

Keep up the great work guys

[@SpankyK]

I just found your channel and I am genuinely impressed. I've been looking for a channel on the minutiae of history, a channel that looks at regional conflict and the real "On the Ground" perspective. Thank you!

[@d.unterreiner161]

You should look at the Great War channel. The team over there did a week by week breakdown of the war during the 100th anniversary. It was spectacular.

[@kokosgreek]

How convenient that everyone is to be blamed except the British. Look....the Cyprus issue is 100% created, organized and still maintained by UK. This might be the only thing Greek and Turkish Cypriots agree.

[@yagizakdag5476]

No as a Turkish I don’t agree. UK didn’t tell you to commit bloody christmas, lock entire Turkish population to tiny enclaves like Nazi germany did to jews.

[@kokosgreek]

Dear@@yagizakdag5476 . While i could easily start a "beef" with you and go through the same path some always want us to go, i will say just this. The Cyprus issue did not start on 1963. It follows the same patern with so many other former colonies that were intentionally thrown into chaos. So many similar cases are not coincidence. Just the fact that they owe millions to both of us for having the bases here and they never talk about this in any solution plan says a lot. Even the only thing that can help bring peace, our newly found natural resources, in the Anan plan were given to the British bases.

[@jackdoe3889]

Anyone living for any length of time in ROC will soon discover that the defining characteristic of Greek Cypriots is to always blame someone, anyone, but themselves.

[@willx9352]

How convenient that the the people who created and sustain this conflict choose to blame others.

[@gotohyoshihisa3971]

Not really, considering that Turkey invaded it despite having no real reason to, and ended up creating a puppet government only recognised by the Turkish government. The British only apply in cases like India/Pakistan, or Africa where they divided countries by straight lines than by ethnicity

[@chrissanchez2998]

Awesome history I enjoy your show and I learned a lot thank you

[@bigsarge2085]

Always interesting!

[@keithgubbin2354]

Any chance of an episode on Eritrea? I lived in that beautiful country for a couple of years in the early '90s and it remains a tragic, if little known victim of the Cold War….

[@Gmagnani100]

When you were living there, was the country as close and authoritarian as it is today?

[@NoodleFlames]

Aint no way this was posted less than an hour ago when I was starting to get interested in this

[@damianmichaelides179]

Since the rise of populist nationalism many people have been looking more closely at the history of Cyprus. Thank you for your hard work and diligent research on the subject. It is the most comprehensive and accurate documentry made on the Cyprus conflict.

[@Numba003]

I didn't know there had been so many attempts to re-consolidate Cyprus since the split. I hope they manage to find some permanent peace one day. Thank you for another interesting episode! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)

[@theodorossarafis7370]

it will never re consolidate. Turkey doesn't want that. It will be only if the remaining Greek part will be annexed by turkey only then

[@massimopericolo9579]

when is the last operation Gladio's video coming out?

[@michaelmulligan0]

And people say the history of Ireland (including Northern Ireland) is complex…. No where near as complex as Cyprus (and Greece and Turkey)

[@istanbullet]

I have been researching and reading 1960 constitution of Republic of Cyprus. Before judging and blaming Turkey for “invasion” it is better our Greek folk read it. I’m really curious how many of you read your own constitution. 1960-1963 Greek administrators broke the rules and laws of establishment. Turkish intervention is not a result, it is indeed a cause to reestablish the rule of law and most important aspects security of Turkish Cypriots. After 50 years now the only resolution is recognition of two states in the region. They can reach an agreement and continue peaceful lives as neighbors.

[@coreystockdale6287]

Ah cyprus a strategic island for any nation

[@alannolan5126]

U didn't mention the King and General Video of the Cyprus War

[@BlaBlabla-qh2hi]

Can you talk about what happened in the 70s in Argentina? it is very interesting.

[@memofromessex]

If it involves Cyprus or Jewish people or bashes British attempts to extricate itself from Empire after no-longer wishing to have an empire, I'm 100% sure he will. If it doesn't good luck!

[@BlaBlabla-qh2hi]

@@memofromessex let's go brandom

[@BlaBlabla-qh2hi]

@@memofromessex let's go brandom

[@alnotz]

And also about Allende and Chile, appearance of the US backed Pinochet

[@truthertruther2519]

Makarios himself admits that greece invaded Cyprus before turkey intervened!! And that’s a fact!!

[@antifirizemre]

All nations should recognize Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic. This is an important step to solve it.

[@iannarita9816]

A sad story if ever there was one.

[@MENSA.lady2]

I served with the RAF in Cyprus in 1968/71. In those days all Cypriots, no matter what language they spoke could travel as they chose. Contrary to this site there was no conflict. Greek/Turkish relations were similar to say England and Wales.

[@merrickdeeb2114]

Thank you for this concise and rational documentary , acknowledging the Cold War realities that resulted in the tragedy that is Cyprus today; we hope for a better future for all Cypriots in one united unitary state free from extreme nationalism and external interference, where ever it comes from

[@VladTevez]

10:31 false, Yorkadjis was assasinated by junta officers to silence him, because he organized the helicopter assasination attempt against Makarios

[@a.p.3004]

And Yiorgadjis also helped, armed, and gave passport to people in Greece who tried to assasinate Papadopoulos.

[@a.p.3004]

It was Alexandros Panagoulis a leftist that Polykarpos Yiorkadjis armed.

[@VladTevez]

@@a.p.3004 Indeed, as he was a man of the junta hardliners, like Ioannides. In a sidenote, Papadopoulos was the godfather of Yordadjis' son

[@a.p.3004]

@@VladTevez Hello V.A. i'm a Cypriot myself and i didn't know that Papadopoullos Christened Yiorkadjis son....i'm surprised. However, Polys was still willing to supply weapons to Papadopoullos opponents and have the God father of his son killed...! Politics is a dirty work...and as we say in greek...όποιος νεκατώνεται με τα πίττουρα τρών τον οι όρνιθες.

[@VladTevez]

Αυτό έπαθε και ο Πόλυς

[@TheProfessional15]

50 years of division and little to no change 👎

[@christossymA3A2]

It is pronounced Giorkadjis ,and the other one is called Efedrikon (reserve corps)

[@christossymA3A2]

@T-ELEGR-AM_TheColdWarTV nice try POS

[@christossymA3A2]

@T-ELEGR-AM_TheColdWarTV Hey David @TheColdWarTV take care of this POS

[@repulsewarriorx8825]

...it is said that the Cyprus Problem is a matter of Greeks vs. Turks, but it is more a problem of "Greeks" vs. "Turks", yet in fact it is a battle between "Greeks"/"Turks" against Greeks/Turks; complex indeed. ...enjoyed your analysis, thanks.

[@GokhanGursel-eu1xm]

No single comment on greek crimes prior 1974, simple western attitude

[@chad12345678]

Do Yemen next no shortage of action with that country.

[@jliller]

Ridiculous that the island has been divided for almost five decades now with no end in sight. Then again, it's par for the course considering Korea and Israel-Palestine. Of course, the latter two have superpower issues underlying their continued divisions; Cyprus has no such excuse.

[@VladTevez]

Turkey wants to keep guarantor rights and permanent troops in Cyprus, so it's not ridiculous

[@jliller]

​@@VladTevez Clinging to unreasonable demands is ridiculous.

[@VladTevez]

@@jliller I don't know where are you from, but if an occupying power insists on keeping troops in your country, have guarantor rights and have hundreds of thousands settlers to remain in your homes would you view it as ridiculous?

[@jliller]

@@VladTevez Yes, those are the ridiculous demands by the Turkish occupiers I was referring to.

[@pizza1354]

Greek cypriot here. Both greek and turk Cypriots lean towards a unity. The con abt that is that we can expect a mass genocide from the greek-Cypriots as conflict has yet to end.

[@-JA-]

👏👍

[@user-zi5ni5nu2n]

The soldiers shown at 11:33 are actually greek-cypriots that captured a turkish flag.

[@beepboop204]

🙂

[@mslr2003]

Are there in Cyprus more political parties than inhabitants?

[@ozelyakup6427]

Makarios never gave up enosis, he just Didn’t want to place Cyprus under juntas rule

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Wrong.. long before the junta he was asked by the Greek prime Minister Plastiras to give up the idea He was literally told that " Greece is breathing via an British and an American Lung Do not ask from motherland to suffocate" After that he agreed to the establishment of an independent nation Ps indeed he was afraid of the junta because he was convinced that will mess up Cyprus, from Makarios point of view both TYT and EOKA - B had the potential to destabilize the state That's why most EOKA - B members was in jail by 1974 Having said that one of his fatal mistakes was that he was constantly cutting the military budget because he had grew paranoid about the potential of a military coup after the coup in Greece That didn't went well as you can imagine - having less tanks or whatever won't prevent a coup

[@saturnv2419]

UK: Yeah we just leave, how bad can it get?

[@jliller]

When this channel says "liberal" does it mean European liberal or American/Canadian liberal?

[@George-2002]

the only problem i have with those kind of historical videos is that you dont post any source or references to back up what you say. With that in mind i cannot trust anything you say except to just take them in consideration and olny that. I am not going to disrepect you but if you are a historian you should have known better and metion your sources.

[@andrigeogiou8420]

Well.. I already wrote ,few historical events ,and few time later they vanished them from here ...! Why ..! I don't know..

[@andrigeogiou8420]

We all know that, the nation of Turkey, played dirty games against our country Cyprus since 1958, through our compatriot's Turkish Cypriots A minority of 18%, been found with rights , over rights ,actually ,with the establishment of our common state. The Republic of Cyprus, at early 60s, and , yet ,they blew them up ,following instructions from Turkey ..! They actually took the arms against their own state.! For proofs ..please search about.. " Rauf Denktash shocking confession "! - " Dervis Ali Kavazoglu kendi sesinden "..!

[@varkesgoetcherian1767]

pronunciation issue: 'Mr Kucuk' should be pronounced 'Kuchuk'. In Turkish, the small 'ç' in the name has a tail, making it a 'ch' sound. BTW, Kucuk means 'small'. Mr Small.

[@stelvis1984ify]

Interesting, us greek cypriots use a slang word "Kuchi". To describe a small amount of something. It's definitely from our Turkish Cypriot Brethren.

[@hakansahinler2690]

What is your surname meaning?

[@tzufbb]

the same staement at the end can be completely applicable to the israeli palestinian conflict. I just saw both current episodes in the channel and they were quite neutral the only issue is that you didn't mention the Nakhba and the various massacres conducted by both Jewish and Palestinian militants. Besides this there should be a serious discussion about the distinction between anti semitic remarks and anti israeli remartks because in general at the very least there are not the same thing at all and we should be mindful of valid and honest criticism of zionism as well as the state of israel back then as well as today. I am of course not ignoring islamic anti semitism and anti israel policies, but we should hold both sides to account and refute many historical lies and fallacies such as Yasir Arafat and the PLO being inventions of the KGB and so on

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Criticism of zionism is valid. Until i started seeing comments how Zionist control the world and use holocaust to justify Israel while questioning death toll. Basically many have replaced jewish with Zionist to not get exposed. But you're correct Israel should be criticised on valid points

[@scottkrater2131]

Never heard the PLO was a KGB invention, they were nothing more than terrorists who murdered defenseless people. I'd have more respect for them if they had spent their time attacking the Israeli Army and military posts, than synagogues and markets.

[@paulgaskins7713]

15:14 did you mean to say ‘and what us doing’? If so why? We’re damned if we do damned if we don’t. How would it have been said if we decided to go full support on our chosen side? Or even decided to occupy the island outright? When we don’t intervene we’re anything from dumb to evil and when we do intervene we’re everything from evil to dumb.

[@raphaelmak]

I've heard a lot about the Cyprus conflict, but your way of presenting it highlights it's all about a conflict of perspectives and a play between larger powers. Cypriots should not have to endure this division regardless of their cultural background.

[@wewuzkangzz]

Cypriot Greek has often been referred to as a dialect of Greek (Contossopoulos, 2000); a variety that is linguistically proximal to Standard Modern Greek (Grohmann and Kambanaros, 2016 Grohmann et al. 2016), which is the official language in the environment our participants acquire language. Although the official language in education and other formal settings is indeed Standard Modern Greek, research has shown the boundaries between the two varieties, Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek, and their distribution across different registers is not straightforward (Grohmann and Leivada, 2012, Tsiplakou et al. 2016). At times mixing is attested without code-switching being in place, while no official characterization has been provided for any of these terms in this specific context. The question arising in this context is whether the attested variants emerging in mixed speech repertoires are functionally equivalent for an individual speaker. The concept of "competing grammars goes back to Krich 11989, 1991), who proposed that speakers project multiple grammars to deal with ambiguous input This concept has been explicitly connected to the relation between Standard and Cypriot Greek (Papadopo et al. 2014; plaka 2014; Grohman et al 2017) The two varieties have differences in all levels of linguistic analysis and often monolingual speakers of Standard Modern Greek judge Cypriot Greek as unintelligible. At the same time, Greek Cypriot speakers do not always provide reliable judgments of their own speech since these are often clouded by sociolinguistic attitudes toward using the non-standard variety. Cypriot Greek lacks official codification and its status as a different language/variety is often denied by Greek Cypriots who may downplay the differences between Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek and describe the latter as just an accent (Arvaniti, 2010). As the discussion of the different variants will make clear in the next section, the two varieties have differences across levels of linguistic analysis and these differences vastly exceed the sphere of phonetics or phonology. All speakers of Cypriot Greek have exposure to Standard Modern Greek through education and other mediums and in this way, they are competent to different degrees in both varieties. We employ the term 'bilectal' (Rowe and Grohmann, 2013, 2014) to refer to the participants of this study, although it is not entirely clear that the varieties they are exposed to are Standard Modern Greek and Cypriot Greek or that they are only two varieties, under the assumption that a continuum is in place. For instance, the term 'Cypriot Standard Greek' (Arvaniti, 2010) has been proposed to refer to an emerging variety that may count as the standard in the context of Cyprus. This would be a sociolinguistically 'high' variety (Ferguson, 1959) that is used in formal settings, although its degree of proximity with Standard Modern Greek is difficult to determine with precision because great fluidity is attested across different settings and geographical areas. At the school environment, for example, one notices the existence of three different varieties: Cypriot Greek, as the home variety that is used when students interact with each other, Standard Modern Greek, as the language of the teaching material, and another standard-like variety that incorporates elements from both varieties, and is present in the repertoire of both the students and the instructors (Sophocleous and Wilks. 2010; Hadjioannou et al., 2011; Leivada et al.. 2017).

[@VladTevez]

Even in antiquity, speakers of different ancient greek dialects were complaining that an opposite dialect was unintegible

[@apmoy70]

@@VladTevez Είναι ένας υπερεθνικιστής Τούρκος ο οποίος σε διάφορα βίντεο για την ελληνική γλώσσα και τις διαλέκτους της, αρχαίες και νέες, προσπαθεί με ανιστόρητα κείμενα τα οποία βρίσκει σε περιθωριακά σάιτ ν' αποδείξει ότι οι αρχαίοι (και κατά συνέπεια οι νέοι) έλληνες ήταν και είναι αμάλγαμα διαφορετικών εθνοτήτων και μιλούσαν/μιλάνε μη κατανοητές, διαφορετικές γλώσσες. Όπου τον βρίσκω του βάζω αρνητική. Χαιρετώ Βαλ.

[@VladTevez]

@@apmoy70 Πέφτω απ' τα σύννεφα!

[@johnchrys5716]

enta bou lali toutos translate that

[@smhorse]

It's all Greek to me 🤷‍♂️

[@theodorossarafis7370]

The Ioannides junta felt by itsself. there were no demonstrations. In addition the video that you show about the protests were in November 1973. So a mistake. Greece was not destroyed when Karamanlis arrived. Actually economically and socially was in a very good situation. So another mistake Karamanlis was an opportunist and took advantage of situations. He tried many times to take over and persuade USA to put him in position. After he arrived he banned the royal family of Greece with a bogus refferendum. Currently the Northern part of Cyprus is still illegally occupied by Turkey. It is recognized as a state by Turkey and Azerbaijan while UK and Russia have embassies in the occupied territories and there are "turkish cypriot" embassies in London and in Moscow. Last Saturday February 4th Greek cypriots in the Greek side of the boarder were shot without a reason by Turkish forces. 1 was severelly injured You did not mention that in Attila I and Attila II there were 1600 Greek MIA and 400 Turkish cypriots Missing and now due to the turkish crimes they find their bones but they do not reveal when, how and where these people died. You should mention that and there are many sources in BBC Finally you do not mention the british support and intervention during the Turkish invasion in 1974, as well as the Canadian UN forces that assisted the Turks especially during the battle of the Nicosia airport.

[@mat3714]

Algorithm

[@chris-qe4yc]

There is only one republic of Cyprus and one will always be

[@tezcanuyank3446]

Tell that to the northen cypriots

[@mrbarbastathiss3739]

@@tezcanuyank3446 The "Northern Cypriots" are the ones begging to get Cyprus passports and citizenship, while living in stolen houses. Quite a trashy people. Turks are the same everywhere.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

​@@tezcanuyank3446 You mean the one where the Anatolian Turks currently occupied.

[@johnchrys5716]

Yes for all cypriots regardless of their background

[@jakdaan5914]

Hah not really, longer a place stays divided more likely that it will stay that way. Look a little south and you have your proof.

[@xe2594]

very glad to learn more on the arabic cotton trade as overseen by the medieval pelicans clan.

[@g4m3r222]

Why didnt turkey annex the entire greek cyprus if they were so strong and colonize it later with settlers from Turkey? Or maybe take 50% not 36, so the turks have alooot more space to live even if they are so few.

[@Kinghassz]

Interesting question, I dont know

[@VladTevez]

Because in that way it would be evident that Turkey does not care about Turkish Cypriots but its own imperialistic ambitions. Diplomatically it is more preferable to control the Republic of Cyprus via diplomacy, i.e. by a "solution" that retains Turkey's guarantor rights and permanent troops, and giving the minority disproportionate powers, in order to control both the Turkish Cypriot canton and the central government.

[@a.p.3004]

Because the British didn't want either the turkish side or the Greek side to be too powerful, otherwise the security of the British bases could be threatened. Divide-rule-survive.

[@andreas_spanashis]

A greek and Turkish Cypriot ,are both Cypriots, with common heritage and right to this land. A solution between them is possible, especially if economic ties are strengthen. But, and this is a big one. A Turk from Anatolia that came after the invasion, is not a Cypriot, neither has a right nor heritage to this land, he is, in all modern sense an illegal immigrant living on stolen land. I don't say this to spew hate, but rather to point out the fact that THIS is one of the biggest obstacles of unification of the island. We are at the point where a huge portion of "turkish Cypriots" i dare say even a majority, are NOT cypriots. Imagine how different would the German west and east unification would have been in the 90s if 50% of east Germany was Russian. How would a German (from the west) have reacted?

[@andrigeogiou8420]

Well According to my opinion, the key word about the Cyprus issue is ..respect.! RESPECT ..! The main reason that the Republic of Cyprus enters the EEU ,is right exactly for the quarantee and respect of all its citizens human rights.! ALL CYPRIOTS human rights..! Greeks ,Turks, Maronite's, Armenians, Latin's, ..British , ..etc..! No more quarantor powers .! They already ,and the three of them had played enough with their dirty games against us all Cypriots..! TODAY .. for those they don't know.. One ,out of the six members of the Republic of Cyprus, in the European parliament IS a Turkish Cypriot, been elected mainly by the votes of the Greek Cypriots..! About .. 120.000 from our compatriot's Turkish Cypriots are owners of the Republic of Cyprus ,..IDs..! 80.000 from our compatriot's Turkish Cypriots are owners of the Republic of Cyprus ..passport..! RESPECT..!

[@andreas_spanashis]

Exactly, a cypriot, either turkish or greek is firstly a cypriot,and that entails equality under the law as well equality in benefits. A solution between the two is possible and respect between the two community is vital, you are totally right. I wasn't referring to Turkish Cypriots, not at ALL. i was ,very specifically refering to mainland Turks that came to the island ILLEGALLY after the invasion. I do not categorise them the same as a Turkish Cypriot, they are not. I am also not implying directly that they should be expelled, but pointing out the fact, that their existence complicates the subject even further. Not to mention the fact that their existence is an attempt to dilute the Turkish Cypriot demographic.

[@Devillunar]

These people live for decades there now or where born there. And came there legally according to the currently controlling government in North Cyprus. If the Turkish settlers would leave Cyprus would be majority Greek again and that's all there is to it. It is a simple question of "In a unification scenario we Greek Cypriots want the greater control" that is masked as a protest against "illegal" settlers while it is just a nationalistic goal. It is not too difficult to imagine. Just imagine a very close neighbour of Cyprus of which almost all of the population came last century: Israel. There were Jewish natives before the 20th century for sure but the vast majority of them settled there from the outside after 1940s. I'm not defending the current settlers in Palestine but the majority Jewish cities. Should these people leave too? Since the controlling government decided that they can live there and get citizenship it is the nearest situation with the Cyprus situation.

[@andreas_spanashis]

@@Devillunar let's not forget that what Turkey did to the island except the invasion is ethnic cleansing. Except some areas of Cyprus that had Turkish Cypriots in the past the vast majority areas that Turkey is currently occupying it brought Turks from mainland Turkey purposely to relocate and change the demographics of the island. The immorality of "moving those peoples" doesn't stop at the Turk. How about all the refugee greek Cypriot?almost Half the greek cypriot population lost there land and home. You may call it nationalism and extreme ideas but the honest truth is that those people want to go back home. The big moral question hence that arises is who has the right to the land. The direct disendant and legal owner of the land, or the people that were brought here in the past by turkey? If i say the first one you will call me immoral for wanting to kick someone from the home he grew up, if i say the second one you can argue that right to the land doesn't exist, since if anyone can come and take your land and keep it illegally then it automatically becomes his..... Because of the above problems all the cypriot solutions (such as the anan plan 2004 or grans montana 2016) included re patriations of turks to turkey, only for those that DIDN'T grew up in the island, hence stayed here for less than 10 or maybe 15 years, which are not enough to trump the right of someone to it's own land. And the greek cypriot that wouldn't get there land back would have received compensation from the common government. (Remember that currently the land of Turkish Cypriots in the republic of Cyprus is still recognised.......)

[@Normalguy1690]

Visited Cyprus before lovely country and friendly people. Was surprised most hotels either have Russian or English flags. As a young Brit when there I say some of those Russian women were drop dead gorgeous. Howe ever language barrier prevented me from speaking to them so I just scored myself an English bird.

[@Zeitlos4ever]

young cypriots speak perfectly fine english, next time go and take your shot brother

[@Normalguy1690]

@@Zeitlos4ever I was speaking about the Russian language barrier. Yes Cypriots speak great English still have the photo of me and some Cypriots me and my group became friendly with great people very welcoming and friendly would love to go back.

[@galipcelik9293]

plase do not give false information !!!! Turkiye is not an occupaying power. Turkiye is there because of the guarantor state status arising from the zürich treaty signed on february 11,1953

[@TheNatty88]

As guarantor it’s job was to protect the Cypriot constitution. When the second phase of the invasion begin the Cypriot government were back in power, so technically ‘job done’ in terms of fulfilling their guarantor role. They took it further however by instigating phase two of the invasion taking northern Cyprus and ethnically cleansing most of its Greek Cypriot residents. According to international law Turkiye is illegally occupying north Cyprus and illegally importing/encouraging mainland Turks to settle in the occupied territory, similar to what Israel is currently doing in the West Bank. “The United Nations Security Council has challenged the legality of Turkey's action, because Article Four of the Treaty of Guarantee gives the right to guarantors to take action with the sole aim of re-establishing the state of affairs.[117] The aftermath of Turkey's invasion, however, did not safeguard the Republic's sovereignty and territorial integrity, but had the opposite effect: the de facto partition of the Republic and the creation of a separate political entity in the north. “ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus

[@galipcelik9293]

@@TheNatty88 For exactly 50 years, the world considered Turkey as an invader, but it was never said from the Greek Cypriot side that Turkish Cypriots were equal. In every peace plan, the side that said no was the Greek Cypriots (the last one voted on and the Greeks said no). How do you think the two communities will trust each other e.o.k.a. It is still active. Who will guarantee that when the Turkish army withdraws tomorrow, they will not commit massacres like bloody Christmas again? What will happen to the Greek army on the island?

[@sankarchaya]

This conflict really exposes the inherent dangers of nationalist conflict. There's simply no solution which suits both nationalist agendas, and members of both communities are forced apart because of the actions of the most hardline elements in both societies.

[@mehmetakifakgul8666]

Organize crime: bullcrap

[@mahmudlababide3755]

What about the massacre of bloody Christmas

[@jortheo]

They mentioned in the previous Cypriot episode.

[@andrigeogiou8420]

Right ..! Well..please search about.. " Dervis Ali Kavazoglu kendi sesinden "..! & ", a Turkish Cypriot confession"..!

[@demphotiou]

Bullshit Christmas massacre mongol that was denktash set and MIT set it up!!! No one was killed!! MIT staged everything as the turanic mongols are masters in propaganda

[@billballbuster7186]

Cyprus was originally Turkish, administered by the British after WW1. The Greek majority population wanted Enosis, were the Island became a part of Greece. Cypriot independence mandated a power split between Greeks and Turks, but this was soon set aside by the Greeks, who violently suppressed the Turkish minority. This forced Turkey's hand and led to the invasion and division of the island.

[@linosantoniades901]

You do not know the real facts about the history of Cyprus. Cyprus was under occupation by the Otteman Empire. It was never part of Turkey historically. Google about the rich history of Cyprus dating back over 9000 years BC. The Brtish used their most famous of actions, "Divide and Rule" within all countries they wanted to control. Either during the British Empire or as a colonial power governing in a country such as Cyprus. Lets not forget that Cyprus was the last country to gane independence from the British. India etc. were given their independence due to those countries joining the British during the second world war.

[@billballbuster7186]

@@linosantoniades901 Cyprus was originally part of the Holy Roman Empire until 1191 when it was captured by Richard 1 of England and became a Crusader base. In 1570 it was captured by the Ottomans. It had a 65% Muslim majority when Britain took it in 1877. The British allowed Greek immigration from Anatolia after WWI. Nowhere are Greeks mentioned as owning the Island. It was never under Greek ownership, though some Christians were Greek Orthodox. The people of Spain are Roman Catholic, that does not make them Roman.

[@billballbuster7186]

@@linosantoniades901 PS Wikipedia states Cyprus has never been a Greek Island.

[@alejandromaldonado6159]

As if we are actually going to pretend that Turks aren't foreign invaders from Central Asia that took Greek and Armenian lands.

[@billballbuster7186]

@@alejandromaldonado6159 You lied about the Greeks ever owning Cyprus, now you talk of invasion lol. Most of the people living in the Middle East are historically the same Caucasian people. Only language, religion and political borders change over the centuries. Modern Greece only came about when the British, French and Russians destroyed Ottoman / Egyptian forces in 1830. Before that Greece just was a province of the Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire and Holy Roman Empire.

[@ZZ-oc2eb]

Why hasn’t the UN intervened this much in the apartheid of Palestinians??

[@lampegutt123]

All this nationalism… it’s all a European concept

[@007kingifrit]

who the hell thinks turkey belongs in nato after this

[@andrigeogiou8420]

Well.. Unfortunately for us Cypriots ..! Turkey , is here following NATO plans ..! Greece , with the coup ,on July 1974 ..! Turkey, with the invasion , only 5 days later , ! .they was just developed a dirty plan against us Cypriots..!

[@athelloren1741]

Annan plan of unification 2004, greek votes 75% no, turkish 64% yes xD

[@koraybiber652]

We have to thank Cypriot Greeks to not vote accepting the Annan Plan. If they had accept it, we would lose Cyprus forever. :) Thank you

[@eliassolomou980]

I voted no because it was one sided. You must be a mainland Turk that had nothing in turkey and appreciate the free property denktash gave you. Enjoy it whilst you can because very soon there is another and this time the Greek Cypriots are armed.

[@VladTevez]

*Cable of US Embassy in Ankara (04ANKARA2664 - 2004-05-12 **09:08:00**): TURKISH MILITARY WANTED YES/NO CYPRUS OUTCOME:* [...] _However, Turkish General Staff (TGS) did not oppose the plan because relocations were mainly a matter for the government and not the military to handle, and because TGS calculated that Greek Cypriots would reject the plan. In fact, Sislioglu_ (Rear Admiral Mucahit Sislioglu, head of TGS / J5 (s.s. director) Greece / Cyprus) _said he told Prime Minister Erdogan in Switzerland in the final days of the negotiation that the security provisions would likely increase the no vote in the south by 20% and increase the yes vote in the north by 15%. Nonetheless, Erdogan and Foreign Minister Gul hoped that the plan would pass on both sides of the island._

[@koraybiber652]

@@eliassolomou980 hahaha. Is that like in 1974? Eoka was armed too. You are so optimistic. Turkish Army wait for you. 😆

[@koraybiber652]

@@VladTevez interesting

[@eliassolomou980]

@@koraybiber652 eoka was disbanded I'm 1960. Eoka B was made up of less than 100 persons covertly backed by the Americans. Cyprus today has weapons to defend itself . Nearly every family has an assault rifle for starters. Over 1000 tanks, armoured carriers, hundreds of artillery, over a dozen anti aircraft missile batteries and more. I personally can't wait to shed blood. I will prove to you that you should have stayed in turkey.

[@JizzMasterTheZeroth]

A perfect example of why Turkey can NEVER be allowed into the EU.

[@enderomoto]

Syria and Somalia is now in the EU. Have Fun 😂

[@alexbarn6077]

50.000 Turkish Cypriot fled to north after the invasion? From where? The total population was 10.000 at 1960s... Please check it and remove that part

[@damienzen4465]

The 1960 census counted just over 100,000 Turkish Cypriots - something easily confirmed by a google search which brings up numerous sources. As such, the figure seems about right. Most will have been living in the south prior to the division. It is you who is incorrect.

[@glkvAEKilion]

Η ΚΥΠΡΟΣ 🇨🇾 ΜΑΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΜΙΑ & ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ 🇬🇷 !!!!!!! 🙏RESPECT ΣΤΟΥΣ ΑΓΝΟΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ🙏

[@benimsayfam1000]

Quite simplistic and slightly ignorant summarisation.

[@accent1666]

As if you could do any better. This literally loads of research and proper work done

[@benimsayfam1000]

@@accent1666 I believe I could.

[@accent1666]

@@benimsayfam1000 what would you have done eh? I doubt it would be anything better

[@wicow9325]

Before Turk send troops to Cyprus Greece people committed a genocide against Turk in Cyprus you should make video about that

[@A_p_T53040]

Turks committed genocide.

[@christossymA3A2]

On today's episode of things that never happened 🤣🤣🤣

[@chriskw4362]

You people know a thing or two about genocides

[@monkofdarktimes]

Greeks Armenians Assyrians Kurds These creatures only do genocide

[@trollchannel6217]

You suggest him to make a videos adout a prodact of your imaginasion?? :)

[@chris-qe4yc]

Atrocities cannot be referred as equal between the 2 sides despite the fact that indeed happened,, the ethnic cleansing that the Turkish army did on Cyprus according to plan and orders from the Turkish government and found guilty by international corts in multiple occasions cannot be justified as equal to few cases of atrocities committed by illegal paramilitary groups . Please rephrase what was been said on your video if indeed you support true and unbiased history.

[@mikelachey4664]

What are you talking about ? Do you have any idea about Atrocities happened from 1963-67 to Turkish Cypriot villages mostly civillians unarmed? And also in 1974! We all agree that after all these mass killings done by EOKA-B especially, in 1974 Turkish army really acted like taking revenge and I HATE THAT as a CYPRIOT! But please, ACCEPT GREEK CYPRIOT FAULTS TOO!

[@mikem8211]

​@@mikelachey4664Do you know Turkish Cypriots are Greek Muslims? Several Turkish Cypriot friends of mine have done a dna test and left Islam

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus❤❤❤

[@slickrick2420]

Fake colonial country

[@A_p_T53040]

Is fake Cyprus

[@chriskw4362]

Long live the great Kurdistan!

[@andrigeogiou8420]

What do you mean ..? Brow .. The north part of Cyprus, is occupied by Turkey since 1974..! MILITARY OCCUPAYED AREAS ..! The majority of all those are still our stolen lands and properties..! PLEASE.. we expect from you people to RESPECT that...

[@gustavoganismo206]

Republic of Artsakh ❤️❤️❤️

[@weakpenguen2024]

why dont you told greek massekesrs to turks is it afrait you

[@georgestamatakis697]

Makarios wasn't aligned with the Communists. He was rather un affiliated. Playing with West and East trying to hold on to his "throne".

[@Raymond_Legrasse]

Hello to everyone, be well🙂. I'm a little weared from the perspective of the planetary rulers, about this matter. Anglosaxons are partners in so many crimes. Cyprus is whole. End of story. 1) We are talking about Turkey, the only barbaric country on the planet, which hasn't stop being at war from the 12th century. Practically far right wing nationalists, long before the NSDAP. 2) With the blessings and tolerance of US & UK, they invaded a foreign country. On the contrary in Syria and Iraq, along with the friendly Islamic Caliphate, they are very welcome. 3) Albanians, Kosovars, Bosnians, Azers and a few more, they are not only the submissive allies, but almost completely assimilated in every way, after centuries of occupation. The West is under very deep sleep, and cannot understand for what the Neo-Ottomans are capable of doing. 4) Ziya Gökalp. Father of Turkish extremism, and a hot love for today's regime. "The minarets are our bayonets, the domes our helmets, our mosques the barracks, and the faithful our soldiers". Surely know the civilized nations how to choose "buddies", of the highest spiritual floor. 5) I cannot imagine what would have happened, if 11.000.000 of American citizens, were living anywhere outside your borders. But Russians and Serbs are among the bad ones, so you can be ok with your concience, as the most powerful and chosen people of the God.

[@theodorossarafis7370]

The Ioannides junta felt by itsself. there were no demonstrations. In addition the video that you show about the protests were in November 1973. So a mistake. Greece was not destroyed when Karamanlis arrived. Actually economically and socially was in a very good situation. So another mistake Karamanlis was an opportunist and took advantage of situations. He tried many times to take over and persuade USA to put him in position. After he arrived he banned the royal family of Greece with a bogus refferendum. Currently the Northern part of Cyprus is still illegally occupied by Turkey. It is recognized as a state by Turkey and Azerbaijan while UK and Russia have embassies in the occupied territories and there are "turkish cypriot" embassies in London and in Moscow. Last Saturday February 4th Greek cypriots in the Greek side of the boarder were shot without a reason by Turkish forces. 1 was severelly injured You did not mention that in Attila I and Attila II there were 1600 Greek MIA and 400 Turkish cypriots Missing and now due to the turkish crimes they find their bones but they do not reveal when, how and where these people died. You should mention that and there are many sources in BBC Finally you do not mention the british support and intervention during the Turkish invasion in 1974, as well as the Canadian UN forces that assisted the Turks especially during the battle of the Nicosia airport.