Europe, What's Next? - A Journey Through Cyprus | In Focus

We visited Cyprus more than a decade ago. Now we're returning to the island in the eastern Mediterranean. What has changed for the people in this divided country since joining the EU -- for hotel manager Demetris or goat farmer Giorgia in the Greek part of the island? In the Turkish north, we meet the sculptress Zehra and business student Baran.

[@MENSA.lady2]

I got lucky and visited Pyla before 1974. It was harmonious then and I'm glad it still is. Long may it continue.

[@95kostis]

Very great of the Turkish Cypriot woman to point out the fact that Turkey has changed the population! Props!

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@nangyalkhan5875]

Appreciated

[@rossellinirossicalrossc3507]

The biggest hurdle for reunification is that Turkish Cypriots are now living in the old houses of Greek Cypriots, and Greek Cypriots are now living in the old houses of Turkish Cypriots. If they reunify, people will want their properties back, which have been hosting families for 50+ years. It’s a disaster really

[@Gadayif]

Unfortunately Nicosia has been divided since December 1963 and not since 1974, sad really ☹️

[@erensalahi6841]

Imaccurate reporting..not surprising

[@kimnemapredaje4621]

Thank you very much. I WISH YOU THAT THE GREAT BRITAIN EVEN ALWAYS WILL ALWAYS BE SMALLER AND THE IRISH REPUBLIK ALWAYS BIGGER END STRONGER!

[@helmutnyc]

Beautiful country, I would love to visit, please people get together, we have to move on for a better future. You are amazing country, beautiful people south and north. We are in 2016, we need love no hate !!!

[@michaelkourtoubelides6071]

I agree I think it's nice I am originally from Cyprus . I was born in London , my parents were born in Egypt . I love cultural diversity. I am used to it. London is like that

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@pholkhein]

funny how the reporters interpret wrongly of turkish cypriots words. I am fluent in both languages and it is a BIG SHAME

[@akhan4727]

What is the correct interpretation?

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@tekinmoustafa8141]

they do it deliberately.

[@mertdonmez384]

Greek and Turkish people don't like each other but everyone trying to get them together it is something unnecessary and difficult issue so forget about the rest and the best solution is The same living separately

[@panostheodoulou1166]

Get your wording and your facts corrected - it's not the Turkish 'part' of Cyprus, or 'northern' Cyprus', it's the Turkish OCCUPIED area of Cyprus, of the Republic of Cyprus in fact

[@elenigeorgiou87]

your "documentary" is ridden with inaccuracies

[@tekinmoustafa8141]

my brother in-law owns about 129 acers of land which bafos airport sits on!

[@Kujo226]

i went to university in cyprus. This is a disflected documentaryy

[@janbugel3283]

I am thinking about studying on cyprus. How was it?

[@zerpwron8696]

How can I apply Visa student in Cyprus:?

[@milaferraren9898]

I want to work in Cyprus...hopefully soon!

[@greek1690]

90,000 settlers? Try 200,000 or more.

[@rossjon7423]

Let the Lord be with both of them.

[@Latvialainen]

I`m going to Cyprus next week, i hope it will be great. Could anyway suggest something what should i see there?

[@VALDIGNE]

did you manage to visit Cyprus ?

[@okayraif3436]

Lätlane see the hole of the island enjoy and don’t be judgemental Cyprus will love you just as much as you her 👍

[@zerpwron8696]

How can I apply Visa student

[@jackmeoff1406]

Keep the church separated from the state.

[@andrigeogiou8420]

The north part of Cyprus is occupied by turkey since 1974 . since then we all suffering here Greeks and turkish Cypriots we all want our homes buck.justice should be established for all of us Cypriots. Turkey must return back to it s mainland

[@andrigeogiou8420]

Nobody can build a new state on stolen properties nobody.the majority of the population in the occupied part are settlers transmitted from Turkey mainland.this is also a war crime . We expect justice to be established for all of us Cypriots.

[@rehanansari009]

Geek dogs gonna ।।। Wipe out ।।। Cyprus belong to turkis

[@andrigeogiou8420]

@@rehanansari009 ..YASASIN KIBRIS ! ... what you write here ..! .. DO YOU KNOW ..? . LEARN .. LEARN ..

[@mariosmario1048]

@@rehanansari009 . PLEASE search in you tube about" Rauf Denktash's shocking comfession" read and the comments below THE TRUTH IS THERE

[@donnahassan3498]

the biggest disaster in Cypriot history was Cyprus being used as an "unsinkable aircraft carrier" 😪😪😥

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@nurlatifahmohdnor8939]

Where is Cyprus?

[@mrhonest1302]

Watch......1974 cyprus conflict ambiguous differences. Good insight into cypriots on both sides of the Island.

[@SomneDist]

Cyprus is anothert victim of the Cold war. Back then (50's) NATO was the ruler of the island and wanted to stay after the solution (The USSR had great influence at the Middle East, so Cyprus was a strategic highlight for NATO). At that time EOKA acted on the island with success. British goverment was outraged for that and as expected they did something about it. They spread faction between the people. Some FANATIC members of EOKA commited crimes against Turkish Cypriots. (Those actions were not welcomed by EOKA). Similar crimes were also commited by Turkish Cypriots against Greek Cypriots. After independence, Makarios was aiming the union with Greece but soon he quit that solution, because such a solution meant war between Greece and Turkey. So NATO decided to separate the island, in order to achive double union so Greece and Turkey has taken their share without harm eachother, except Cypriots that both countries didn't take into account. That was the solution of NATO that only FANATICS from both sides helped to get established. Turkey made its union. So now they claim the north part. They do not want to leave from a profitable land. Greece do not claim the south part, because Cypriots remain indepedenced. So without fanatics and Turkey we can live together!!! RIGHT?

[@miklmiklmtrcycl6009]

Theo cy the junta overthrew the govt. that is why the island is divided. The Cypriot national guard carried out the juntas orders. Not a clever move. You can see Turkey from St Hilarions. Seriously. Bad move. Get on with life. Go love your neighbour.

[@SomneDist]

Michael R Annis Junda was a NATO’s muppet. The US and CIA helped Junda to take control of Greece.

[@miklmiklmtrcycl6009]

Theo cy oh the poor junta...manipulated like that! The junta took action. The Cypriot national guard took action. Turkey responded. The world now lives with the result of the juntas action. This is not a conspiracy. It’s all completely predictable.

[@SomneDist]

Michael R Annis I am not telling you poppycock. Those are facts that Kissinger him self confessed. Then, can you explain me why American scouters was acting in Cyprus days before Turkish invasion? And why British Air Force helped the invasion?

[@miklmiklmtrcycl6009]

Theo cy ridiculous. The Turks needed no help. Cyprus has for many decades been seen as neutral ground. Americans like everyone has a huge listening station there, I’ve seen it from the outside. There were many many people and orgs sympathetic to the Turk Cypriot cause so the Turks had no need to take the risk of using US or UK assistance. Canadian peacekeepers were on the ground and some died as did other peacekeepers. There is no need to make this complex. No one wanted the junta. The junta brought suffering that goes on to this day. It’s really quite simple.

[@tekinmoustafa8141]

14;50 the woman speaking is not turkish!

[@jurimiller3068]

since 1974 there has been peace on the island, thanks to the turkish army.

[@andrigeogiou8420]

The north part of the island is occupied by turkey since 1974 , since then we all saffering here Greeks and Turkish Cypriots we all want our homes buck.nobody can build a new state on stolen properties nobody..!

[@abuusame3724]

It is not stolen when its war

[@MysteriousBreeze]

Guys stop talking nonsense. Bottom line is Greeks on Cyprus joined Greece to get rid of Turks in Cyprus. They formed a terrorist group called Eoka killing Turkish civilians. The religious leader Makarios at the time wanted to join Cyprus with Greece but when he realised this would cause mayhem as one of the guarantors of the country being Turkey would not accept this "obviously". So once Makarios decided not to join Cyprus with Greece, Greece and Greek extreme nationalists in Cyprus attempted assassinating him 5/6 times. War didn't start at 1974, first Turk shot was in 1956. Turkeys only mistake is they took too long to arrive to the shores of Cyprus as many Turks were killed for being Turks, baby's machined gunned, families buried alive while the UN watched them being dug out. Turkey simply exercised their rights for being a guarantor and since Turkey arrived the war ended and peace began. Simple!

[@marinostheodorou8279]

ntrobi ....

[@yusufbulbul7100]

As I am a Turk from Turkey, turkish artist cypriot's words hurt me. I am understanding his feeling, but also understanding that everything is related with money. There is no fidelity anymore in cypriot. Actually, our grandfathers went there to save turkish people lifes and died there for them. But, they will almost blame to Turkey. I don't know political reasons or something else. But i know that my grandfather was sincere to go there to save them. You damn it. We are also in economical bad situation. And we experienced biggest economical crisis in Turkey because of cypriot operation. But, we never said that, we was wrong to go there to save them. Because We belived that we did true thing to save people. I am sorry for this for both side. Maybe, we should have closed our eyes to persecution.

[@OnlyInCyprus4]

sigh!

[@frederiksenhenrik]

There is nothing named the greek or turkish part of Cyprus it is either the Republic of Cyprus or the turkish occupied part in Cyprus the vote in 2004 , would have served Cyprus on a dish to Turkey, this video is misleading too bad

[@christakiskalisperides5260]

Very correctly said.

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@dabs1372]

Do this report now. See how TRNC defied the odds. 1- Tourism has been booming ever since from 200 thousand to roughly 2 million tourists a year. 2- No, the settlers from turkey did not make the Turkish Cypriots more religious. in fact, they have adopted our own culture, their descendants are less religious and freer. 3- TRNC government is getting stronger and stronger even without any support from the EU, recent plans to open maras(Varosha) will further boost TRNC tourism thus give the state more recognition. 4- After the 2017 negotiations have failed even with all of the compromises made by Akinci, Most of the Turkish Cypriots no longer want reunification but recognition of the TRNC. many would even prefer the current situation to continue rather a unified Cyprus. This has given the TRNC and Turkey the green light to seek recognition by other states rather than wasting time negotiating about something that will never happen. The government has announced that 25+ countries are ready to recognize TRNC but were held back by Turkey for the sake of negotiations. 5- The GDP per capita has been increasing ever since at a rate that only a few countries have been able to achieve one being Israel, People of the north got richer, they have EU passports, they live in their own state freely, their future is secured by turkey. What would they want more? 6- The people of the north can now attend universities in Europe, can work in the EU. 7- Since the talks have failed, investments have been pouring into the TRNC state which led to massive developments across the coast of the Iskele region and Karpas region, in Girne and Famagusta. The standard of living is getting higher and higher.

[@paulkrascenic9666]

I agree with you I visited the island 4 x I can see changes in north. But I don’t agree that the Turkish Cypriots should have EU citizenship after TRNC would be recognised as TRNC wouldn’t be EU member

[@marocainseculier6982]

In 2009, 616,489 Greek tourists visited Turkey, while 200,348 Turkish tourists visited Greece.

[@astrogreece]

announcer says erroneously that the Ms so and so drives in the greek part of Cyprus. She should know better and not be so ignorant. There is neither a greek part nor a turkish part, but one Cyprus , a full member of the EU and the United Nations, inhabited but greek and turkish speaking cypriots. The northern part has been under occupation by turkish troops since 1974. Reporters should be more cautious and knowledgeable. Both communities have lived in peace for ages until politics - mostly imported politics - made a mess of things. Soon hopefully the whole situation will go back to normal, however it is ridiculous to talk about greek and turkish parts.

[@georgeevangel5551]

British armed Turkish Cypriots like Rauf Denktash to go into Greek villages and start trouble.Denktash admitted on BBC TV that he was given OK by Brits to bomb Turkish sites to blame Greeks.This is how the Brits treat their allies that fought both world wars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_pogroms

[@georgitsit5129]

Yes a lot of greeks visited turkey to visit Ayia Sofia!

[@nikim5051]

@@georgitsit5129 They will not be visiting there anymore!

[@georgitsit5129]

@@nikim5051 yep sadly. But! Σώπασε κυρά Δέσποινα και μη πολυδακρύζεις πάλι με χρόνους, με καιρούς, πάλι δικά μας θα ‘ναι....

[@sanhas1976]

The subject in this documentary "Sevgi" is not the voice of the Turkish Cypriot people but instead is a self styled left wing marxist activist. Her comments regarding the stance of Turkey are a nonsense. the TRNC can offer immigration rights to any applicant that satisfies the specific Criteria much like is fond in any other country and it does. The demographics of Cyprus changes when the Greeks committed acts of human atrocities in their campaign of ethnic cleansing. I put this women on notice for inciting racial unrest and making false and defamatory statements and in fake reporting. If she is committed to good works in t he name of humanity, then she should go and pay her respects to the families of the soldiers that died in her name . Those soldiers young men aged 18 to 25 left their homes in Turkey leaving behind their mothers and farther , sisters and brothers , wives and daughters never to be seen again because they put their lives on the line to save the lives of the Turkish Cypriots so that today idiotic people like this women can go chanting Anti Turkish sentiments. How unpatriotic how racist your are. A traitor to your own people. Web results

[@shpixi]

I just laughed out of SADNESS, I feel sorry for both of them at [[10:31]]

[@razeel2196]

Geographically and culturally Cyprus is very close to middle east that's why Greek must return to their homeland Athens. Love from 🇨🇦

[@andreasiliasfaizy9667]

There is no comparison between the Cypriot culture and the middle east culture. Love from Cyprus.

[@metehankanmaz8805]

Cyprus is already in Middle East kid.

[@j2k601]

BEEEEEEE NEEEEEEE MEEEEEE KECILERI COK SEVERIM GUZEL HAYVANLAR FROM ISTANBUL LIVES NEW YORK

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@mariosmario1048]

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[@nathanielberkeley-biggs2855]

I feel for the younger people in wanting to be a part of the modern world and it’s advantages, but they are victim to themselves and their own culture. Northern Turkish Cyprus should never be recognized as a state, and if the Turkish people in the North of Cyprus want to join Europe again then they need to break ties with Turkey, give back what they have taken, compensate the Greeks, and of the Cypriots want to live under Greek rule the Turkish should either accept this or leave. But the issue here is the Turkish cannot have it both ways.

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@Kole61]

Wherever Islam there is no peace!

[@benkibris7803]

90.000 Turkish immigrants? :)) shows at 17.00 in video. the people they show some of them are soldiers, some of them are visitors and most of them are who comes cyprus to work with permit!! they are not immigrants!! there are about 50.000 immigrants which located in cyprus during 1975 . they have sons daughters which born in cyprus and raised as turkish cypriot and same culture.

[@olbiomoiros]

Ben Tango not really. There are many Turkish settlers, and culturally, they are nothing like the Turkish Cypriots.

[@tobiasstern9818]

Turkis-Cyprus is very nice! I would like to buy an apartment.

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@RitaPersyn]

Baran is as well a Jewish familyname

[@panostheodoulou1166]

Pyla is not in ''no man's land'' You are so inacurate

[@panostheodoulou1166]

Why are you so inacurate. It's not Girny, it's Kyrenia. And it's not the Turkish part of Cyprus. Correct wording would be the Turkish occupied area of Cyprus, as Turkey did invade Cyprus

[@panostheodoulou1166]

Gazi what? It's Famagusta, Varosi or Varosha - Don't rename the names of places

[@yakupyilmaz1978]

TURKISH REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS

[@bulenterdogan6159]

Shame that Greece try to invade and unite the island with Greece. That cause 1974 incident..

[@srfrg9707]

Bulent Erdogan Greece didn't try to invade. Educated yourself.

[@kibrisliboy2013]

Λογος Greece commited an illegal coup to unite Cyprus with Greece in 1974 before Turkey replied with armed conflict. Educate yourself.

[@srfrg9707]

Barbarossa The coup failed and the legal government of Cyprus was not overthroned. Nevertheless Turkey invaded the island. Educate yourself.

[@kibrisliboy2013]

Λογος it was not failed you idiot .Nicos Simpson took control. You are just lying to make yourself right XD what kind of desperation is this?

[@bulenterdogan6159]

Λογος so the coup failed that's because Turkey intervene you un educated git. Educate yourself .many Turkish and Greek people died for your stupid coup

[@victoriabelucci6761]

4:20 its not right info because EOKA (greek seperatist terorists) killed Turkish cypriots and wanted to kick them out from Cyprus then Turkey lunched 1974 PEACE OPERATION to protect Turkish cypriots from EOKA militants and establihed Peace for both Greek and Turkish Cypriots Altough i am Turkish and i love my Greek friends greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷

[@opuntian]

This will never be acknowledged by the world. The Turkish Cypriots are thankless to Turkey. They should never forget that it were there Turkish brothers who saved their lives from the Greek marauders.

[@pur3gre3k254]

peh, you know nothing, brainwashed turk who thinks Turkey can lay claim to Cyprus. Greeks were there a long long time before the ottomans were bud, and guess what, nobody in the world apart from turkey will ever recognise that pseudo state.

[@victoriabelucci6761]

pur3gre3k254 we Turks conquerd Cyprus in 1571 i know the greeks where there before Turks but we Conquerd Cyprus long time ago and we have right to be there so it is also our land as well as Greeks nobody can say its just Turks or just Greeks its the land of the Both Turks and Greeks nobody can claim it for just one if someone does you can know that he is mansturbateing his patriotic emotions ..

[@pur3gre3k254]

@@victoriabelucci6761 Go learn what the meaning of 'Conquered' is, if you conquered the greeks there wouldn't be any living there. Turkish settlers chose to stay on an island where they were the minority and expected the greeks to start accepting islam, and you think their wasn't a problem with that in itself without the British and Americans? Turkey has no claim to Cyprus just like the other the others who came before you, the Venetians, Egyptians, Persians, Crusaders, Romans. Look whats happening now, the South is thriving with tourism and has less economic stress when compared to the north because of the divide.

[@victoriabelucci6761]

pur3gre3k254 we do have right to be there and we are there now. We wrote "how happy is the one who can say I am TURK" in 1974 with our land forces and now nobody can say "Turks dont have right to be in cyprus" Cyprus population is %35 Turk

[@georgitsit5129]

9:39 why are you lying???? Turkey invaded cyprus thats all .No bullcrap like you are saying!

[@mariosmario1048]

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[@gazzaboo8461]

Another place that should NEVER have been admitted to the EU.