Exploring Nicosia, Cyprus, The World's Last Divided Capital City 🇨🇾

I tour the Greek side of Nicosia, the world's last divided capital city. Since 1974, a UN buffer zone runs through the middle, dividing The Turkish north from the Greek south. I walk parallel to this unique border, showing what it's like to be on the southern side of the city.
► If you enjoyed this video, please hit the like button above as this really helps me.
► Due to KZbin's ever-changing algorithm, please also turn on notifications and hit the bell sign, selecting 'All Notifications'. Otherwise you won't get updates.
► Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts - I reply to almost all comments left in the first 48 hours.
My Social Media
► Website ►►► www.jasonbillamtravel.com
► Instagram ►►► / jasonbillamtravel
► TikTok ►►► / jasonbillamtravel
► Facebook ►►► / jasonbillamtravel
► Sign up to Airbnb and get up to $42 off your first booking ► www.airbnb.com/c/jasonb22163?
► Get £7.29 in free Bitcoin when you spend first £72.85 on Coinbase ►
www.coinbase.com/join/V3OXO0
► Get Month-by-Month Travel Insurance ►
safetywing.com/a/jasonbillamt...
I'm Jason, a full-time British Travel Vlogger and KZbinr who's been to 53 countries. I've been travelling around the world full-time since 2017. So far, my trips have taken me to Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas.
I have travel series' from many of the world's best (and least) known destinations. I filmed the first vlogs on my channel in the summer of 2016 after spending a year living in China. A proper solo trip around Eastern Europe followed after graduating from University in the summer of 2017, taking me to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Kosovo. This trip marked the start of my efforts to make a KZbin full-time job.
After that European trip I went heavily into exploring Asia, visiting India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea and Kazakhstan (seeing me cover a lot of Far East and Southeast Asia in particular).
I have also travelled to North Africa and the Middle East fairly extensively over the last five years, filming videos in Turkey, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Palestine.
To date, I have not yet been to Australasia or South America. Though I am hoping to visit the latter sometime in 2022, along with a first stop in the Caribbean.
I've travelled to North America just once as a KZbinr, visiting Mexico in 2021. Though I have been to both the USA and Canada, this was as a child on family holidays.
So far in 2022, I've taken my first trip to Sub Saharan Africa, visiting both Kenya and Tanzania, before making my way to the Middle East, stopping in Dubai on my way to Lebanon. Europe followed, starting with Cyprus, covering both the Greek and Turkish sides of the divided island.
#cyrpus #nicosia #greek

[@TrainLordJC]

My 1975 visit to Cyprus from civil war Lebanon. I too arrived in Larnaca from Beirut in April 1975, one year after the partition of Cyprus. I was 23 at the time and with my hitch-hiking back pack and low cost ($1 a day) travel I fell asleep on the beach in front of Larnaca. I woke up to find a man sitting alongside me on the beach waiting for me to wake up. He was immediately friendly and invited me to stay in his mother's house in a small village outside of Larnaca and within walking distance to a monastery high up on a hill. The village itself was indeed very interesting. It was divided by a dry creek, one side occupied by Greek Cypriots and across the creekbed the other side, which was occupied by the Turkish Cypriots was empty. It was Greek Easter during this period and I was invited to attend the local church to see how a Greek Cypriot Easter would be celebrated. After four days staying in this delightful village I decided to continue my journey by walking all the way to the Greek Cypriot monastery high up on the hill. I arrived tired, thirsty and hungry, just like the pilgrims of old. I was immediately fed and watered. Apparently one of the priests had just died the previous day and was laid to rest inside the church where the priests came in individually to say their last goodbyes. When it came time to bury him at sunset women came from the village and I remember very clearly that I was the only foreigner, and dressed in Levis, walking through an olive grove carrying a shovel and listening to the sounds of wailing women as I, along with several other priests, helped bury the dead priest, an experience never to be forgotten almost fifty years ago, one of hundreds of experiences that a traveller experiences during a twenty year travel around the world. Keep it up Jason, you're doing very well. I love reliving my travel adventures through your journey.

[@mnossy11]

What a story! I bet you have many more! I wish I could have lived and traveled back then.

[@xlatheblackdragon705]

Wow you were an adventurer yourself, without all the electronic gadgets that are available these days!

[@geraldmantel4955]

Great presentation, very straightforward, humble and certainly not self-absorbed.

[@photis666]

The Cyprus conflict is a very complex situation and it cannot be reduced to good guys/bad guys. Both sides have suffered, both sides were manipulated by their own leadership and the vast majority of Cypriots were peaceful and were not involved as aggressors in the conflict. Do your own research and read both sides of the story.

[@streetbroom]

This is one of the most concise and fair dinkum accounts of what happened in Cyprus. I believe eventually what the vast majority of Cypriots want will happen.

[@rullybahua]

❤️❤️

[@georgiosathanasiou3985]

The day the majority of GCypriots and TCypriots realize the degree to which we were manipulated by the British Empire, CIA, the Greek Junta, TMT etc. is the day a solution will become possible. Until then we will remain idle, divided, and left to celebrate April 1st in the south and July 20th in the North while the political elite and the millionaires keep exploiting our island.

[@mettz]

Very fair comment and I agree. Both sides deserve to live in peace and be treated fairly

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

I do not agree. Not having blood on your own hands doesn't make supporting terrorism acceptable. The vast majority of Cypriots supported EOKA and a very large percentage also supported EOKA B. With EOKA B it was perhaps not a majority as many people were loyal to Makarios. However most Greek Cypriot civilians were unaware of the divide and many thought that Makarios was still in control of the terrorism behind EOKA B.

[@craigadams4143]

I was there in '96 which seems like a lifetime ago. I'd love to go again. The people were all so friendly , hospitable and interesting to talk to in any setting. I was a little put off by the armed militia on each side of the buffer zone. I'd never seen armed guards with machine guns ANYWHERE in person before so it unnerved me a bit but also opened my eyes to the world in which we live and that's what traveling is all about. Thanks for bringing back all those memories with this video , Jason!

[@divingfree]

The military presence is much more subtle these days.

[@Inazumavickun]

man, I just love this videos that show life in peculiar places! since I come from a country without huge border conflicts such as Brazil, these places that are somewhat irregular fascinate me! thanks for the video, man!

[@PlanesTrainsEverything]

Depending on your political beliefs, Jerusalem is also a divided capital city, and to a certain extent the 'Peace Wall' in Belfast also divides the city (Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland). Superb video. Nicosia is one place I've always wanted to visit, in particular try and make a land crossing.

[@Scz_.]

Can you explain more about Belfast?

[@mikatu]

Belfast is not divided but Jerusalem and Sarajevo are clearly divided.

[@davidrenton]

@@Scz_. Belfast has peace walls, but it's not like say the Berlin wall, i.e they where barriers between the 2 different communities in certain troublespots, but they did'nt block off an entire area from the rest of the city, community, they just made it so you would have to go around. More to create an inconvenience,that would reduce impetus acts. They are slowly being removed

[@eddie_d1233]

This is one of the cleanest sights I have ever seen in your videos.

[@michaelcharalambous2798]

It's a European capital city - what did you expect?

[@CaglaSultan]

Since I am a Turkish citizen, I could only cross the north side. I was very surprised that Starbucks didn't exist. I think it's worth seeing on both sides. I wish I could get to the South side too. I wish peace for the world. 🙏🏻

[@photis666]

You can travel with a Turkish passport to the south but you will have to fly to another country first. You could fly from Lebanon, Greece, Dubai etc

[@CaglaSultan]

@@photis666 I know how to go about it but it's quite costly. I think it's ridiculous to have to go to far places to go somewhere close.

[@nrew915]

it doesnt exist in the north because it is illegal for those companies to open there since the north is a illegal state in international law

[@dimitrispvoice133]

@@CaglaSultan Well, that was Turkey's choice (the only nation in the world to not recognize Cyprus) so your complaints to your government please. May peace come to every part of the world.

[@switchtoreality5311]

South side people still bulshit.

[@olivemw]

Very informative and well researched. Thank you.

[@StephenThickett]

Always fantastic content. Information delivery is fantastic 10/10

[@LilyJoolakTravel]

Wow this city is soo clean!~ did you notice there is not cloud. Blue sky and beautiful street are so wonderful. I want to travel there. I added in my lists hahahah. Thanks for this video!!!! Love it!

[@Rousseau4469]

And also very hot humid in the summer. Nicosia and Cyprus is a paradise during Fall winter and autumn but a nightmare in the summer. Even the locals suffer in the summer.

[@photis666]

@@Rousseau4469 Nicosia is actually very dry but super hot. Only the coast is humid. The heat didn't use to be this bad, it's been this hot only in the last 20 years and that's why locals can't stand it

[@Rousseau4469]

@@photis666 it happened that I was 2 years ago there and it rained. You could see the water hitting asphalt and literally evaporated instantly.

[@photis666]

@@Rousseau4469 that doesn't mean it's a typically humid environment. Nicosia specifically has low relative humidity. The coastal cities on the other hand are humid

[@Rousseau4469]

@@photis666 ohhh no absolutely wrong. First of all cities close to sea get to chill out far faster than cities in the interior. Example is Larissa in greece and nearby Volos which is the nearby port. There is absolutely no comparison. Larissa in most summers is the most unbearable city to live in the summer by far compared to other cities.

[@darthsatanus]

thoroughly enjoyed your three videos travel logs of Cypress. what is liked by your productions: 1) you are one heck of great, unassuming narrator, unpretentious and amiable. 2) your walking tours are so darn interesting! 3) the itineraries of your walk tours display just the right amount what there is to see in any given area 4) you seemed to negotiate the cities you visted with ease and confidence, probably because you were previously there before in 2011. 5) i could dig visiting with you wherever you happen to tour! 6) finally, i never before have liked watching travel tours, but after seeing your videos, i will search for more of your travel videos plus others that follow in a similar production pattern as you do.

[@levinawalsh2015]

Really interesting Video Jason👍. Looking forward to the next one. Cheers.☘😀.

[@vic-ef4ck]

Another great vlog Jason on the GoPro very interesting your a talented guy .

[@nikolaoszervos]

J you are amazing, keep up the good work!

[@triratnawati6490]

Dear Jason, many thanks for sharing this beautiful video. Have a lovely weekend...

[@Jpkjr52]

Very interesting as usual. Thanks again John In Chicago

[@sharonjanethague7181]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@NkurunzizaPatrick-oo6uw]

Hello

[@flotix_3704]

Been there a few months ago, crossing the border in nicosia is so interesting since there is a completely different culture

[@micheypatsa]

Its not a border its a ceasefire line.

[@WalkingTourAsia]

I hope someday to visit Cyprus, your video has inspired me to visit this lovely place.

[@MillhouseSpeaks]

Looks amazing

[@Ninawitme]

trust me its not all that, live here for 10 years, boring ass place. The only city that is worth more than 2-3 days of visiting is Limassol but rather than that is blank, plain and boring

[@andreksjour]

@@Ninawitme Anyone that starts a sentense with "trust me" you know you cannot trust. The fact you are mentioning Limassol as the only worth place shows how out of touch you are. You are the boring one, that would be bored wherever you are. Don't project your boring personality to the island. If you can't find fun things to do here, you can't find fun anywhere.

[@anastasiapattichis2602]

Azad Adhd there are so many other countries to go if you are so bored, why you still stay here? Where do you come from? Well, go back to your country.

[@JustTunes31]

Hi Jason, I took your walk along the buffer zone today. A great experience and I saw many of the images in your videos. I crossed the border into the TRNC and walked around there as well. Thought you'd like to know that I came across the restaurant that was recommended to you and it was still closed today. Thanks for giving me the inspiration to visit Nicosia and to have this unique experience today 👍

[@Watfordfc2030]

Great video and can’t wait for the north up next , abandoned hotels resorts it’s an amazing sight

[@barbarasueantle]

Fascinating!

[@shannonlavoie635]

I've been living here for a year, and it's a very interesting city. I was on a bus in Nicosia today and could have sworn you got on it. I recognized you from other videos, then looked at your channel and wham! here you are shooting in Nicosia. I asked the dude if he was you, and he said no. Anyway, know that you have an American doppelganger, at least with his mask on. The iced coffee is called a frappe. You can make it yourself easily with one spoonful of Nescafe instant coffee, some sugar, a bit of water and whip with an immersion blender. Top up with water, milk, ice. Enjoy. Great videos, keep on exploring and sharing your stories.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Haha, that's pretty strange. It's an interesting city for sure. Thanks Shannon!

[@johngwinn838]

Thank you, excellent!

[@parkash9999]

Very nice video. Love your videos.

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Thanks Parkash

[@johnsharnetsky9559]

I loved Cyprus the moment I stepped off the plane.

[@aa-cz2qo]

You are awesome bro I love your vlogging very much

[@lalhmangaihi4241]

Watching here!!!

[@user-el1vn1kn6m]

قناتك جميلة استمر ياصديقي في ابداعك 🌷👍🏻

[@annaskippings6256]

At 17:30min the drink you're telling us about is actually called a Frapé. Made actually (the original recipe) with Nescafe instant coffee with a little cold water and whisked to a creamy foam (with or without sugar) and then added to it are ice cubes, water and milk (ratio depending on customer preference). So the result is a delightful, cold and creamy beverage pick-me-up mostly enjoyed in the hotter months and is unmet anywhere else in the western world (save for perhaps Greece)... It's a must have while visiting for sure! 😉 Thanks for sharing, Jason

[@nornironnomad]

I visited there recently , it reminds me a little of my own country Northern Ireland in terms of the division but a lot more separated than we ever were.

[@meentime]

Thanks for your great work on these videos. BTW.... did you post the Girne/Kyrenia trip video? I can't find it.

[@jilalifardinio3084]

Hi Jason, when will you come back to visit Algeria? Your last visit was three years ago, that is, during the demonstrations, and now everything has changed and the country has become safer and more sophisticated. Come to visit Oran in July, where the Mediterranean Games will be held.

[@bobby9292]

Brilliant man. Hit me up to show you the cool spots when you are around again.

[@thomas-marx]

Excellent

[@jayb8339]

I went to Cyprus twice before the 1974 war. It was such a beautiful country. I went to Nicosia and Famagusta among other places. Back then Larnaca was just a small sea side town.

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Now in 2022, it's still just a small seaside town.

[@lampross.c.1646]

You should also take a look at Stasikratous and Makariou streets on the Greek side

[@r.shashmi4094]

Amazing❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@eleniellinas4340]

Fantastic video! Really enjoyed watching and very well done :) I actually have guided walks through the buffer zone in Nicosia! If you’re here again let me know:) I’m originally from the abandoned city of Varoshia and also run guided walks there.

[@Christakiscy]

Great series about Cyprus Jason! I live in Nicosia and love it here! Would be glad to point out some thrilling points on the buffer zone.

[@akritasdigenis4831]

Τι ακριβώς αγαπάς στην Λευκωσία? Η χώρα πλέον είναι γεμάτη με μετανάστες και ή οικονομική κρίση είναι άστα να πάνε, επίσης τα ενοίκια και τα έξοδα για να ζήσεις στην Κύπρο πλέον είναι πάρα πολλά.

[@andreksjour]

@@akritasdigenis4831 And if i ever need a more dramatic view point of life, i would come to you. Move somewhere else if you think life is better. Nobody is holding you here.

[@christhomson8924]

CYPRUS IS TURKEY. TURKEY IS CYPRUS

[@nickkswift]

Hey Jason, what camera are you using in this video? Thanks! :)

[@johnkean6852]

That modern "square" in the opening scene is only a year or so old. There is far more development in the North only they use private money not EU money, so far as l'm aware. Also there is far more people in the North, its buzzing. Can be as busy as London at peak times. The South however is very quiet not so many shoppers / people possibly because the Euro makes it expensive. Millions of Greeks come North now to use the Casinos and do shopping as its MUCH MUCH cheaper than the South. 2018: €300 a night in the Hilton. Equivalent or better hotel in the North, eg The Colony, half that price per night double room. Unsure how much post covid.

[@annal1963]

Hey Jason love your video! I'm traveling to larnaca next month and Nicosia, also crossing the border so I was wondering did you need any other documents apart from your passport? I have an EU passport but I was wondering if they ask for covid certificates etc thanks xx

[@Julia-yb7lg]

Just the passport is enough. sadly you don't get a stamp. it just gets scanned on both sides of the border.

[@christhomson8924]

CYPRUS IS TURKEY. TURKEY IS CYPRUS

[@theotht]

this man is a legend

[@joeb5080]

@16:00 that's galaktoboureko. The filling is custard. It's eaten in Greece too.

[@BellezaHK]

watching here

[@aguimars]

Interesting and crazy. Is there mines in this buffer zone? As you said got frozen since years 70. Other curiosity is: How the works eletricity and sewerage system in a divided town? In Berlin everything was divid still the subway. Thanks for share us.

[@chicagomike]

Thanks!

[@JasonBillamTravel]

Much appreciated.

[@chicagomike]

@@JasonBillamTravel it’s not a lot. I am sorry. Stay safe.

[@matt_fs]

Fun fact 1:03 it’s nice and clean and organized as you say since it took them more than 10 years to “modernize” that monstrosity. Before it was a simple, beautiful park and now they just poured some concrete and underwhelming fountains. 10:31 The bus is not damaged from war 😂😂 Probably some hooligans or other criminals. In 2019 I used to walk by this street daily and the bus was in tact and fine

[@hellogamiesai6135]

its funny how the same subject can be nice for some and ugly for others

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

What are those red stripes on the road there at the end of the video?

[@divingfree]

You got the pronunciation right :-)

[@animerealmeditor]

First 🔥🥀

[@susmaaa4024]

I never seen people working on the road .love you bro from India

[@annaskippings6256]

He's going around in the middle of the summer day so many people take a 3 hr break for siesta (nap time) to save on electricity and aircon so there wouldn't be a lot of workers around. Evenings and early morning they are out at work. 😉

[@edward_ketiak88]

It's interesting to see that cars in 🇨🇾 are of RHD made while cars in 🇬🇷 & 🇹🇷 are of LHD made.

[@unkraut8005]

At 4:25 Pope Francis' face is displayed on a wall because, I assume, this was filmed a few months ago, when the Pope actually visited Cyprus. I'm from Cyprus myself and that's just a snippet of our welcoming nature (most of the time) ;)

[@meghlab2978]

👌👌

[@keremcantekin]

Thanks for showing how Southern side of the city looks like. : )

[@SunilSharma-re1hq]

👍

[@aasiyoaasiyodaahir5401]

Woow nice 👍🙂👍🙂👍🙂👍🙂 welcome my friend 🤝😍🥰🤴

[@living_peace]

Reminds me of Beirut 😊

[@Meherdoud]

Try Iran if you didnt do it yet. Kish island, Isfahan, Rasht, Tabriz, Yazd and many more cities might be interesting for you.

[@mdin8898]

❤❤❤🥰🥰😁👍🏻

[@denizsener3515]

We are waiting to see the next video because i am from north cyprus

[@denizsener3515]

@@user-wy8kt5ns4d The whole world knows that the island is divided in two. Even if you don't want to know

[@izmiryldz6995]

@@user-wy8kt5ns4d I don't think it's your fault, but your knowledge is seriously lacking. A movie (documentary) from 1974 is in the link below. What will you see in the documentary at this link, which was filmed at the time of the events? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Oyc6mKpb5ooqs Live footage of the coup organized by the Greek junda in Cyprus, Greek soldiers landing in Cyprus, how they opened fire on people, speeches of the President of Cyprus, Makarios, on the subject, in the words of Makarios, how the presidential residence was bombed and he barely escaped death etc.. It was Greece that destroyed the Republic of Cyprus to annex it to Greece. This is very clear. In order to protect the Turks living in Cyprus and to prevent the island from connecting to Greece, Turkey intervened in the island. Moreover, Turkey had the right to be the guarantor from the founding treaty of the Republic of Cyprus. He left one-third of his island to the Turks, and the rest to the Greeks, in a fair division. We're not playing a puzzle game where we're going to try again and again. Cyprus is not a kinder garden. 500 Turkish soldiers lost their lives because of your love of military coup and your dreams of connecting the island to Greece. There are the troubles that the Turkish Cypriots have suffered for years and the massacres perpetrated by the Greek ultra-nationalists. If you want, I can send you the very sad documentary of the Turkish Cypriot mass grave excavations. We don't want to see the same movie called "Brutality in Cyprus" again. It is clear that many of the Greek Cypriots writing on this page are extremely fanatical and have been brought up to be hostile to the Turks. We have to be realistic and a united, peaceful Cyprus with such people is an empty dream. It is a great injustice done to the Turkish Cypriots. Those who destroy the Republic of Cyprus with their ultra-nationalist fanatic ideas want to make the innocent Turkish Cypriots pay for this. This is not fair at all.

[@RyanMatt]

is there really a shop called "onan" ?

[@bdvloging2425]

Hi bro i am also nicosia

[@Majickcharm]

It's NOT A BORDER. It is diving line. A border defines two Countries there is only one Republic of Cyprus which is divided.Due to aTurkish Invasion of 1974.

[@pizzapunk8816]

a diving ling?, scuba?

[@simplyclem]

It's A BORDER. Stay silent

[@loukasatalio5259]

@@simplyclem its not a border you fool

[@izmiryldz6995]

I don't think it's your fault, but your knowledge is seriously lacking. A movie (documentary) from 1974 is in the link below. What will you see in the documentary at this link, which was filmed at the time of the events? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Oyc6mKpb5ooqs Live footage of the coup organized by the Greek junda in Cyprus, Greek soldiers landing in Cyprus, how they opened fire on people, speeches of the President of Cyprus, Makarios, on the subject, in the words of Makarios, how the presidential residence was bombed and he barely escaped death etc.. It was Greece that destroyed the Republic of Cyprus to annex it to Greece. This is very clear. In order to protect the Turks living in Cyprus and to prevent the island from connecting to Greece, Turkey intervened in the island. Moreover, Turkey had the right to be the guarantor from the founding treaty of the Republic of Cyprus. He left one-third of his island to the Turks, and the rest to the Greeks, in a fair division. We're not playing a puzzle game where we're going to try again and again. Cyprus is not a kinder garden. 500 Turkish soldiers lost their lives because of your love of military coup and your dreams of connecting the island to Greece. There are the troubles that the Turkish Cypriots have suffered for years and the massacres perpetrated by the Greek ultra-nationalists. If you want, I can send you the very sad documentary of the Turkish Cypriot mass grave excavations. We don't want to see the same movie called "Brutality in Cyprus" again. It is clear that many of the Greek Cypriots writing on this page are extremely fanatical and have been brought up to be hostile to the Turks. We have to be realistic and a united, peaceful Cyprus with such people is an empty dream. It is a great injustice done to the Turkish Cypriots. Those who destroy the Republic of Cyprus with their ultra-nationalist fanatic ideas want to make the innocent Turkish Cypriots pay for this. This is not fair at all.

[@loukasatalio5259]

@@izmiryldz6995 Im not gonna waste my time with you because clearly you want to tell the false story that the Turkish government want you to learn.At the end Cyprus doesnt belong to either Turkey or Greece but only for its natural habitats that speaks Greek and Turkish and lived on the island for ages.The one third that you refering as a fair division was the home of 200.000 Greek Cypriots who lived their as for the same for thousands of Turkish Cypriots who lived in the other 2/3 of the island.Its their right for both sides to fo back to their homes and leave peacefully.But Turkey is so arrogant that in order to serve her interests prevents the solution.And before you mention Anan plan,we as Cypriots do not want military presense from neither Greece,Turkey and Britant ,something that the plan did not ensure ,plus Turkey insisted on the possibility to intervene militarily whenever it wanted something that would mean a new invasion because Turkey's goal was always for the island to be Turkish.Finally,The fact that there were mutinies and killings on both sides is a fact, stop telling the lies that Greek Cypriots only committed crimes and learn that a coin has 2 sides.

[@Richard47484]

Pity there weren’t travel vloggers around when Berlin was divided.

[@divingfree]

You're telling the popular Greek Cypriot history that tends to omit the the intercommunal conflict began in 1963. UN peacekeepers came and most of the Turkish Cypriots were living in enclaves. There were 11 years of troubles and in 1974 a Greek-led coup deposed the President, attempting to kill him. There were three guarantor powers under the 1960 constitution: Greece, Turkey and UK. Turkey then intervened/invaded. That is an extremely brief just wanted to make the point that the troubles started in 1963.

[@bars5782]

as a Turkish i respect your objectivity

[@photis666]

Troubles started in 1955, and intercommunal violence in 1958. It's a complex story and no side is truly innocent. That being said, the overwhelming majority of Cypriots were peaceful and were not involved in any violence, they were just victims of circumstance. Edi: The truth is somewhere between the Greek and Turkish narrative. Both sides choose to omit facts that make them look bad or that do not conform to their narrative.

[@christhomson8924]

CYPRUS IS TURKEY. TURKEY IS CYPRUS

[@divingfree]

@@photis666 Thanks. You are absolutely correct. @jason made a comment that the trouble started in 1974. I just wanted to address that. It's very sad as Cyprus is sooo beautiful.

[@theozzy4717]

It was an intervention rather than an invasion.

[@georgemournehis5073]

Not quite sure why you chose to start at 1925 when the island was under ottoman rule. How did it come to be 'under ottoman rule'?

[@jeanettedemosthenous2685]

Great video Jason. I just felt a little troubled that you referred to Northern Cyprus as the TRNC, several times and as WE all know it does not exist - only to Turkey,

[@theozzy4717]

Well it does exist because it's there. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@kaankamil7314]

Greeks have “Μεγάλη Ιδέα” so it is always be a problem. Cypriots both “Turkish and Greek”have lived Island peacefully. Greeks must remember they are not Byzantine Empire also Turkiye is not Ottoman Empire. Nations are bounded each other on past centuries. We were living together. Some “Hypocrites” did horrible things and they have turned people against each other. Since there were Turks on the minority island, they had to be helped. Turkiye resorted to such a way to protect his descendants, who were the unity of the nation in Turkiye .The Turks on the island got an area where they could live comfortably.

[@nonamenoname2767]

Saying that it does not exist, doesnt make it disappear. I believe many Greek philosophers already realized this thousands of years ago. Unfortunately modern times greeks lost the same logic.

[@keremcantekin]

Quick correction Green Line along Nicosia is created in 1960's due to the inter-communal conflict, years before 1974.

[@miracmuberragul2444]

as a turk I'm looking forward to your next video

[@hammad.qureshi]

Hey Jason. I am a cypriot living in Famagusta. If you need more information about cyprus from a locals point of view, just let me know. I would be happy to help 🙂

[@ginathepi5309]

Cyprus was one island and we want to be one island again all Cypriots together

[@hellogamiesai6135]

yes we do, hope it will happen again

[@izmiryldz6995]

So why did you reject the United Nations plan in referandum in 2004 which makes it one island again?

[@ginathepi5309]

@@izmiryldz6995 why did the Turkish Cypriots vote for the new representative? Oh yeah they didn’t it has been proved erdog spent his millions on corrupting the elections.. a big shame as we were closer than ever to reunite.

[@ayoub_africavlog612]

Hi bro haw are you, is everything ok acturly i d'ont know its location for this country there is meny places it's grateful but africa is much better than all, i hope à griht time for you. Love from morocoo.

[@magnejohansen9640]

Labas alik sa7bi

[@ayoub_africavlog612]

@@magnejohansen9640 hamdolah khoya

[@magnejohansen9640]

@@ayoub_africavlog612 wher in Morocco do you come from?

[@ayoub_africavlog612]

@@magnejohansen9640 No,I stil in morocoo and I am going to africa soon I will be in sinigal إن شاءالله

[@magnejohansen9640]

@@ayoub_africavlog612 I hope to go to Morocco in september, early October. I'm addicted to Morocco

[@bdvloging2425]

Now you where i am interested to meet with you

[@themanamigo8594]

Plz Algeria 🤩🤩🥺😍😍

[@spyantreas]

it is not a turkish side it is the illigaly occupied part of Cyprus!!!

[@simplyclem]

There is a Turkish side. Stop crying.

[@freddythefrog70]

I fully agree my friend, pinched from the good people of Cyprus.

[@izmiryldz6995]

I don't think it's your fault, but your knowledge is seriously lacking. A movie (documentary) from 1974 is in the link below. What will you see in the documentary at this link, which was filmed at the time of the events? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Oyc6mKpb5ooqs Live footage of the coup organized by the Greek junda in Cyprus, Greek soldiers landing in Cyprus, how they opened fire on people, speeches of the President of Cyprus, Makarios, on the subject, in the words of Makarios, how the presidential residence was bombed and he barely escaped death etc.. It was Greece that destroyed the Republic of Cyprus to annex it to Greece. This is very clear. In order to protect the Turks living in Cyprus and to prevent the island from connecting to Greece, Turkey intervened in the island. Moreover, Turkey had the right to be the guarantor from the founding treaty of the Republic of Cyprus. He left one-third of his island to the Turks, and the rest to the Greeks, in a fair division. We're not playing a puzzle game where we're going to try again and again. Cyprus is not a kinder garden. 500 Turkish soldiers lost their lives because of your love of military coup and your dreams of connecting the island to Greece. There are the troubles that the Turkish Cypriots have suffered for years and the massacres perpetrated by the Greek ultra-nationalists. If you want, I can send you the very sad documentary of the Turkish Cypriot mass grave excavations. We don't want to see the same movie called "Brutality in Cyprus" again. It is clear that many of the Greek Cypriots writing on this page are extremely fanatical and have been brought up to be hostile to the Turks. We have to be realistic and a united, peaceful Cyprus with such people is an empty dream. It is a great injustice done to the Turkish Cypriots. Those who destroy the Republic of Cyprus with their ultra-nationalist fanatic ideas want to make the innocent Turkish Cypriots pay for this. This is not fair at all.

[@samigeography]

أنا جزائري أقدم محتوى حول بعض المناطق السياحية في الجزائر العميقة..... أرجوا الدعم من الجميع ، وبارك الله فيكم مسبقا

[@georgiosartorvrontayeus9485]

You have got your facts wrong. First, Cyprus became a British colony in 1878 (and not in 1925 as you suggest) after buying the island from the Ottoman Empire. Second, it is not the "Turkish side" but the occupied part of Cyprus and it is not "The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" but the so called as such. Turkey invaded Cyprus very much like Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb. 2022. Many Turkish Cypriots want Turkey out of Cyprus but are unable to have their wish realised.

[@rexadexx3962]

Haha invaded really?

[@ThomasGazis]

@@rexadexx3962 of course! The Turkish army quite barbarically invaded Cyprus! I know in the Turkish schools they are teaching you another "reality" plus your government's narrative is that the Turkish army was "justified" to invade Cyprus (you use the false pretext that the Cypriot-Greeks were "genociding" the Cypriot-Turks)! Why then every single country on the planet has condemned the Turkish invasion of Cyprus? Why no single country in the world is recognizing the so called "Turkish Rebublic of Northern Cyprus"? Are all the countries of the world hostile to Turkey? I don't think so!

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Georgios, that legal status of Cyprus under British administration has changed in different eras. I can tell you the facts, Cyprus was a *British protectorate* starting 1878, and became a *Crown colony* in 1925. Sadly you are arguing against facts. Actually it is the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. I've been there a couple of times. Complete and utter nonsense. Turkey *legally* invaded Cyprus, this was confirmed by the United Nations. The reason for it being legal is rather simple. Greece had tried to assassinate the President of Cyprus, Makarios, and had installed a puppet government with the sole intention of illegally annexing Cyprus. This alone is against international law, but perhaps more importantly, it was in direct violation of the Treaty of Guarantee, which states that Cyprus is to be a *sovereign* nation and gives any guarantor power the legality of military intervention when the independence of Cyprus is in danger. Turkey saved the sovereignty of Cyprus by stopping the criminal actions of Greece. Don't embarrass yourself by comparing a *legal* invasion with a totalitarian dictatorship making up random casus bellis and cowardly attacking independent countries against international law for purposes of expansion and annexing land area belonging to others. You know nothing about history, my simple friend.

[@georgiosartorvrontayeus9485]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 You are right in pointing out the distinction between protectorate and colony, okay - maybe you researched this after I pointed it out to you. However, British rule of the island started in 1878 and your video does not report that but also misleads suggesting that British rule started in 1925. As regards the Turkish invasion it may have been a legal right of Turkey as guarantor power to invade with the pretext to protect the Turkish Cypriot community, only to create an unprecedented humanitarian crisis and an uprooting of the native population of the northern part of the island which had been there for thousands of years. But then you wouldn't care for that with your arrogant cold calculating heart that breaths out from the text of your reply. Moreover, many Greek cypriots thought that your video was impartial but now you have shown your true colours: you are pro-Turkish. Turks do it better: is there an Arminian minority in Turkey? Is there a Greek Pontic population in Turkey?. Turks know the solution to this problem: genocide. In fact they taught Hitler how to do it.

[@ThomasGazis]

@@incumbentvinyl9291 you are claiming that Turkey legally invaded Cyprus but the reality is that that barbaric invasion was not praised but condemned by the international community! Furthermore, no single country in the world (apart Turkey of course), not even the muslim, Turkic etc. countries, which are usually blindly supporting Turkey, has recognbized in the last 50 years the pseudo - country of the so called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"! This is the historical truth and you are trying to blatantly distort it!

[@stephanos2758]

that is a galatompourekko. my favorite

[@thatpianoguy2009]

Cyprus hashtag spelt wrong. Looking forward to more of Northern Cyprus.

[@keremcantekin]

Actually the Southern Nicosia seems more similar to North part then I expected to. I wonder what is its demographic structure.

[@paulgooner83]

I am Cypriot

[@Rousseau4469]

Elefteria means FREEDOM.

[@ux7mmx]

Зря перестроили старое место городского вала. Было очень уютно. .. .....

[@nodspruductionss3812]

There is no greek and turkish side. There is the free and the occupied side. Love from athens, would like to one day visit our funny sounding Brothers in the east!

[@jaso-jaso9902]

The last divided city is Sarajevo

[@mariosantoniou2967]

Nice, but it was better not to use the word "borders". We dont have any borders in Cyprus, only checkpoints. Borders seperate States but in Cyprus there is only one state.

[@np-ew6ub]

Cyprus is Greek

[@Christos-Georgiou]

ITS A FRAPPAE !!! ITS NESCAFAE AND SUGUR AND MILK IF YOU LIKE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andreytamahkyarov]

What about the africans invading the island we need the out

[@ghemswz]

'greek side' sorry dude but it's a cypriot side and so is the other occupied part

[@hellogamiesai6135]

exactly, thats just the tourist approach to the subject

[@savvaslemonis1197]

My friend just to know. There isn't turkish side and there isn't BORDER. there is DIVIDED area and CHECK POINT. Cyprus is an island. There isn't BORDER. Just divided area since 1974 from turkish army !

[@izmiryldz6995]

Greek robots are here again.

[@user-nl4uy5sy7x]

There is no Greek side and Turkish side. There is the free part of the island and the rest which is occupied by Turkish troops.

[@hellogamiesai6135]

correct

[@izmiryldz6995]

I don't think it's your fault, but your knowledge is seriously lacking. A movie (documentary) from 1974 is in the link below. What will you see in the documentary at this link, which was filmed at the time of the events? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2Oyc6mKpb5ooqs Live footage of the coup organized by the Greek junda in Cyprus, Greek soldiers landing in Cyprus, how they opened fire on people, speeches of the President of Cyprus, Makarios, on the subject, in the words of Makarios, how the presidential residence was bombed and he barely escaped death etc.. It was Greece that destroyed the Republic of Cyprus to annex it to Greece. This is very clear. In order to protect the Turks living in Cyprus and to prevent the island from connecting to Greece, Turkey intervened in the island. Moreover, Turkey had the right to be the guarantor from the founding treaty of the Republic of Cyprus. He left one-third of his island to the Turks, and the rest to the Greeks, in a fair division. We're not playing a puzzle game where we're going to try again and again. Cyprus is not a kinder garden. 500 Turkish soldiers lost their lives because of your love of military coup and your dreams of connecting the island to Greece. There are the troubles that the Turkish Cypriots have suffered for years and the massacres perpetrated by the Greek ultra-nationalists. If you want, I can send you the very sad documentary of the Turkish Cypriot mass grave excavations. We don't want to see the same movie called "Brutality in Cyprus" again. It is clear that many of the Greek Cypriots writing on this page are extremely fanatical and have been brought up to be hostile to the Turks. We have to be realistic and a united, peaceful Cyprus with such people is an empty dream. It is a great injustice done to the Turkish Cypriots. Those who destroy the Republic of Cyprus with their ultra-nationalist fanatic ideas want to make the innocent Turkish Cypriots pay for this. This is not fair at all.

[@smiithmp]

wrong, it’s only armed with turkish troops as turkiye can’t trust greece to not invade again, it’s the other side of the island that uses turkish lira, turkish brands and turkish people. its owned by turkiye.

[@menuria]

Also, it is a pseudostate, or so-called "TRNC".

[@menuria]

Not Greek and Turkish side. Government-controlled area, or controlled by the Republic and occupied, or Turkish-occupied areas

[@Katastrofeas90]

The occupied area you mean from Turkey

[@GeorgeSpirou-bw8vh]

You keep. Saying the Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus. There is NO TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS. NORTHERN CYPRUS IN UNDER OCCUPATION SINCE 1974 BY THE TURKS