{"id":2585,"date":"2024-05-13T02:56:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:02:53","slug":"cyprus-a-land-divided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/2024\/05\/13\/cyprus-a-land-divided\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyprus – a Land Divided"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is a large island with a long and fractured past.<\/h5>\n

As a result, Cyprus offers a variety of experiences if you go looking for them. The southern coast is dominated by cities that cater to tourists. The hinterland is picturesque and sparsely populated. The south is Greek. The north is Turkish.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=””]JTVCcmxfZ2FsbGVyeSUyMGlkJTNEJTIyMjY1OSUyMiU1RA==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle” box_shadow=”small-shadow” bg_gradient_direction=”-90″ css=”.vc_custom_1777871277781{margin-right: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;background-color: #FFFFFF2E !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;border-color: #FFFFFF !important;}” bg_gradient1=”#EEEEEEA6″ bg_gradient2=”#E2BA7E8F”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”10px”][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1777887960489{background-image: url(https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cyprys_map_2-1.png?id=2626) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””]\n

Some History<\/h4>\n

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus became an independent country in 1959 when it ceased to be a British Crown colony. Debate as to whether Cyprus should form a union with Greece led to years of inter communal violence between Turkish and Greek Cypriots.<\/p>\n

In 1967 there was a military coup in Greece. In 1974 the Greek military instigated a coup d’\u00e9tat in Cyprus and overthrew the Cypriot President. This prompted an immediate invasion by Turkey, which occupied the northern part of the island. 200,000 Greek Cypriots fled south, and 60,000 Turkish Cypriots went north.<\/p>\n

It has stayed that way ever since.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=”2609″ img_size=”large” css=””][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_separator color=”orange” border_width=”2″ css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_empty_space height=”5px”][vc_separator color=”orange” border_width=”2″ css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text css=””]I have seen several travel vlogs and posts of people who have visited Cyprus and only went to the tourist locations on the Greek side of the island. I think this is a real shame and a big mistake.<\/p>\n

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In this video, we got off to a slow start, but with some effort, we discovered a charming island with undiscovered potential.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/ci00dTnUef4″ css=”” el_id=”video”][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1581113256709{background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text animation=”animation left-to-right”]Go to YouTube if you would like to comment on this video:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/strong>https:\/\/youtu.be\/ci00dTnUef4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1581113499829{background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_inner][vc_separator color=”orange” border_width=”2″ css_animation=”fadeIn”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner content_placement=”bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1581113191777{background-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”16px”][vc_column_text animation=”animation left-to-right”]Or, if you want to keep updated, you can subscribe to my YouTube channel:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text animation=”animation right-to-left”]\"youtube<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””] This is a large island with a long and fractured past. As a result, Cyprus offers a variety of experiences if you go looking for them. The southern coast is dominated by cities that cater to tourists. The hinterland is picturesque and sparsely populated. The south is Greek. The north is Turkish.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=””]JTVCcmxfZ2FsbGVyeSUyMGlkJTNEJTIyMjY1OSUyMiU1RA==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,29],"tags":[47],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-2585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-middle-east","tag-recent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2789,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585\/revisions\/2789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldschool.travel\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}