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Ermou Street 2017

Ermou Street within the ancient walls of eastern Nicosia. In the mid-1900s, this was a thriving shopping area. Now, this stretch of Ermou is a 10 to 20-meter wide no man's land. or dead zone, between north and south Cyprus that is controlled by the United Nations.

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Content Published May 12, 2017

The Flag on The Mountain

The sight-line looking to the north from Nicosia and central Cyprus is dominated by the Pentadaktylos Mountains, on the other side of which lie the northern beaches, resort areas,and port of Kyrenia (Girne to the Turks).A distinctive feature visible to all is this massive flag of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, a jurisdiction recognized only by Turkey There are only a few crossing points between the north and the south.

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Galloway Ridge in the Time of COVID

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Cyprus - "The Other Side" - 1956 - 2017

"The Other Side" - Cyprus is a country that was divided by walls and wire after an invasion by Turkey in 1974. People refer to "the other side," the Turkish north or the Greek south. There are many similarities and differences in culture on both sides.

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