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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Daniel Capurro and Benoit Finck

Hope And Resignation As Cypriots Mark 50 Years Of Division

Greek Cypriot soldiers mount a 50mm machine gun on the roof of the Ledra Palace Hotel in 1974 after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus (Credit: AFP)

Cyprus marks a half-century of division this month, with the unresolved conflict between Greek and Turkish Cypriots branded on the landscape in a UN-patrolled buffer zone that cuts across the island.

Ghost villages, watchtowers and streets blocked off by concrete-filled oil drums offer a daily reminder of the brief but seismic events of 1974 that split the country in two.

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