Ah, Varosha then. Famagusta is able to be visited and I have been a few times — Varosha AFAIK is not open to anybody except Turkish troops although I guess some reporters have been allowed in more recently. I was born in/am from Nicosia.
I never lived in the Uk when they didn't ask. It happened to me from the first day I moved here. Somebody on the train from the airport asked me and my mum what type of Cypriots we are and she said "Christian" and he didn't clarify.
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This kind of upset me and told me it's Islamophobia more than anything in her opinion. I still think she should not have even replied. But my mum, who lived through the invasion, was quite different back then on certain progressive issues.
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My mum wasn't going to be allowed into Austria until they could see it clearly stated "Greek Cypriot" on her passport once.
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So yeah, it's pretty much always been tricky. When my grandad visited the UK (on USA passport) had to deal with shops/hotels that said "No Cyps".
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