Oh, wait, no — just kidding, they left us a nice mess to clean to up that we added to.
It's almost like simple solutions to sociopolitical problems don't exist. Anyway, I'll get back to thinking about something less depressing than Brexit/colonialism's legacy in my homeland.
Not a criticism but OMG this is peak tourist BS. Imagine doing a tour of the remnants of conflict created by the UK. LOLOLO the world is so mad. I took my partner for a swim here, and he was sad even though in theory he said he was down for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varosha,_Famagusta …
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Yeah... I mean, if it's not done in a gawp-y way and taken seriously I think this kind of thing is very valuable to go and see, but you're right, it's a fine line.
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That is true - like I say, it wasn’t open to the public when I went, and it was incredible just because it was like nowhere else. You’re right that there’s a very serious side to this. We got a lot of info on the wider context, the ongoing tensions etc (as they were back then).
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It's not open now either, I just think you need to book it with the UN. When did you visit & who did the tour, just the UN? I don't trust them to give a fair account TBH. Most accounts are heavily biased against Turkish Cypriots and the genocide we tried to pull off against them.
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British Army (as UN). It felt pretty balanced and emphasised bad actions on both sides and how it became more petty when the fighting stopped (eg Greek-Cypriot soldier shot in the arse for mooning his Turkish-Cypriot counterpart...).
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If they mentioned the ghettos and how the populaltion really rapidly moved because of the VERY BAD SHIT. Then it's probably more balanced than 99% of the stories people say... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Cyprus#Historical_population …
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Yep - and all the homes in the south that people in the north are hoping to return to one day (and vice versa). Squaddies tend to be pretty unromantic about human nature...
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Hahaha. Fair.
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That map showing the movements over the decades into the many enclaves/ghettos uses "Turks" and "Greeks" to refer to T/G Cypriots but OK whatever.
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Speaking of which, my mum has memories of going through a very big T/C ghetto growing up where you can to wait for the UN convoy to go to Kyreneia. She moved into the basement of her house during 74 summer & a Greek soldier manned an anti-aircraft gun on their roof.
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