Crossing the UN Buffer Zone to the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ North Nicosia Tour 

I’m Cypriot

@@cyprusroyalmilytary8134 My other half is English. Grandparents Irish And American. Truth. Doesn't bother me. I was just staying that because I live here. Peace

Come on, you can't build you just steal from other nations' churches, towns, and heritage.

It does not matter if you are TC or GC,you are all Cypriots and my wish,from someone who loves that island,is that you Cypriots become part of one country with one nationality and one identity.Cypriot.Get rid of the motherlands and become free.All i have seen there as a tourist in recent years is Turkish,insults,threats and provocations.The TCS are now fully under Turkish control to the point of their leader fixed by Turkey to win their elections.That is not freedom.All Cypriots should get rid of the countries,specially Turkey,that are causing more problems.

@@johnnywires943 well first convince the GC to except one another and to stop hatred and mentality that when they get the chance they will do athnic cleansing like they tried in past in the70s

Except for the religion most Turks and Greeks have very similar traditions , food, and mannerisms they clld live together peacefully if not for politics

@@marygabirosano7907 yes I think so!!

The border opened in 2007 you are not ignorant it used to be more militarised.

@@mariopanago2870 Thank you

It's not called "borders" It's a buffer zone. A cease fire line. You do realize that the North is Illegally occupied by Turkish military force right? Whenever you go there, the Republic of Cyprus cannot protect you. Please be informed of the dangers.

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It is not a country, that's why.

It is​@@smeth1744

"country"?

lies

​@@ThatOneRussianTank Nah he is swearing at him bro 😂😂😂

​@@ThatOneRussianTanktruth. They even do that *puf* sound with hands to make it clear 100%

it's called çomak

Hahahaba

It’s a different world!

Thank you Ed, much appreciated!

I am Russian British, nothing personal. I have been to Northern Cyprus many times. I know what Europeans were not told or don’t want to know.

North lefkosa is my home town these old buildings left to history alongside what's called green line ,designed by British year 1954

Thank you!

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I haven't visited since 1974

@@phk1959 I don't think it's your fault, but your knowledge is seriously lacking. A movie (documentary) from 1974 is in the link below. What will you see in the documentary at this link, which was filmed at the time of the events? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-a2OBvTpY5lI.html Live footage of the coup organized by the Greek junda in Cyprus, Greek soldiers landing in Cyprus, how they opened fire on people, speeches of the President of Cyprus, Makarios, on the subject, in the words of Makarios, how the presidential residence was bombed and he barely escaped death etc.. It was Greece that destroyed the Republic of Cyprus to annex it to Greece. This is very clear. In order to protect the Turks living in Cyprus and to prevent the island from connecting to Greece, Turkey intervened in the island. Moreover, Turkey had the right to be the guarantor from the founding treaty of the Republic of Cyprus. He left one-third of his island to the Turks, and the rest to the Greeks, in a fair division. We're not playing a puzzle game where we're going to try again and again. Cyprus is not a kinder garden. 500 Turkish soldiers lost their lives because of your love of military coup and your dreams of connecting the island to Greece. There are the troubles that the Turkish Cypriots have suffered for years and the massacres perpetrated by the Greek ultra-nationalists. If you want, I can send you the very sad documentary of the Turkish Cypriot mass grave excavations. We don't want to see the same movie called "Brutality in Cyprus" again. It is clear that many of the Greek Cypriots writing on this page are extremely fanatical and have been brought up to be hostile to the Turks. We have to be realistic and a united, peaceful Cyprus with such people is an empty dream. It is a great injustice done to the Turkish Cypriots. Those who destroy the Republic of Cyprus with their ultra-nationalist fanatic ideas want to make the innocent Turkish Cypriots pay for this. This is not fair at all.

@@izmiryldz6995 Hi there. Well, I am not willing to try to prove I am not an elephant. You know, I am a refugee in my own country. Somebody else lives in my home. Should I apologize? In any case, it is amazing how an educated person like you, allows to be manipulated and brain-washed in such a horrible way. You have sent me a link for a “Documentary”. A film made of “cut & paste” pieces and lots of montage… Turkey is a master of this technic. Please have in mind that in July 1974, I was in Kyrenia. When it comes to Turkey, everybody knows how ruthless State it is. A State built on genocides and stolen lands. I could send to you a number of Documents not just “Documentaries”. Every single element of the Chart of Human Rights has been violated by Turkey in Cyprus and elsewhere. Do you know professor Nihat Erim? The advisor to the Turkish Government on Cyprus. Are you aware of his Reports of 1956/1957 on how Turkey could conquer Cyprus? I am sure you know. To conquer Cyprus with the support of Britain’s Foreign Office (via “Divide & Rule” policies) and of CIA. You refer to Greece. False! You should refer to the Junta, not Greece. Who established the Junta in Athens? Who manipulated the coup in Cyprus (15 July 1974). Turkey’s friends. Who was the target of the coup? Turkey’s opponents. Who have been killed in the coup? Turkey’s enemies. Who were the victims of the coup? The coup’s targets, the VERY SAME victims of the Turkish troops! The innocent people of Cyprus. Let me ask you: there was a coup on the 15 of July (what a coincidence!) of 2016, in Turkey, against the Turkish President! Right? Should another bigger State invade Turkey and kill the innocent and unarmed Turkish citizens? Of course not! Then why in Cyprus the opposite should have happened? Why in Cyprus the answer is “YES”? You also refer to the role of Turkey as a guarantor and its intervention “rights” (Sic!!!). The role of the three guarantors was to protect the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus, my friend? Not to kill the population, to torture them, to kick them out of their homes, to extinct their civilization and to bring aliens, Turks from Turkey, in their place. This is invasion, occupation, Turkification! The most horrible war crime.. Talking about “intervention rights” don’t you wonder why in the foundation Agreements for the Republic of Cyprus (“Zurich-London Agreements”) there was a provision for guarantor States? What was the (dirty) “idea” behind this? Do you know any State that has other States as guarantors? The answer is very simple: - The Turkish invasion of Cyprus was planned and literally embodied since the inception of the Zurich-London Agreements. The only obstacle for implementing this plan was the Greek Prime Minister (G. Papandreou) and the Cypriot President (Makarios). CIA got rid of Papandreou and the Junta tried to exterminate Makarios. Today your master Mr Tatar, argues that the whole of Cyprus belongs to Turkey because, he says, in 1573 the Ottoman Martyrs (185.000) sacrificed their lives for conquering Cyprus. You see the “mentality” of your masters. The killer sacrificed his life because he has been killed while he was killing other people. So, he is a Martyr!!! Since 1974 Turkey eyes the Greek Aegean islands. But today there is no Junta in Athens. Let’s see what will follow…

@@izmiryldz6995 Hi there. Well, I am not willing to try to prove I am not an elephant. You know, I am a refugee in my own country. Somebody else lives in my home. Should I apologize? In any case, it is amazing how an educated person like you, allows to be manipulated and brain-washed in such a horrible way. You have sent me a link for a “Documentary”. A film made of “cut & paste” pieces and lots of montage… Turkey is a master of this technic. Please have in mind that in July 1974, I was in Kyrenia. When it comes to Turkey, everybody knows how ruthless State it is. A State built on genocides and stolen lands. I could send to you a number of Documents not just “Documentaries”. Every single element of the Chart of Human Rights has been violated by Turkey in Cyprus and elsewhere. Do you know professor Nihat Erim? The advisor to the Turkish Government on Cyprus. Are you aware of his Reports of 1956/1957 on how Turkey could conquer Cyprus? I am sure you know. To conquer Cyprus with the support of Britain’s Foreign Office (via “Divide & Rule” policies) and of CIA. You refer to Greece. False! You should refer to the Junta, not Greece. Who established the Junta in Athens? Who manipulated the coup in Cyprus (15 July 1974). Turkey’s friends. Who was the target of the coup? Turkey’s opponents. Who have been killed in the coup? Turkey’s enemies. Who were the victims of the coup? The coup’s targets, the VERY SAME victims of the Turkish troops! The innocent people of Cyprus. Let me ask you: there was a coup on the 15 of July (what a coincidence!) of 2016, in Turkey, against the Turkish President! Right? Should another bigger State invade Turkey and kill the innocent and unarmed Turkish citizens? Of course not! Then why in Cyprus the opposite should have happened? Why in Cyprus the answer is “YES”? You also refer to the role of Turkey as a guarantor and its intervention “rights” (Sic!!!). The role of the three guarantors was to protect the constitutional order of the Republic of Cyprus, my friend? Not to kill the population, to torture them, to kick them out of their homes, to extinct their civilization and to bring aliens, Turks from Turkey, in their place. This is invasion, occupation, Turkification! The most horrible war crime.. Talking about “intervention rights” don’t you wonder why in the foundation Agreements for the Republic of Cyprus (“Zurich-London Agreements”) there was a provision for guarantor States? What was the (dirty) “idea” behind this? Do you know any State that has other States as guarantors? The answer is very simple: - The Turkish invasion of Cyprus was planned and literally embodied since the inception of the Zurich-London Agreements. The only obstacle for implementing this plan was the Greek Prime Minister (G. Papandreou) and the Cypriot President (Makarios). CIA got rid of Papandreou and the Junta tried to exterminate Makarios. Today your master Mr Tatar, argues that the whole of Cyprus belongs to Turkey because, he says, in 1573 the Ottoman Martyrs (185.000) sacrificed their lives for conquering Cyprus. You see the “mentality” of your masters. The killer sacrificed his life because he has been killed while he was killing other people. So, he is a Martyr!!! Since 1974 Turkey eyes the Greek Aegean islands. But today there is no Junta in Athens. Let’s see what will follow…

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The north is more picturesque. What was shown was only a tiny part of North Nicosia. On the north coast where views of the sea and the mountains are wonderful. Have a look at Girne/ Kyrenia. I am sure you will not be disappointed. And it is much cheaper too

this finger thing is related to Turkey. So Cypriots do not do that.

Koreans do it too. I saw it in some Korean movies.

Turkey has flooded the north with illegal settlers so those kids are likely born to Turks and not Turkish Cypriots

Yup.... those street urchin kids need to be disciplined by their parents. Very rude of them... but kids will be kids... 😅

correct cyp is not in the shenghen one due to issue on the island with turkey

Also not appropriate because it’s literally an occupation. It’s like saying you love the fact that Israeli flags can be seen by Palestinians

The selimiye “mosque” is also literally an example of colonisation

@ I think your comparison is not really appropriate as well, let alone accurate

This might be the most uninformed comment on RU-vid. His assessment of everything in this video was from his point of view as a British tourist. This is not a historical video.

yeah the type of the guy who would love Russian flags flying over conquered Kiev.

I always thought that the Farmagousta beach was filled with land mines. Have these been recovered and the beaches made safe?

@@annaskippings6256 i am 40 years old now and never heard anyone injured or more because of land mines at beach. There is thousands of peope everyday at summer. And yes it is so safety

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Sen alt insan misin ? Ne diye el âlemin çocukları adına özür diliyorsun.

@@seref9752 Çocuklar rahatsız etmiş. Turist sayısı azalmasın. Kıbrıs Türk devletinin imajı korunmalı. Daha dünyaya tanıtacağız ülkeyi

Pease, stop putting dumb names to just things that you like.

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Wow! A Turkish Cypriot myself, yours is one of the most balanced approaches I've encountered. Especially regarding the immigration from Turkey. I agree with everything you have said here. Peace✌🏼

change is part of life and humanity and will always be. Nothing lasts forever. We have to accept that. Everything is a result of our decision and actions and if Greek cypriots didnt vote against a unification when Turkey offered it (and then eventually leave from the island) the situation on cyprus would be a whole different one. And as long Greece and Turkey dont stop acting hostile to each other the situation on cyprus and the presence of turkish military wont change. Because while some turkish-cypriots feel annoyed by the Dependence on Turkey they all should not forget that their parents and all of them all would not exist anymore if Turkey didnt interfer in the attempted genocide. The military presence is there for a reason. But still I hope Turkish and Greek will one day find to each other and can live peacefully together without any mistrusts

As a Turkish citizen I think you have some missing aspects. Though I would love to sit and discuss the issues, unfortunately we need to do it either in North or at the Home for Cooperation at the Green Line. - Anyway, though Turkish and Greek Cypriots were living relatively peaceful for some centuries, after 1950's they were not anymore living in peace. Two communities have been in constant conflict, GC's wanted to join Greece, Turks to Turkey. So there was no peace on the island in 1973, the year before invasion. - The immigrants from Turkey to TRNC were encouraged to settle for different reasons. There may have been the purpose of creating demographic transformation, but certainly there were also economic motives. North needed agricultural labor force, the number of TC's was not enough for doing agricultural work needed. Later workers were needed for service and construction sectors. Actually Turkey is not the only country sending immigrants workers to TRNC, a lot of Middle Eastern and African countries do it as well. Many of the people from Turkey live in inferior conditions. - There are different reasons for TC's to leave the island. But most important one is the fact that they can. TC's can go to European country they choose, to Britain, Canada and Australia. So they have options, in fact better options. Unlike them immigrants from Turkey don't. So again relative decrease in size of TC's in the North also has some economic reasons. - Turks from Turkey are still foreigners here, we need permits to work, study, open business, or even to stay longer then 3 months per year. - As for the culture, again Turkey is a large country with a lot of dialects and culture. Believe it or not, average TC is more conservative compared with me. I am agnostic. Culture and dialect of Izmir is different from culture and dialect of Trabzon, so are culture and dialect of Edirne, Konya, Adana, Diyarbakır. So when you travel from Istanbul to TRNC, the culture and dialect of the country is not different for you, or it is as different as the case when you travel to a different part of Turkey. Of course TRNC is smaller and from the perspective of TRNC, culture (the average culture) of Turkey may seem foreign. - As for support from Turkey, Turkey itself is not a very rich country and experience recently deep economic problems. The main problem is not economic support Turkey gives or doesn't give in my opinion. The main problem is isolation TRNC has been experienced since 1974, and the leverage of control that isolation gives to Turkey, since Turkey is the only country through which TRNC could trade or interact with rest of the world. People of TRNC should have power to control their own future.

@@theozzy4717 thank you man, appreciated. Good to know that I am able to understand your side. Peace :)

@@KingdomArtz Friend, fair enough. I assume situation might had been different had we chosen a different vote. But I don't like looking in the past. I like learning from it and move forward. Cyprus is its people. Hostility comes from its people. I don't know how you expect to stop if mindsets don't change. Also, genocide is such a strong word. Let's just not name anything "genocide" just for our conveniece. Extremists groups were always part of Countries. Very very small portions of people were terrorizing because they were just allowed. But people nowdays are more aware what a war is, one is currently unfolding very close to us. Nothing but nothing justifies a war.

Thanks Daniel

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Divided by uk and turkey .

@@alondon6950 the War involved Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Then Greece and Turkey got involved directly in 1974. The Greek Cypriot and Greek actions also contributed to the division of Cyprus.

@@JC19676 that incorrect the greek junta was directly involved the movemetn of Enosis sought the annexation of the island with greece. THe Akridis Plan the brain child of Makarious and Athens. Makarious is on record ( Re. UN General Asembly ) stating greece had invaded and caused & pleeded the UN ot reinstate teh collpased constition . That admission is avainble online.

I think you’re in the right ballpark!

@@JasonBillamTravel I loved watching your Italy’s vlogs and through my observations you seemed to have had a great time in Naples out of all the cities you visited which is also the most chaotic one and the city with the most complicated history/situation too.

Hey! Nice to see you pop up here. That’s funny we ended up eating in the same place. I saw glimpses of the wedding before having my food actually. Glad you’re liking the videos. Hope you had a nice trip!

With Out the Turks in the 1970' s your Country wouldnt even exist

Sorry friend, you think that you "saw". If you want to get the actual picture you must go there and see the destroyed and vandalised Christian churches, cemeteries and thousand years of Greek civilization under the boot of Atilla. Then you will see the reality of this Turkey's protectorate...

@@phk1959 friend , I totally understand the catasthropy , I live in Greece, Because I've visited this town long ago I ment literally the other side ,how you pass the border ...peace!

@@paivitiitta1884 thanks. I do respect your reply.

@@phk1959 bloody christmas

@@simplyclem tell us about it. What had happened. But the truth and only the truth. Tell us about "Deniz" the turkish ship carrying guns and a million bullets from Turkey to TC at the time of establishing the Republic of Cyprus. Tell us about Nihat Erim Plan for the recovery of Cyprus by Turkey. Tell us about todays statements by Mr Tatar that the whole of Cyprus belongs to Turkey. Tell us the whole & true history and not your bedstory. Meantime enjoy your protectorate established by Turkey in our stolen motherland after it had committed an ethnic cleaning and an endless list of war crimes against your Greekcypriot compatriots. Enjoy..

Get over it. Whether you like it or not, recognised or not..there IS a border ans there IS a Turkish side, hence you need to show ID..like it or not, facts.

@@tunji6607 It's a chechpoint, not a border. You can get more mad and delusional? It's occupied, not turkish.

@@andreksjour call it what you want. There is a Northern part of the island that speak Turkish, use the Turkish lira, listen to Turkish music and eat Turkish food.

@@tunji6607 It's one island... Cyprus. This is the only fact. Unfortunately turks are a war loving nation. You have to understand that greek cypriots and turkish cypriots are not enemies. Maybe if you study history and not what turks indicate as history, could help. Peace and love

@@mariadrousiotou704 Im just saying it as it is. I have no problems with Greek cypriots and I pass the border. I also have Greek friends in UK.

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That’s right

@@JasonBillamTravel looking forward to more of your videos from Northern Cyprus. Happy travels 🤗

Crossing from South to North is relatively simple. The reverse is not always so.

Did you fly into the south first?

@@MuzzaHukka yes, i flew to the south first..then crossed over at Ledra St

Good to know. My guest house was called Bougainvillea Garden, nice place.

☮️🪖war for peace🪖☮️ 🏴🫡🏳 🏔

It means war for peace

The Turkish population is a new addition in Cyprus in just the last 500 years since the Ottoman invasion and occupation. The indigenous population is the Greek that have inhabited the island for thousands of years. DNA records refer to the indigenous population.

Rums are Greek same thing. And it is not occupation. Cyprus always belongs to Turks. Turks live there for 500 years are you stupid ? You should thought that before you massacared the North in 1974

Oh interesting!

He did say that only Turkey recognized the area as Turkey!

@@CathyS_Bx he keeps referring to it by the Turkish Republic of northern Cyprus which I take issue with.

@@Mariaioannou_ you need to learn to deal with it.

@@mahmutlevent4297 UN Resolution 541. It's occupied territory. Illegal, shameful.

@@mahmutlevent4297 Deal with what? A delusion? It is occupied land, there is no republic.