Places - Lost in Time: Nicosia Airport

Подписаться 123 тыс.

Просмотров 96 тыс.

50% 1

Hello, and welcome back to Places - Lost in Time, a series that looks back on the tale of places and locations that have existing within living memory or photographic record, but are now lost to the pages of history.
This time it's off to sunnier climbs, specifically the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean, where just outside its capital city stands a fully functional international airport that closed its doors suddenly during 1974 and never reopened, the now famous abandoned facility of Nicosia Airport having been established originally during the days of British rule, but would have its operational life inexorably linked to the volatile social and political backdrop this small island would endure throughout the mid-20th Century, culminating in the partial occupation of Cyprus by the invading Turkish Army during the early 1970s that led, ultimately, to this former gateway to the sun-kissed beaches and crystal blue seas being parked directly inside an exclusion zone brokered through a controversial UN peace deal, now sat isolated in the same manner it had been when the final aircraft lifted off nearly half a century ago.
All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated RU-vidrs. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): rorymacveigh@gmail.com
The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images.
If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon.
Press the Join button to get access to new videos a week ahead of schedule by becoming a channel member for just £2.99 a month!
Paypal: paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x...
Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/rorymacve
Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D
References:
- Military Histories (and their respective references)
- World Abandoned (and their respective references)
- Cyprus Scene (and their respective references)
- Wikipedia (and its respective references)

Авто/Мото

Опубликовано:

28 апр 2023

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 155

@1951GL Год назад

This video is an excellent introduction to the modern history of Cyprus, from 1945.

@restojon1 Год назад

I didn't realise that the Trident at Duxford was the one from here 😮 I've been on it and the preservation teams there have done a great job of making a lovely display on board. It's well worth a visit to the Airliner Collection at Duxford, they have some real gems there alongside the military history on display

@georgecannon8800 Год назад

My dad worked for Aramco in Saudi Arabia. Nicosia was a favorite with Aramcon's on their paid short holiday. Say 1959-1973. We would go for a week with a couple of neighbors staying in lovely seaside hotels. 3 couples with 6 boys on holiday, from 4-8 years old the first time. Safe, beautiful sea, great food and lovely people. Big airport back then.

@user-mm2yy4ve2n 2 месяца назад

Amazing ,having such good memories. as a Cypriot , I thank you for this

@user-zq3rh8nu7q Год назад

Thank you for this video and the key footage from this era. I was born in Nicosia in July 1974 just a stone's throw away from this airport. The house where I was born is still a shell, lying just inside the No Man's Land created by the Green Line. Very sad story and still an unresolved conflict to this very day.

@tremensdelirious Год назад

I lived in Paralimni for a while. Right across from Famagusta and Varosha. Always fascinated me. Would like to visit there one day. Thx for video

@stevenmacdonald9619 Год назад

Other RU-vidrs merely skirt over many subjects, whereas we can always guarantee that your attention to detail, and all aspects contained within, are brilliantly researched, and delivered with absolutely no nonsense added. This is a truly educational channel. Thank you for all your work.

@MikeyJG Год назад

Whenever I have to go into the UN controlled airport for work, I always try and leave to the small exit at the rear as it takes me past the terminal building and the wreck of the airliner. It really is a surreal scene just not touched in all that time.

@cashoui Год назад

Jealous! I drive past it every day to go to work, but have only been in the UN Controlled area once.

@saintuk70 Год назад

Great topic, and always love seeing a Trident

@Pilgrim06 Год назад

A super compilation, thank you. I was a toddler at the old RAF airport, where, behind iron mesh fencing, I got hooked on the BEA comets, as we stood so close to them on the ground. Then when the new terminal opened, it was BEA Vanguards & Tridents. One day at the new terminal, RAF Lightnings touched down, opening parachutes behind them- there was always so much fun to be had on the external balcony, together with exotic looking Tupolevs. I took my first flight to Athens on a Trident in 1972, whilst in third grade. Nicosia airport was a glamorous place to be in the early 70’s. Grandpa brought an African grey parrot from Africa one year, and the little clown was whistling his head off inside customs! The end of Nicosia airport marked the end of our childhood innocence, whilst it also ushered in a few years of plane-spotting deprivation 🙁 Each time I drive along the periphery of the airport, I glance across at the current wasteland, the runway and Terminal, and I’m reminded of that dreadful hot summer of 1974 and the fierce battles that took place around the airport day and night. We lived a few kilometres away….only one correction, if I may. Turkey did not just decide to launch an invasion in July 1974, as a reaction to the Coup against Makarios, as you mentioned. Invasions don’t unfold like a summer vacation. Historical evidence from Turkish Cypriot sources reveals that Turkish plans to annex Cyprus stretch as far back in 1958 when Cyprus was still a British colony. Bridge-heads were achieved by Turks in 1964- 1967, whilst a sector of Greekcypriots were busy fighting their own civil war until 1974, not being able to decide amongst them whether to unite with Greece or to remain a Republic….thank you..

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

Thank you for more memories. ευχαριστώ, φίλε

@YetAnotherGeorgeth Год назад

While I know this wasn't the main topic of the video, in 2016 me and my brother took a trip to what remains of Varosha. We couldn't go in as it was heavily guarded but it felt like a rotting time capsule of the 70s, very surreal. It was also fascinating that they built the hotels so close to the shore, there was very little beach remaining! Still, a fascinating place.

@Anrheiner111 Год назад

Nowadays you can visit Varosha, at least parts of it. In summer I will be going to northern Cyprus and I will try to get there

@ceejay960 Год назад

Looks like it would be a fascinating place to explore, although I'm not sure how safe it would be. I can imagine gangs and thugs hanging out in the decrepit buildings.

@tonylancaster8704 Год назад

I lived in Cyprus for 5 years from 1955 onwards as my dad was in the army and we flew in and out of Nicosia a few times in that period. We lived in Famagusta for 2 and a half years and also Larnaca for the rest of our time in Cyprus. I remember going to school on a bus with a soldier sat at the front with a Sten Gun and my dad also had his at home with him. I loved my time in Cyprus and a few years ago went there for a holiday with my late wife and showed her the places i used to go as a child. its a shame that the island is still divided, from this trip it seemed funny to go down Ledra street Nicosia as this was known as Murder mile when i lived there. But it is cut off half way along by the green line but you can look over and the Turkish part of the island.

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

Thank you. I'd forgotten about the grunt at the front of the school bus. Epharisto poli.

@GeorgeMCMLIX Год назад

Excellent presentation! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 A lot of interesting information on a subject I remember well from the mid 70s. I noticed in your video a brief image of a Cyprus Airways BAC 1-11. If memory serves me correctly that was 5B-DAF. It was ex G-AXMG, leased from Courtline Aviation and became stranded at Nicosia along with the Tridents. Also in 1974 Courtline ceased trading so ‘MG was salvaged and returned to the UK. In 1976 ‘MG joined the Monarch Airlines fleet. I had the pleasure of both working and flying on this aircraft for several years, until it was sold to British Island Airways. Thank you for a brilliant insight into Nicosia airport.

@Kathikas1 Год назад

I operated AF to ATH and back on June 14th 1974. I’m not sure if she flew again before the invasion on the 20th, I suspect not On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of that invasion my mate Stu and I went back and had a very personal return to 5B-DAB. He was the F/O on her last flight so we finally got round to completing the shut down checklist that he had rather rushed through just before it all kicked off. Some of the levers were a bit stiff and someone had let the battery go flat so we retired to the Trident Pub down the road for a Keo - bugger, it was closed! Anyway, a lot of memories - most of them a bit eroded by all the water that had flowed under that particular bridge …

@villiamo3861 Год назад

Excellent. Thank you.

@ThexMJT Год назад

My mum grew up in Famagusta, house went right onto the beach. Would have been an amazing place to grow up. Shame Famagusta is now near enough abandoned

@melesmelesfaber3866 Год назад

The tower block hotels were also far to near to the beaches casting them into shadow a lot of the time!

@ThexMJT Год назад

@@melesmelesfaber3866 I think this was before it was properly developed into a 'holiday' destination where is was just small apartment blocks and houses lining the beach.

@EdgyNumber1 Год назад

Another good quality video another random topic. Great stuff!👍👍👍

@richard999 Год назад

Great video - having spent a lot of time in Cyprus and been to Nicosia, this was a really useful summary of the history of Cyprus from the 1930’s to the present day using Nicosia Airport as a fulcrum.

@emmanuelpower2439 Год назад

Very moving... I only knew Larnaca, but have always been fascinated by the Nicosia airport. Until this video, nobody has been able to answer my questions. Thank you so much.

@ianr Год назад

Excellent video! 👏

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

Got out from Nicosia airport on about the last civil flight as a little chap with my parents. Think that it was a BEA Trident but then I remember ventral stairs, but that might be from previous years in BAC 1-11s. Lived on Cyprus, dad worked there. NOT evacuated by HMG! I know it's a bldy nightmare looking at Sudan so we shd give the wheels within wheels at least a pause for thought but... Lots of Greek and Cypriot ladies in black doing their Rosaries, understandably upset at leaving their (daily) lives et al behind and lots of moaning. My mum sent my little blue eyed blond self plus teddy back down the aisle. Cue coohing and welcome smiles instead. They're good at that sort of thing, mums, aren't they?

@andrewmcphee8965 Год назад

Excellent video, I learned a lot, thanks very much!

@johannesbols57 Год назад

I saw 5B-DAC at Duxford when I visited there in April 1998. My friend didnt tell me where we were driving to and suddenly I saw the tail of a BOAC VC10 looming in the near distance.

@davidcomtedeherstal Год назад

Thank you for a great documentary on this subject.

@McRocket Год назад

Interesting...and rather sad. Thank you. ☮

@zanelindsay1267 Год назад

A very useful and informative account of unfortunate developments on the now divided island.

@bullnukeoldman3794 Год назад

Another well done video.

@chrislomas9033 Год назад

Brilliant and informative content

@auntbarbara5576 Год назад

Thank you Rory! 😘

@john07973 Год назад

Very good - 👍

@B1970T 8 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@grahamthebaronhesketh. Год назад

Nice video. My unit was at Nicosia with the UN in the early 1980's. RCT.

@944play Год назад

My takeaway: GODDAMN, the Gloster Javelin has one GIANT-ASS FIN!

@petercracknell1932 Год назад

Went to Kyrenia in 1972 landing at Nicosia and travelling to Kyrenia in a UN convoy. Sad you didnt mention BEA's operation of Comets and Tridents, the latter frequently having problems taking-off in high temperatures with lack of lift and having to cancel or delay flights. Anyway useful political summary of the situation there over time so very interesting.

@Kathikas1 Год назад

5B DAC and AD had a water meths injection system fitted for hot and heavy takeoffs. The three green lights indicating correct operation were keenly watched during the take off roll …

@philipsudron Год назад

This is a very interesting video. Being an RAF brat 15 at the time, I remember the events unfolding on the news. Would love to see a similar video about RAF Khormaksar, aka Aden Airport which over the years has experienced phoenix-like developments.

@michaelevans205 Год назад

My sister's godfather was a Flight Sergeant, RAF Police. My late father informed me that said Grimshaw, who rejoiced in the nickname Tubby, ( he was, believe me!) was awarded the BEM for his conduct in the aftermath of the bombing of the NAAFI at RAF Nicosia in 1958. Dad was based at Episkopi at the time. Fast forward about twelve years and I'm a spotty faced youth passing through Nicosia on a regular basis en route to boarding school in the UK. If one excludes the bird poo the airport terminal is precisely as I remember it. Great video and thanks 👍

@angienorthey Год назад

Went on holiday to Protaras back in 2001 (two-weeks after 9/11) and we took a trip to the ghost town of Varosha. You could only see it in the distance back then, but apparently parts of it have now been opened up and you can go there. Don't go there in the summer months though, as it's bloody HOT!!

@kevanbroad5302 Год назад

Very interesting. I used to stopover at Nicosia when flying on Zambia Airways from London to Lusaka back in the late 60s/early 70s.

@IFLYTOO Год назад

1973, I boarded at Nicosia, BOAC VC-10 coming from Lusaka heading to London 😅

@MicrophonicFool Год назад

My Stepfather was a part of the Canadian contingent of the UN mission there. He had some pretty wild stories about not only Cyprus, but Egypt as well.

@hendo337 Год назад

@8:14 Maj Robert Harry Cain VC Jeremy Clarkson's father in law. There's a documentary about him and the VC Jeremy made, probably his best work along with the greatest raid.

@alan-sk7ky Год назад

8:52 Peter Sellars posing as a cleric opened the new air terminal?

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

You wouldn't have said that to the "Bless'ed" Archbish, if you'd met him though!

@nornironnomad Год назад

I recently visited Cyprus and made a video about it too. You have a new subscriber!

@ianleitch9960 Год назад

There were Hawker Hunters stationed at RAF Nicosia during 1956 and 1957 that I know of, I was a little lad then so have no knowledge of Squadrons, but at least one crashed on the runway in that period.

@emaheiwa8174 Год назад

A couple of soldier friends of mine went there.. Id love to see it myself. Amazing video ❤

@osmantakis310 Год назад

Please don’t forget London and Zurich agreement between Turkish ,Greece , Cyprus Administration in 1959.

@trevorfry712 Год назад

Interesting remi der of this airport. I spent most of 1971 and 1972 during 2 un tours across the road from this airport at 644 signal squadron hq unficyp. We spent many an unofficial hour in the building drinking whiskey sours. I used to play squash at raf nicosia just down the road.

@grahamtanner1066 Год назад

No mention of the wreckage of the old RAF Avro Shackleton just to the west of the airport? It is now inside the green zone, but visible from public roads on the Cypriot side. It is located (in the bushes!) at the very western end of runway 09/27.

@MikeyJG Год назад

You may mean Paphos airport? There are two Shackleton’s at the end of the runway there. Last saw them a few weeks ago. They’re in a right state unfortunately.

@diecastrescue3597 Год назад

@@MikeyJG there is one visible on google maps.

@grahamtanner1066 Год назад

@@MikeyJG No, definitely /not/ the ones at Pafos ... there is another one at Nicosia Int.

@MikeyJG Год назад

Never knew about the Nicosia one! The two abandoned at pathos is tragic.

@JustinSmith-kn9ef Год назад

Cool my uncle an nephew as child were posted to the region but sad its all so divided still

@raymondgravelle3931 Год назад

My first ever holiday was on Cyprus. Flying from Belfast International

@johnminshell6532 Год назад

I was at RAF Nicosia and saw Hermes in Bits Just after the Explosion , the Baggage was loaded waiting for the Passengers to get aboard ,also served at RAF Akrotiri . Planes were mainly Meteor, “Meatbox”,Venom ,Hunter,Canberra Bombers.

@nickbannister775 Год назад

Over 40yrs ago whilst serving in 3 Royal Green Jackets a group of us were chosen to receive our UNFICYP medals on the runway at Nicosia for a visiting V.I.P. Sad to see nothing has changed.

@Portondown Год назад

I was based at the airport in 1976 for a full year with the United Nations. Our motto was “ Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity”

@fluffyfour Год назад

Really interesting, thank you. Shame it's not been sorted in 50 years, and now it looks like Turkey won't be joining the EU, it may well be another 50! It would be fascinating to see what would be done with this site and the resort if things could be worked out. What do people think? Demolition? Regeneration? A museum? Or something else?

@johnallen7807 Год назад

The Turkish forces took at lot more than 3% of the island.

@northernblue1093 Год назад

Commonly quoted as 30%

@johnallen7807 Год назад

@@northernblue1093 I assumed that was the case, so many of these DIY RU-vid vids never seem to check their commentaries or graphics. I served with UNFICYP just after the invasion and there were a lot of Turkish troops there!

@Kathikas1 Год назад

The initial operation occupied just a narrow corridor between Kyrenia and Nicosia. A resumption of military activity on August 14th eventually saw the Turkish forces occupy the final 34-ish%

@apostoloseleftheriadis8774 Год назад

42%

@johnallen7807 Год назад

@@apostoloseleftheriadis8774 Approx 36% according to the UN.

@CharlesW-wz3sc Год назад

Great video, with remarkable detail and research. I was part of the UN force deployed to the airport in July 1974, tasked (slightly optimistically) to keep the Turkish army out of the airport at all costs. I was disappointed you didn't cover this, Ruairidh, as it was a dramatic time, with Turkish tanks lined up near the perimeter and the British troops facing them with antique Saladin and Ferret armoured cars. In the end the Turkish belief that we were part of a much larger armoured force and a lot of negotiation in New York prevented NATO allies fighting each other. I spent two months camped out in the airport terminal and still remember the stench of the rotting food in a nearby building

@Pilgrim06 Год назад

I have read a report from a British RAF pilot who was serving at RAF Akrotiri in July 1974 during the invasion, that the British forces in Cyprus had the Lightnings ready for action and warned the Turkish forces to keep away from Nicosia airport or else they would face the RAF.

@CharlesW-wz3sc Год назад

@@Pilgrim06 We had an RAF officer attached to our UN Force as our Forward Air Controller. His assurance to us (as the force protecting the airport) was that he could have RAF fighters above us in five minutes. I have no knowledge of the warning you describe but I am sure the Turkish forces were aware of the capability

@Pilgrim06 Год назад

@@CharlesW-wz3sc thank you for this information

@Kathikas1 Год назад

@@Pilgrim06 Certinly there were Lightnings and also Phantoms. On July 22nd I evacuated from Kingsfield to Akrotiri courtesy of a raffair C130. And the escort, one trailing above and another below escorted us due south to the Cairo FIR boundary then back up it to abeam Akrotiri. With the ramp down it was a most interesting spectacle with the two of them tucked in close …

@marklivingstone3710 Год назад

I chuckled when I visited American Samoa in 2015. The McDonalds store there is straight out of the 1950s. The color scheme, the decor, the way they prepare the product, some of the staff…….the only thing that has changed are the prices 😂

@Canleaf08 Год назад

Mickey D does that in the states... No wonder.

@dpbj1957 Год назад

I was with the UN in '88/'89 and used to nip up to the airport quite often.

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

Could've taken a mop and bucket wiv you!

@TheHylianBatman Год назад

I wonder if the airport could ever be reopened. I wonder if it ever would be.

@AndrewG1989 Год назад

But now Nicosia which is the capital city of Cyprus has 2 main airports that is still there today and do serve Nicosia and Cyprus. Which are Larnaca International Airport and Paphos International Airport. And are not too far from Nicosia. As Nicosia International Airport has ceased commercial operations in 1974 but is still present today. And is located within the Green Line buffer zone and used as the headquarters of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. I would like to go Cyprus on holiday and see what Cyprus is all about. As it is a very nice country.

@someonee3186 Год назад

Nicosia Airport looked beautiful in the old footage, sadly violence and war had to tear apart of architectural beauty for its time

@Rosscoff2000 Год назад

Fascinating details, thank you. But "square kilometres in diameter" - wtf?

@saltyroe3179 Год назад

During 1955 mu family was moving from Athens, Greece to Adana, Turkey. The way to fly was 1st to Nicosia, stay overnight and then fly the next day to Turkey. Our

@fjp3305 Год назад

What airplane is that at 3:33? looks like a four-engine DC-3

@LiamE69 Год назад

Not sure but could well be a DC-6. The DC-4 was also 4 engined but there were far fewer of those.

@stephenholland5930 Год назад

Handley Page Hastings in RAF service from 1948 until 1977.

@fjp3305 Год назад

@@stephenholland5930 Thanks

@None-zc5vg 9 месяцев назад

It's a Handley Page Hermes (or Hastings transport, but the nose markings look civilian)

@davidgaston738 Год назад

i was there during the cypriot war right in the middle of it

@CathodeRayNipplez Год назад

Cyprus. What a mess. 🙄

@george-stathopoulos Год назад

Tha GB had nothing to do with it eh?

@robertwilloughby8050 Год назад

@@george-stathopoulos We tried, but yeah, you have a good point. A real balls up from start to finish.

@dystopik32 Год назад

Blame Turkey for that they are still sour that they lost the empire before the oil otherwise they would have been a super power

@yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571 Год назад

@@dystopik32you are delusional

@dystopik32 Год назад

@@yungsteaksauceakalilwasher6571 not at all if the Ottoman Empire had sided with the French and English in ww1 they would have retained all the gulf states and become incredibly wealthy when the oils started pumping in the 30s and 40s think about it it’s one of the great what ifs of history

@Razorrrrrrrrrrrr Год назад

Hi, I was born in Cyprus, (parents are foreigners) I live in the north, aka a place that doesn’t exist I’d love to visit that airport and explore

@a.p.3004 Год назад

You are welcome to visit. It's not called "that airport" but the Nicosia International Airport untill the Turkish invasion on 20/07/1974 which took Cyprus back in time. I've been there. It was the best airport in the middle east. In 1973 788,000 passengers were recoded.

@stevewright8986 Год назад

I was stationed at that airport for 6 months early 80's loved exploring it and the surrounding area.

@coffeesnob7600 Год назад

Although interesting, the narrative is far too fast to process all that information.

@royfontaine5526 Год назад

It really is.

@awesome-xk8vj Год назад

Can you make videos about all the BR type 1, 2, 4, & 5 as well as every single Pacific Edward Thompson for the London and North Rastern of Railway please. Please respond when you get this please.

@user-ep3ug9ry3p Год назад

I don't know what to make of this. Quite sad actually. Only the birds are free (and can poop in the terminal) after all.

@tubthump Год назад

Me and my wife flew in to Nicosia airport the day after 9/11

@geezberry8889 Год назад

since Brits use the word holiday for vacation what word do they use for a holiday ?

@peterfinn6098 Год назад

Vacation is Spanish for holiday

@geezberry8889 Год назад

@@peterfinn6098 understood but in the US a vacation is not the same as a holiday. two different things.

@peterfinn6098 Год назад

@@geezberry8889 how bizarre, that would be so confusing to a Spanish speaking person learning English

@geezberry8889 Год назад

@@peterfinn6098 not bizarre. Christmas day is a holiday. Taking a week off from work in June and going to the Bahamas is a vacation

@peterfinn6098 Год назад

@@geezberry8889 no, it’s the same. We say a bank holiday for days off work and a holiday for going away. To vacate in Latin is of course to get away, that’s why you Yanks use this Latin based concept from the Spanish. You also say cilantro we say coriander, you use a lot of Spanish words. My partner is an English teacher from Colombia and laughing a lot because she informs me you don’t speak proper English in the US due to your native Indian heritage which has influenced the dialogue over the years. She just also told me bizarre is a French word for strange and we use French words also. She is amazed that I am interested but to be honest I’m more into Maths and engineering and not so interested. She tells me people want to learn English from the UK in Latin America because they do better in interviews. Not sure why

@Too519 Год назад

Cyprus

@drstevenrey Год назад

Modern Cyprus history. Yes. Also a perfect guide to ruining your thriving island paradise in one easy step.

@bahnbilderfrettchen2438 Год назад

When I was in the TRNC in 2022 they were building a Brand new Terminal at Ercan Havalimani opposite of the Old Terminal

@PhilipDjaferis Год назад

not 'Ercan' but Tymbou

@melesmelesfaber3866 6 месяцев назад

The British buggered up big time there. I've been to the North many times. Both the Greek and Turkish Cypriots deserved better from their respective politicians

@that1niceguy246 Год назад

Poor Cyprus - military operations from two other nations and it ends in the island caught in the middle, being devided and people relocated due to two foreign governments.

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

Up to a pointt, Lord Copper.

@alexandanu Год назад

So nice to see war criminal Kurt Waldheim there at the end basking in the glow not terribly far from the scene of his crimes only 25 years earlier. :(

@None-zc5vg 9 месяцев назад

("Sonderbehandlung")

@williamwaynflete6336 Год назад

"Russ-oh", not "Rousseaux"!

@TimvanderLeeuw Год назад

Frozen in time? Frozen in bird-poo, it seems!

@Cukurforever Год назад

❤❤❤❤ Thankyou Turkey 🇹🇷 for saving The Turkish Cypriots...people need to understand there is 2 nations on the island not just Greeks ...

@IFLYTOO Год назад

Joker Turks 😂

@a.p.3004 Год назад

Why is it that you have this mania about flags, and nation and politics ? Here we are just talking about the history of Nicosia International Airport.

@melesmelesfaber3866 6 месяцев назад

The behaviour of the Brits was utterly disgrafule

@salimhazrol7441 7 месяцев назад

🐮🐑🐓🐬 TOY NOT 🐫🐷🐈‍⬛🐕

@K1W1fly Год назад

Worlds longest run-on sentences... You do realise that you can split paragraphs into several sentences?....

@ianhamilton396 Год назад

You didn't mention the involvement and perhaps active participation of the United States during the 1974 war. Ask any Greek Cypriot their opinion.

@e28forever30 Год назад

You should switch to another computer voice, one that has some intonation instead of the rambling of this voice. And please slow it down.

@JP_TaVeryMuch Год назад

It's a clever "computer" voice which pronounces Nicosia and Makarios in several different ways. Sorry Ruaridh, as a former resident, Brit of course, its 'Knicker-seer' and 'Muh-car-ios', no smut intended. As for Akrotiri and Famagusta, not bad lad. Still, doubt I cd pronounce El Paraïso properly.

@nielspemberton59 Год назад

The Mirabel Airport of Cyprus. But Nicosia Airport was killed by politics. Mirabel Airport was a Good idea but botched by the politicians in Quebec Province. See the Wikipedia article on Mirabel Airport. In contrast, Nicosia Airport was killed by the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus. Mirabel was opened in 1975 and Nicosia is far older opening in 1948.

@mickking4834 Год назад

Get your facts right! Turkey DID NOT invade the island they intervened to prevent a genocide being committed on Cypriot Turks by the Greeks.

@johnennis4586 Год назад

By invading...

@terribleatgames-rippedoff Год назад

The Greeks forced their hand. Also how do you think Cyprus came under GB control to begin with before it's independence?

@neilturner6749 Год назад

@Mick King - Don’t know what your unique interpretation of the word “facts” is, 😂but an invasion by one sovereign nation into another is an invasion, regardless of motive. You’re confusing “facts” with a very different issue that the filmmaker wisely didn’t comment upon, which is whether or not the invasion was justifiable.

@marcd6897 Год назад

@@neilturner6749 Our fellow Mick will probably argue exactly the same way about what Russia is doing to Ukraine right now. 🤦‍♂️

@helmethead72 Год назад

@@marcd6897 Or we did to Iraq, or 1/3 of Syria being occupied by US forces….

@amina-pr8xt Год назад

The greek intervention should bring Cyprus under greek control but indeed it lead to the turkish invasion and occupation (= loss of greek control in almost the half of the island)

@stevewright8986 Год назад

I went back last year for my last ever visit there to see if i could get on and an Argentine soldier refused me access well we were at war with them in 82.