The tinny howl of air raid sirens echoed across ethnically divided Cyprus at the crack of dawn on Saturday, marking 50 years from the day that changed the island nation’s history. It’s heard every year as the Greek Cypriot controlled south laments the date Turkish troops invaded in the wake of a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
sound of unseen assault rifles being cocked carries across the United Nations -controlled buffer zone in ethnically cleaved Cyprus , ratcheting up concerns that the embers of the island’s stagnant conflict could again be rekindled. The rifles are just the tip of a string of recent escalations by Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots; rivals separated along the 180-kilometer buffer zone that snakes through the capital’s medieval centre.
In Cyprus’ northern third, Turkish Cypriots are celebrating what they see as salvation from the clutches of the Greek-speaking majority after years of armed conflict over the island’s fate. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan will preside over “golden jubilee” events, replete with a military parade, a visit by Turkey’s first aircraft carrier, and an airshow.
But that’s proving tough since the last serious push for peace collapsed seven years ago. After the talks ended, Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots called for for what essentially amounts to a two-state deal, a notion that’s dismissed out of hand by Greek Cypriots.
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