North Cyprus and Property
August 11th, 2007 by Ines
Cyprus was a former British colony which gained independence from the UK in 1960 after an uprising against British rule. The history of this island is blighted by fierce tensions and conflict between the Greek Cypriot majority in the south, and Turkish Cypriot minority in the north, which came to a head in 1963 when fighting broke out between the two parties. UN peacekeepers were deployed in 1964 and there is still a highly visible presence there to this day, in the form of a buffer zone policed by the UN.
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