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Selimiye Mosque

Selimiye Mosque, North Nicosia
North Cyprus 2006

April 13th 2006
A divided city, a Greek city, another Greek city and a ghost town We travelled also before we joined TravelBlog. We have started to digitalise photos from those pre-TravelBlog trips and we are planning to write about some of them. Now the turn has come to a trip Ake made to North Cyprus in 2006. North Cyprus was invaded by Turkey in 1974 and has since then been occupied by Turkey. This sit ... read more
Middle East » Cyprus » Famagusta

Cypriot Flag A former British colony, Cyprus received independence in 1960 following years of resistance to British rule. Tensions between the Greek Cypriot majority and Turkish Cypriot minority came to a head in December 1963, when violence broke out in the capi... ... read more
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