Sight of the Castle

Ismail and Jen's First visit: Cyprus

---

July 10th 2005
Welcome to Cyprus: Birthplace of Aphrodite: Goddess of Beauty Cyprus is the first stop on our 3 week journey throughout the Middle East and Europe. We visited the North Cyprus Republic of Turkey. In 1983, the Turkish Republic took the Northern lands from the Greeks and therefore North Cyprus is controlled by the Turkish Republic while the rest of the island remains Gre ... read more

Middle East » Cyprus

---

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