Human Rights Maps (111): Ethnic Cleansing in Cyprus

(source, I don’t think a translation is really necessary here)

In 1960 the Greek and Turkish communities formed a mosaic. After more than 25 years of Turkish occupation of the north of the island and the forced transfer of populations, the two communities – Turkish in the north and Greek in the south – are now strictly separated by a demarcation line. Read the story about the Greek and Turkish interventions in Cyprus here and more specifically here.

More maps on ethnic cleansing are here. Some more descriptive information is here. More human rights maps are here.

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