10-25-2022, 11:29 PM
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This is true on both sides of the fence. Depending on which side of Cypriot politics you listen to, there are wide and various problems at play in the nation, but ultimately it remains an island nation divided by modern nationalism and external influences.
Did you know that Cyprus has the pound as currency? Up until the euro, the Greeks used Drachma, and the Turks use their Lira.
The people of Famagusta tell some interesting tales, and there are many different political aspects of this that play out. Often these issues are tied back to communist, vs capitalist governments, but even so, I am unqualified to comment. There is a bit of angst at Turkey. They did (and sometimes politically still do) claim a lot Greek heritage as their own, and then state that the modern Greek state is fictitious. Its a perspective, one that has its flaws, but could entirely possibly be correct. None will know the wiser. Balkan politics is a messy affair made messier by the fact that the area has been ruled by many different cultural influences as far reaching as French and British.
When it all comes down to it, certain political alliances are the ones that continue to drive it, and its usually linked to resources. Interestingly, the mediteranean has over the last 20 years been determined to be rich in many natural resources, and now we are seeing new claims on what was previously drawn borders, and new chest thumping occurring again over a treaty that was drawn up post world war 1 which looks to dissapointingly leading to a fresh new conflict.
This is true on both sides of the fence. Depending on which side of Cypriot politics you listen to, there are wide and various problems at play in the nation, but ultimately it remains an island nation divided by modern nationalism and external influences.
Did you know that Cyprus has the pound as currency? Up until the euro, the Greeks used Drachma, and the Turks use their Lira.
The people of Famagusta tell some interesting tales, and there are many different political aspects of this that play out. Often these issues are tied back to communist, vs capitalist governments, but even so, I am unqualified to comment. There is a bit of angst at Turkey. They did (and sometimes politically still do) claim a lot Greek heritage as their own, and then state that the modern Greek state is fictitious. Its a perspective, one that has its flaws, but could entirely possibly be correct. None will know the wiser. Balkan politics is a messy affair made messier by the fact that the area has been ruled by many different cultural influences as far reaching as French and British.
When it all comes down to it, certain political alliances are the ones that continue to drive it, and its usually linked to resources. Interestingly, the mediteranean has over the last 20 years been determined to be rich in many natural resources, and now we are seeing new claims on what was previously drawn borders, and new chest thumping occurring again over a treaty that was drawn up post world war 1 which looks to dissapointingly leading to a fresh new conflict.
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