Why Cyprus is Divided?
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"God, please not Turkey or Greece"
"Doc,where am I?"
"Cyprus"
good joke
classic
Lol
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 merhaba paşam
@@ismailenverpasa3189 Atam
The ultimate good ending for Cyprus is uniting, and anexing Greece and Turkey to create the Empire of Cyprus
I support this
Byzantine Empire 2.0
no
@@kiriakos.17 yes
@@ardaakin2658 only the turks want unification lmao
*greece and turkey figthing each other*
UK:*drinks tea*
The UK is somewhat like the the US since they both influence conflicts.
India: first time??
@@byron-ih2ge israel-palestine: first time?
Any colonies fighting each other
UK: Lemme just sip a cup of tea while watching these chaos innit!
@@FatherOFCrimzon the thing is though Britain tried to help the conflict rather than influence it, and since that didn’t work, well they couldn’t do anything else
countryballs is the reason why i don't fail my social studies classes😊
Y
what
As well as the reason why you fail your English classes!
@@cl8804 he did nothing wrong he isnt an English man so it is natural to describe what he wants to say like that. Not everyone has a proficiency
same
Everywhere I go;
*Shows Britain*
I see his face
If you live in any part of the world there is pretty high chance that your ancestors either British or lived under British crown.
@@theidk4589 Go say the that To French and German people lol
@@echotrooperechotrooper1543 XD
@@echotrooperechotrooper1543 … you know Germany was annexed by Britain after WW2, right?
@@XXXTENTAClON227 Doesn't mean germans have British ancestors, you know, France also annexed a part of Germany after WWII, as well as USA and USSR, does that mean they have ancestors from these soldiers? no.. stop thinking Britain is the center of the world, it never really was, and even if it was, it's not anymore, accept it.
"If you are not strong enough to do nationalism the big bullies will do it for you and you will have to live with the consequences" words of wisdom.
Benida al ingiltereye
Cyprus is that one child that is wanted by the parents but are divorced.
That can be said about alot of historical events
@Quinnard efficiency bro. That way they don't have to keep driving to each others houses
@Quinnard reminds me of "משפט שלמה" (the judgement of Solomon)
No Cyprus is my son!!!!
@@maleficent8485 dad is it really you??
When we most needed him, he came back
yes yes this was funny the first 50 times
and the reward to creating the most artficial identities and creating multiple conflicts goes too.......
BRITAIN 🎈🎉🎊
Well actually no as Britain didn’t directly cause the conflict between the Turks and Greeks so it wasn’t really Britain’s fault.
@@Hec_06 they actually did a lot of tricks to create division in the island and one them was to favourite the Turkish Cypriots over the Greek Cypriots, the results were that any division between the groups only increase over time much to the satisfaction of the British who didn't have to worry about the whole island rebels against them so yeah they screw this one as well
@@NP3GA like every time
@@helioslegigantosaure6939 some things just can't change
no. just do what i do all the time and use chemical bombs on greece and turkey
Another countryballs explained video! 🍿
boing the country when its a ball
I just want to say how glad I am that this video was written very objectively. Usually only one side (and their crimes etc.) are talked about because pretty much the whole internet is completely biased (especially in this Greece/Turkey thing). Thank you so much Countryballs Explained!
So true man i wholeheartedly appriciate it .
Let's also remember that true objectivity is impossible
@@trla6505 true
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
Well, This is what makes this channel what it is :D so funny though
Love to Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece from Kansas 🌻
Also I drew UN and Hittite Empire, so good to see it in a video
@@Mitchecc Indeed
Thanks from a Turk
Thanks
Is Kansa located in Africa?
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 You are Turkified Greek. Check your DNA test
Cyprus divided because Italy accidentally dropped their pizza cutter on it
Yes
Of course
They indeed dropped one to Aegean region..
Not again italy
@@ardaarsen yeah and the territory was handed back to Greece better than what it was before
I don't know how you make your research but you have a wonderfull way of being neutral and actually teaching history instead of spreading nationalistic propagandas. That's why I love your channel!
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 tru im a turk and the northern goverment is wanting unite with the south thats a problem cuz turks in turkey will not accept it since many ppl lost their loved ones there so reunifiaciton can only be good for greeks if north keeps acting like that then turkey might have to annex the north
@@ggoddkkiller1342 No, it wouldn't be more neutral the way you describe, quite the opposite really. Turkey fucked the population of half the island in order to establish control and you are using EOKA B as an excuse to justify that. The Turkish Cypriot minority has no place in owning more than 30% of an island where there was a significant Greek Majority and not to mention there was most of the land's production and GDP. People were lost from both sides and that is no excuse, the Annan plan would just make that invasion legal and that's why the Turkish minority was so fond of it. You are essentially diminishing Turkey's expansionist tactics in the endless victim rhetoric that I so often see when it comes to this topic. Cyprus had a majority Greek population. They would govern themselves as part of the nation state that they identified with. Just like Crete did the same in 1913. Turkey had little such claims in that regard, only wanting to expand their borders with a minority that counted for less than 18% of the population but even before the coup was given a representation of more than 30% for Turkish interests. It's honestly funny seeing Turks try to argue about anything in that regard.
Well on one hand his work can be neutral but on the other I would suggest not staying to this video as the primary source of information you get in such complex topics as there can be some questionable interpretations. This one mind you is pretty good for the things it chooses to talk about in such a short time but at the same time I have long seen that his neutrality can be open to debate.
Yeah, so neutral they just blame Britain for everything. It's pathetic pandering to pretend that the peoples involved in conflicts and violence aren't actually the ones with any moral responsibility for them.
How many conflict you involved
Britain - yes
US: I'm finally proud of you dad. For once
@@FatherOFCrimzon Like father like son
@@FatherOFCrimzon usa : I am always proud of u dad
@@rome316ae3 Not during 1775-1914. The US-UK relationship didn't start improving until ww1
@@tiagomonteiro130 What have they cursed upon us. Now we are influences conflicts. Why didn't Canada get the family curse?
this guy: clearly speaking in english
youtube: alright lets put japanese subtitles
If two fish are fighting in a river, know that a long-legged Englishman has just passed by!
isn't that the conflict was started even before the colonization right from the rise of the ottomans?
World is more peaceful after British empire then it was before it.
@@rouymalic4463 There is always conflict in history. But most modern ones are caused by British.
@@Anonymous-cm8jy Really? Care to visit South America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, ex Yugoslavia, the usa, mexico, Central America and other messed up nations?
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 lmao, no,...
The English are often cited as an easy scapegoat. Because their influence and presence was everywhere.
Of ever 4 conflicts that people blame on the Brits, I often find 1 I truely agree it was caused by the Brits.
Greetings from greece i respect turks such a cool country🇬🇷😍
Thanks ı love Greece from Turkiye🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷
🇹🇷♥️🇬🇷
we love greece! dont let media to make you think we are enemy! 🇹🇷🇬🇷 peace at home, peace in the world!
Looks like everyone's talking about Cyprus now on topics for countries
Because a war is coming
@@stephenpavlidis1834 what?
just the presence of great britain in the thumbnail explains everything
My Grandfather was born in Cyprus and he ran to Turkey cause of some genocides next that his father died while he was a child in Turkey without home however after then he could be hired a pretty job and get a family
Are you Arab? You have an Arab name.
@@arolemaprarath6615 are you a robot ? You have a robot name.
@@SupremeMasterr Islam is an Arab ideology.
Islam born in arabic lands however nowadays it has so much belivers out of arabic lands for example if you are christian I wont say are you a jewish right ? It is a thing like this. In Turkey Islam is famous and my parents wanted to give me the most famous name in the world and i the most famous name in Turkey(Muhammet). Even Turkey Republics founders name is Mustafa Kemal both of these name Arabic and Mustafa is a name of Muhammed (Islams prophet who told us Qur'an).
@@arolemaprarath6615 That's not a smart assumption, pretty much all western nations extensively use names found in the bible in one way or another. Does that mean they are all one ethnicity? Of course not, they just share the religion. Hell, names like 'Mary' and 'Adam' have turkish counterparts; 'Meryem' and 'Adem'. There are billions of people practicing islam, from Arabs, Uygurs to Indians; just as there are billions practicing Christianity in many different countries. Also, religion is not strictly an ideology, it is also a cultural influence.
I just learned about the existence of an island named Cyprus, and that it is divided, thanks.
americans geography be like:
They should make map games mandatory for American education.
Smartest w*sterner
I do know Cyprus and it has conflict, never know the details tho
@@larkin3487 me too
2:57 amazing descruption of both the Entente and Central powers
@@secretname4190
Italy probably.
@@secretname4190 I think it was Italy as Italy was a member of the triple alliance with Germany and Austria until 1915
Much better and definitely much more natural video explaining the situation than some dude’s “documentary” I recently watched
The best case scenario is probably for Cyprus to unite into one independent entity and become a single state nation much like Singapore or Hong Kong.
Seeing as how being tied to either Greek and Turkey won't just cause ethnic tensions, but also economic woes for the island. Creating a new identity is better this way.
that would lead to chaos and failure. only the turks want to unite the island though, not us.
Not well versed about cypriots, greeks and turkish conflicts, but with the same conclusion with the video, the religious and ethnic or cultural differences will hinder that. But if it works, then good for them.
@@larkin3487 yeah Turkey seems to be so power hungry these days
Of greek won't kill our brother
Everyting will be fine
@@larkin3487 stop this nonsence FFS . As mentioned greeks first hand staged a coup to usurp power in order to supress Turkish minority rights . Drop the act bro we both know the truth . There could be an independent country as cyprus in which both parties could prosper knowing their rights were guarantied but those mainland supported greeks ruined that . Cmon.
2:59 Ah finally! Austria-Hungary depicted using glasses.
LUL
@@gokberk5389 TIL what lul is in English
@@markmayonnaise1163 lul with lul
Wow, I have never seen a video mentioning that the British offered Cyprus to Greece in WW1 before, good job!
When world needed him most he came back
The main problem is thinking that the island belongs to ONLY ONE of the two nations living there. If there will be a solution to this in the future, it has to come with two nations agreeing on it.
Partition is a viable solution in this case. Turks were being massacred back in the day when cyprus was united (Even tho it is not comparable to number of massacred turks, greeks were also being massacred by turks sadly.) Cyprus cannot be a single united country cuz a nationality such as "cypriot" doesnt exist. Its greeks and turks who live in there. So in any case one of these sides will be a minority. And even if they dont get bullied by the majority, a day will come when theyll be bored of being the minority and will demand autonomy. This will result in problems. The only real solution is that turks and greeks share the island. Everyone can live anywhere they want but governing wise "taksim" is the answer
@@jesusshrek1271
Exact same situation with Kosovo. There is no such thing as a Kosovan identity, just Albanian and Serbian. And overwhelming Albanian at 95%.
@@jesusshrek1271 As a T.cypriot I would say only way to solution is formin federation, people need to learn live together be cypriot and today many people identifying themself as a cypriot rather than turk and greek. Also, takim tried in 1983 by forming trnc and it doesnt work at all, it bacome backward mafie place where all the turkey's mafie present know and doing what is illegal in turkey here legally. Another thing is that current problem with turkish goverment and turkish cypriots, turkey putting their puppet as a prime minister on northern cyprus whoever oppose him declared as traitor and banning him to enter in turkey as only place can some9ne go with trnc passport, therefore all orjinal turkish cypriots now have citizenship of republic of cyprus(south) so taksim already collapse.
In 2004 they tried that whatever maximun turkey military presence and turkey putting settlers there?
@@valonreijk7393 the problem is Turkey. The moment we agree to a solution, they are going to grab the opportunity and claim Cyprus. If only we had an agreement between ourselves, we could live together.
It's caused by British presence in the area. They're pretty good at making countries divided.
Edit: oh I'm correct.
as a chinese that lives in cyprus, gonna say the biggest inconvenience is that my phone periodically connects to the northern isps and consumes all my credits lol
how you end up there in cyprus?
@@Littlepipi88 Xi Ping order. Spread the yuan. China spies are free to do w/e they want to.
which city do you live? I also lived in Cyprus
If you live close to the UN buffer zone i suggest that you disable international roaming in your mobile phone settings my friend. That way your phone won't jump to operators of other countries.
@@Ludicolo91 the problem is that I have a Maltese card and have to turn on roaming all the time
Please man.
Can you do a video about why Brunei exists?
Probably an colonial consequence
Time to bring back Average Greek vs Turk debate!
So glad to see a historical and neutral video about my homeland. Hope we can unite one day.
I didn't even know Cyprus was divided like that.
@@tosunpasaofficial aga sakin, dünyada neler oluyor bizim de haberimiz olmuyor ama adamlar için büyük bir problem
Always when there's a conflict, Britain had something to do with it.
It was a superpower so like America it had influence over a lot of global issues.
@@Valencetheshireman927 And in fact you can see the results .. They failed to expel the Turks from the island of Cyprus (or maybe they didn't want to, who knows)
@@Celeste90ify Dude USA didn't try to expel Turks that was Greece. Then they got as* f*cked as always.
@@Celeste90ify They didn't want to expel Turks, only Greeks wanted that.
Good history.Excelent content. Briliant way of story telling. A lot of fun. I love this channel!
7:34 average day for a Cypriot in any country out of cyprus
As a Cypriot, this video is 100% accurate. Good job!
Are you from the southern (Greek) or northern (Turkish) part?
@@Celeste90ify Greek
It could have talked about stuff like EOKA more but yea I agree his videos are usually good.
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 or about taksim more
#FunFact: *Cyprus Island* has 4 territorial entities on it:
*🇨🇾◾Cyprus*
*🇹🇷◽Northern Cyprus*
*🇬🇧◾United Kingdom*
*🇺🇳◽United Nations*
1 is a soverign country. 1 is an illegal country. 1 has soverign military bases that most countries wouldn't consider actual territory, but it's a small island. 1 is an international organization.
*PS Note:* There's no Northern Cyprus Flag emoji. Cyprus or Turkey flag emoji needed.
Turkey's is more fitting, discernable, accurate & the country is effectively & practically a (disputed) state of Turkey anyway.
*PSS:* Let's get a Northern Cyprus Flag emoji!
Its iliigel stat,so no
@@nihil_hd1598 stat
@@shonenjumpmagneto sry,i ment sttat not stat
@@nihil_hd1598 nice
I like how the US and the USSR love each other in the Cold War pic
Me at 4 AM: "maybe I should go to bed"
Countryballs Explained: *uploads*
Me: "one more video won't effect me in the morning 😁"
I watched half of the video before physics exam
Now I am watching other half
Wrong title sir.
Cyprus is not divided..
Is occupied by Turkish intentions of extension
It's ethnically divided let's say
Cyprus was Turkey.Turkey did not invade cyprus
@@mutluolmaknedir just yesterday your Turkish foreign minister saluted with a fascist gesture.
Turkey a week ago invaded Iraq.
Turkey act as a fascist regime and those who don't see that like you my friend have issues and love anything that comes with fascism. (See what Azof have done in Ukraine)
Adios
Man I love your videos
I love your videos . Fellow Malaysian! Waiting for Malaysia episode.
This man makes history in a funny way
Cyprus is Like Kashmir Lol
Im a Turk. i love my country. I love all of greeks that does not support war/racism. If this politics didnt exist, there will be united republic of cyprus 100 years ago. It will be good.
The best opinion that i ever read🙌👏🏻
Yup because Anatolia was built by the Greeks.
By the way, 80% of Anatolian Turks aren't ethnically Turk.
@@arolemaprarath6615 stfu hindu we are TURKS! this is not dna game
@@alicaglar4090 Even though your great ancestors spoke Greek?
@@arolemaprarath6615 my old ancestor speak Turkish and new generations speak Turkish but your old ancestor speak hindu and your new generation speak english, are you understand me?
Cyprus is Paradise... Please god let my next life be in Cyprus again.
Mycenaean and Minoan also lived in Cyprus in few millennia before.
Not the Minoan but the Mycenaean, and he mentioned that.
I love this channel's unbiased narration
As a mainlander Turk I hope we all can see Cyprus united one day, without any hate and violance, and with respect and equal rights, as both groups identifying themselves more “Cypriot” than a Greek or Turk. I used to be very patriotic and nationalistic when I was a teenager but now I see it’s just BS. Why have wars, battles and violence when we can live in a world with peace and prosperity?
I’m with you bro, becoming less nationalistic means you have matured as a person. I wish that one day you will change your profile pic from a doomer to a bloomer. We are all gonna make it, both Christian Turks and Muslim Greeks
A majority Greek island identifying as not Greek would be stupid. It is what turkey would love to see; for the people to abandon their identity because they are so tired of being bullied about it. Cyprus never got what it wanted because of a minority that counted for lest than 18% of the island's population and not one person seems to understand this in here.
@@lefterismagkoutas4430 it wouldnt identify as a greek island because it is not. You know when someone conquer somewhere they just take it. So Turkey has same right to have island as you
@@lefterismagkoutas4430 why do you think they just seperated it while they can just give it to Greece? Try to be smart brother
@@secretname4190 then the half of the world belongs to Mogols :D you are making no sense. It doesnt make that land yours if you lose it thats how it goes
And verything changes when the British empire appears
The UK: getting involved in stuff since crap I don't know
For the better of course
I am so glad you upload, I love your content.
"How messed up do you want the world to be?"
Britain🧐: Yes
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Greeks: we want peace
Also greeks when theres peace: *Enosis Go Brrrrrr*
Enosis is peace. National unity is peace. The fact that the turkish minority didnt like the greeks is not a problem that the greek majority has.
@@Veriox22 Greeks tried to k*ll them all, though. The video missed that for some reason. Look up bloody christmas.
@@ginrr3739 same thing the turks did to the pontic greeks and so many other greeks but got away with it.
@@Veriox22 Got away with it? I wouldn't say so, besides an agreement was made with Greece on those Greeks, Turks didn't aim to kill them all, unlike the EOKA who openly called for it
@@Veriox22 Now, let me briefly explain the Cyprus incident from the very beginning:
Cyprus remained in the hands of the Turkish Cypriots for more than 300 years in the Ottoman Empire, so there is a Türi guarantee in Cyprus. The Ottomans sold Cyprus to the British during the collapse period and all the problems begin after that... The number of the British increased considerably in Cyprus, which remained in the hands of the British for 30-40 years. Afterwards, some of the Greeks and Greeks who wanted to realize the "Enosis" plan immigrated to Cyprus, then the British left the island and left the island to the Greeks in 1960. Afterwards, Greeks and Greeks, who wanted to destroy the Turkish population, massacred the Turks. Turkey, on the other hand, forcibly launched an operation called "Cyprus Peace Operation" and this operation was successful, after which a state called the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" was established and this state was recognized only by Turkey, after which the British took back some of the lands in Cyprus. and he started to keep soldiers there, that is, he established a military base.
And after these events, today's discussions began...
I have visited cyprus when I was 8, and i liked that country
Good job man, I've been waiting for that for a long time 👍👍
Kosovo: *is being invaded and made into an independent state to protect kosovian people*
The UN: "yeah thats acceptable"
Northern cyprus: *is being invaded and declares itself an independent state to protect northern cypriotic people*
The UN: "you WHAT?!"
Much of its population is Turkish illegals who mass migrated there after the occupation not natives
As a Cypriot, i find this video extremely well made! Thank you for speaking up about Cyprus 🇨🇾
The whole issue it's almost impossible to solve just because there are huge political interests behind the scenes.
My family are refugees in their own country and if they or anyone wants to cross the boarder, you need to show your passport, which means "I recognize Northern Cyprus as an independent country". That's why there's a big majority of Cypriots who have never crossed it after they originally left their homes in 1974.
It's not impossible to solve at all. Once current world order changes and the west weakens, Turkey will annex the north and Greece will probably annex the south. It's only a matter of time. Arrogance of the southerners make things easier for Turkey since they refused to unite in 2004 and got rewarded for it by the EU.
But are you Cypriot of Greek or Turkish culture?
@@S.Solmazturk Cyprus has always had Greek cultural and historical roots. If anything, it is the arrogant Turkey that has invaded the northern part of Cyprus and is claiming to annex it. How to blame the southern part of Cyprus? The good thing to do is for the Turks to leave the island which becomes completely Greek again.
@@Celeste90ify we are protecting our people from another ethnic cleansing. Doesn't matter if Cyprus had cultural roots or not. Turkey have rights over the island. Whole island was ours 100 years ago. We are happy to keep only Turkish part and let go the south. This is the only solution.
@@Celeste90ify we don't care, turkey has the power to protect its own kin.
Just finished watching johnny harris' videos on Cyprus and now I get a notification to this.
A good day so far👌
Cyprus. My favourite name of a country.
If you squint really hard, maybe, just maybe you can imagine Cyprus as a mini-USA. Buuut, idk, maybe it's just me.
@@larkin3487 no he’s talking about the shape of Cyprus🤣 Looks like USA slightly tilted
I live in cyprus and the lifestyle there is just like usa
4:12 this is wrong. The Cretan Muslims got kicked out not because of Greece, but because of Turkey. Turkey wanted a population exchange and the remaining Anatolian Greeks had to be uprooted and brought to Greece. So it's only logical that the reverse happened too
Wrong the greeks didnt want muslims in their lands thats all
@@DoubleAAce Are you demented? You don't know the population exchange?
No, Greece wanted that, because Turks in Greece were a thread to Greek sovreingty Greek population in 1924 was 5 million and 500.000 of them were Turks which is 1/10th of total population whic would be between 1.5-2 million today which would give super influance over Greece.
@@georgios_5342 there was a period after the exchange in which many turks were kicked out of greece
@@DoubleAAce there weren't any to be kicked out buddy. Also, Turks from Greece to Turkey were moved peacefully, zero deaths. Greeks from Anatolia were massively slaughtered. From the three million in 1900, 1 million were killed, 1.3 million went to Greece and 200.000 to the Soviet Union. The rest either missing or died from sickness as soon as they reached Greece.
I would love cyprus unificates itself, even people is living together in the island so there is no problem if both parts (and the british) unite.
“Honey wake up, Countryballs Explained just posted”
Two states> Federation. We still remember what happened in 60’s
Yeah when you commited attrocities. You are a minority, how do you even support your claim of having your own piece of land? The island has been greek for ages
@@pantelisdalezios811 "youre a minority so this is our island now, get out." -Greeks in Crete and Cyprus
@@pantelisdalezios811 Lol what do u mean, land was Turk's about 3 centuries (1570-1878). And even after that the land was under the Britain ruling till 1960 so in recent history you have no relation, nor right about Cyprus.
bro, stop being stuck in the past.
@@davutsoze salaklık etme. Girit’te, Tripoliçe’de Türklerin başına gelen facialar Kıbrıs’ta da gelir. Ayrıca kıta sahanlığımız daralır ve Doğu Akdeniz’da aggresör ülke durumuna geçeriz bu yüzden Kıbrıs’ta iki devlet olması her türlü daha iyi
7:18 wholesome
Finally someone who actually tells the truth
*When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village.*
Most people writing such stuff really don't understand how much people wanted Enosis at the time. Cyprus had a majority Greek population (more than 82% of the island). They would govern themselves as part of the nation state that they identified with. Just like Crete did the same in 1913. Turkey had little such claims in that regard, only wanting to expand their borders with a minority that counted for less than 18% of the population but given a representation of more than 30% even before 1974 for Turkish interests. Cypriots never got the chance to be part of the nation they wanted and as such your comment is inaccurate.
oooohhh can I suggest a topic? Venezuelan crisis! and the international ideologically battle over it.
bro your videos are good
*A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!*
Fun fact the first youtuber who got 1million subs on Greece 🇬🇷 was from 🇨🇾
Whats fun part?
So?
Who is it?
@@DonCristian_DPB 2j
Για τον 2j λες;😂
Underrated videos from Underrated channels!!
Love your videos!!
Can you make one about: Will the Great Columbia exist again?
Hey countryballs explained, can you do a video on the colonisation of Australia please?
Do why south china sea is so disputed
What about the Sea of Japan
Whole china Has border Dispute with 18 countrys LOL*
@@Prespo16 which China lol
Over lapping claims between multiple countries. And two Chinas claiming islands that are no where near their own country. lol
@@PurPurDot China Still claims Taiwan is mine and Hong kong 🇭🇰 too
great countryballs explained had uploaded a video about cyprus the comment section will be fun
My dad grew up in Cyprus during the invasion of 1974 so I feel I can probably add some corrections (from my family’s point of view of course just a heads up)
1) Greek and Turkish Cypriots are ethnically the same. There’s a cultural and religious divide, but even then the bulk of the tension was within the 20th century. During the war that was caught by Cypriots for independence, Britain purposely worsened the divide by suggesting that the Turks won’t have a home living on the island if independence is guaranteed, and even created Turkish militia units to find hiding revolutionaries. Half of the Turkish population still voted for independence though
2) Tension was not constant post independence. Conflict did happen here and there but not all the time. These were their friends and neighbors. My grandma would stay with a Turkish family while her mum goes grocery shopping in the city (lived in a mountain village and there were no paved roads at the time). My dad would remember fondly this Turkish dude who made some of the best Greek food he ever had. Turkish Cypriots though tended to be less well off and it only got worse as time went on, where Turkish Cypriots would usually end up in the poor areas, a problem that wasn’t addressed unfortunately
3) Neither Greece nor Turkey nor the United States were ever truly on the side of the Cypriots. Turkey attempted invasions in the 1960’s, bombing certain areas. And the coup by the Greek junta was not a popular move. The thing was Cyprus was an unaligned nation (with Yugoslavia and Egypt) and Makarios was getting closer to the USSR. So while the excuse was to “protect” Turkish Cypriots, Turkey actually invaded in 1974 as a NATO ally, and Kissinger, the Secretary of State, just watched. Also of note, the junta collapsed just before the invasion, and before they left they actually sold a lot of their happens to Israel, leaving Cyprus itself without too much.
4) The invasion and split ended up with many both Greek and Turkish Cypriots displaced. So even if Turkey wants to argue it’s to protect certain people, they created great distraught among many Turkish Cypriots. From what I gather Greek Cypriots still recognize those on the other side as still Cypriots, but many Turkish Cypriots ended up moving to Britain after the invasion, which Turkey then invited native Turkish people to come settle in Cyprus. These people are thought of similar to how Palestinians think of Israelis
I agree with the points you made from a Turkish perspective. I've been to Northern side twice, including the ghost city Famagusta way before it was opened to public. Hoping to travel to Southern side as well and visit the historical sites in there too. It is a beautiful island with a tragic past unfortunately. It needs to be understood from both of sides. And one cannot deny the effects of the cold war just like you and the video mentioned.
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
From what I gather, Greek Cypriots are generally favorable to reunification. But, still extremely cautious about Turkey’s intentions, even more so now that Erdogan, a nationalist (and probably dictator), is in power. I don’t know much about Eoka terrorist members not getting convicted, so I can’t comment on that
@@stavroskassinos7834 Mate Greek Cypriots literally refused an UN plan by 75% called Annan plan in 2004 while claiming an UN plan was unfair somehow!! While Turkish ''occupation'' side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted Cyprus was reunited today while you are wrongly claiming they are generally favorable to reunification!! Go read about EOKA-B organization that even Greek Cypriots themselves are considering as terrorists as they didn't only stage a coup also even tried to assassinate Makarios III, the president of Cyprus simply because he was against their enosis ideology. There are so many points ''neutral'' western media badly ignoring so you should do your own research..
Totally agree. My village is a Greek Cypriot village, it always has been and is on the buffer zone- the UN base is stationed. There are two Turkish Cypriot villages near us( now they are on the occupied side) but before the invasion we had such a good relationship. We used to trade with each other and my Grandad had Turkish-Cypriot friends from these villages. They even tought him a bit of Turkish. We never had a problem with the Turkish Cypriots. No conflicts, no nothing. It's the Turks with their invasion that drew a wedge between the two communities.
There is only one Cyprus, Turkey are occupiers.
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It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
@@Stonks1957 If when you are saying "illegally" you mean take back your property that your ancient fathers lived in. so yeah you are right
@@Stonks1957 This is the exact same argument that the Palestinians have
@@Stonks1957 I'm not talking about the bible, I'm talking about that, that my ancestors lived here, that this is the only place that we are safe in. We had a holocaust in Europe, Iranian terror attacks in South America, we had pogroms and mascaras in the Arabic countries, there are tons of racist and antisemitist movement in North America and China and a Russia are not an option because those governments violate basic human rights of their own citizens. I want the Palestinians to be my neighbors but we have to know that we can trust them and we have to know that they can trust us. The trust between us have been damaged and we need to fix it.
Cyprus is the ultimate chessboard of Greece and Turkey.
In that chessboard, Greeks are winning.
@@Metonoktaexe because of recognition
why do i actually learn so much from ur vids holy shit
I am from Cyprus
South or north ?
@@hz.juanyamano8367 From the free part of Cyprus
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Love ur vids man.
Cyprus is a Greek island always has been always will it’s literally not a debate, Turks literally come from some grass lands in Asia
This comment section is going to be spicy
So far it hasn't
request: why Switzerland didn’t join EU？
Neutrality. Simple.
It's Switzerland. That's why
Dont need
They simply don’t need foreign influence to make their state do better
@@omercanasik6 they did sign a few treaties to be part of the EFTA. No one can establish true autarky
i love how i am a cypriot greek and they included my favrouite foid Gyros 😂
Can you do a history of the South East Asian Countries of ASEAN
This RUclipsr has already started with Vietnam 🇻🇳
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British again lol 😂
Yep
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Hey can you do a history of Egypt. Thanks love your vids
I am gonna offer a tad bit more indepth and unbiased version of the dispute:
Right now Cyprus is an Eastern Mediterrenean Island divided between Republic of Cyprus, UK, UN Buffer Zone and Northern Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus only recognized by Turkey and viewed as occupied territory by the rest of the world. This, everyone knows.
Now a quick history before the 1974 war section, in 1571 Ottomans conquered the island and at that point 100% greek island started to have a significant turkish minority. The Russo-Turkish War ended the Ottoman control of Cyprus in 1878. Cyprus then came under the control of the British Empire with its conditions set out in the Cyprus Convention. However, sovereignty of the island continued to be maintained by the Ottoman Empire until Great Britain annexed the island unilaterally in 1914, after it declared war against the Ottomans during the First World War. Following World War I, under the provisions of the Lausanne Treaty, Turkey relinquished all claims and rights on Cyprus.
Under British rule the island began to enjoy a period of increased free speech, something which allowed further development of the Greek Cypriots' ideas of enosis (unification with Greece). Till this time Greek and Turkish cypriots were living in harmony despite a few minor uprisings before this period. Cyprus didn't see any major problem from the times Ottoman Empire Conquered it to the WWII. After WWII Greek Cypriots' ideas of enosis turned into frequent rebellions against UK but the Turkish cypriots did not want a union with Greece so they were relatively calm at the time.
Between 1955 and 1959 Greek Cypriots formed the EOKA organisation, led by George Grivas, to achieve enosis . After UK decleared a state of emergancy in the Island after constant EOKA attacks, Turks formed their own organization called TMT against EOKA. Their goal was the taksim (partition of the island). However the EOKA and TMT campaign did not result in union with Greece or partition of the island but rather in an independent republic, the Republic of Cyprus, in 1960.
The 1960 constitution put in place a form of power-sharing, or consociational government, in which concessions were made to the Turkish Cypriots minority, including as a requirement that the vice-president of Cyprus and at least 30% of members of parliament be Turkish Cypriots. Archbishop Makarios III would be the President and Dr. Fazıl Küçük would become Vice President. One of the articles in the constitution was the creation of separate local municipalities so that Greek and Turkish Cypriots could manage their own municipalities in large towns. This new nation wasn't fully independet as the three guerantors, UK, Turkey and Greece still had a huge influance over the nation and UK still had their military bases in the island.
The Treaty of the Independence of the Cyprus, Article I, banned the union with any state, which meant there was no legal and possible way for the enosis to be a reality. In Article IV each of the three guaranteeing powers were given the right to take action with the sole aim of re-establishing the state of affairs created by the present treaty. In 1963 president Makarios made a few proposals for constitutional changes and practically removed many of the rights of the Turkish minority and tried to make it so that Greeks were the only ones in power. When Turks didn't agree on this the ethnic infighting really began after EOKA started to clean the island of "undesireables" because they did not agree to give all their rights away. Turks did not respond to this kindly and instead fought back just as hard.
Violance peaked in December, that is known as "Bloody Christmass" which there was hundreds of casulties on both sides. This one was absolutely brutal and you seriously don't wanna look up of it's images in the online. Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots were taking hostage and thousands of Turkish Cypriots were driven out of their villages. In 1964 UN tried to interfene to restore peace in Cyprus because the island was in the brink of the civil war which could lead to war between two NATO members, Turkey and Greece. Despite the UN force ethnic infighting did not stop and they had to phisically seperate the capital.
Till this point USA doesn't seem to interve but it they were trying to pull the strings with CIA, just not publicly. The process that brought about the first US involvement in the crisis started in November 1963, when Makarios sought to change the constitution in order to centralize the government. This move soon led a civil war on the island and after the war, the guarantor powers got involved. Believing Makarios’ “independent” actions on the island were a threat to “peace” in the Mediterranean. The primary objective of the US was to avoid a war between Turkey and Greece and to secure the Natofication of the island.
Both Turkey and Greece accepted the elimination of Makarios but disagreed on how to achieve it: “Enosis or Enosis with compensation to Turkey”. Turkey wanted the second option while Greece insisted on the first. Makarios, on the other hand, achieved the internationalization of the crisis by demanding help from Soviets. Under Cold War conditions, the Johnson administration, believing that the second option was the best solution for the interests of all the parties, tried very hard to find the silver lining between the parties however, they failed to convince the Papandreou government in Greece.
Situation getting slowly out of hand, USA and UK secretly agreed to encouarge Turkey to invade and partition the island as a back backup plan. This plan did not see any use though as an invasion did not happened for now. In 1967 Greek goverment was overthrown by a far-right military junta in a coup d'état. Makarios was indeed all for enosis but not with a far-right military junta, but George Grivas did not care if athens was in under the control of a military junta and still fought for enosis with EOKA. This led to major disagreement between the two and Makarios over a few years survived 5 assasination attempts by EOKA and Greek Cypriots as they wanted to overthrow his government for their union with Greece.
In 1974 Cyprus intelligance discovered a plan to overthrow the goverment but not from EOKA, instead from Athens as another military junta took over the Greece and they were successful. While Makarios was flying to London for his life, Nikos Sampson, a former EOKA Execution Squad member. US, having CIA operate excessively in the island and knowing there would be a Coup, did not intervene to save the country or warn anyone as they were now satisfied because Makarios was out of the picture. They did not want Makarios anywhere near Cyprus because a Soviet infulance would spell doom for Turkey and NATO.
Turkey, rightfully and understandably being furious about the coup in Cyprus was furious and cited the Article IV which gave right to Turkey to invade Cyprus to re-establish the state of affairs in the island. 5 days later Turkish troops landed in Cyprus and captured 3% of the island with Atilla I operation. This only lasted 2 days and UN Security Council called for a ceasefire. Both military dictatorships fell apart quicly due to the invasion in Greece and Cyprus. Three guarantor powers tried to solve the situation in Geneva but it resulted in a deadlock.
At this point, unless you are a 13 year old greek ultra-nationalist reading this it is obvious that Turkey had any right to intervene and saved their kin from an EOKA dictatorship and International Community thought the same. Everyone was sympathetic towards Turkey and Turkish Cypriots. During the next five days, Turkey agreed to halt its advance on the condition that it would remain on the island until a political settlement was reached. Meanwhile, Turkish forces continued to advance as Greek forces occupied more Turkish-Cypriot enclaves. A new cease-fire line was agreed. On 30 July, the powers declared that the withdrawal of Turkish forces should be linked to a "just and lasting settlement acceptable to all parties concerned", with mentions of "two autonomous administrations - that of Greek-Cypriot community and that of the Turkish-Cypriot community".
Another round of talks was held on 8 August, this time including Cypriot representatives. Turkish Cypriots, supported by Turkey, demanded geographical separation from the Greek Cypriots; it was rejected by Makarios, who was committed to a unitary state. Deadlock ensued. On 14 August, Turkey demanded that Greece accept a Cypriot federal state, which would have resulted in the Turkish Cypriots - making up 18% of the population and 10% of land ownership - receiving 34% of the island.
The talks ended when Turkey refused Clerides' request for 36 to 48 hours to consult with the Cypriot and Greek governments. Within hours, Turkey launched a second offensive with Atilla II and captured 36%-37% of the island that made the 70% of all GDP in the Republic of Cyprus. Again at this point, unless you are an 13 year old turkish ultra-nationalist reading this it is obvious that there are more aspects to the Turkish intervention just than protecting their kin. By the time of the last ceasefire on 16 August 1974. The area between the combatants became a United Nations-administered buffer zone, or "green line".
PART 2
Now this is the point where things get extremely conterversial. Turkey could have tried to pursue for a peace in a diplomatic way, but others would say that by the time Turkey could have achieved a desireable outcome with diplomacy EOKA would have slaughtered the Turkish Cypriots. I don't wanna touch this part as we cannot fully know what could have happened if Turkey did not launched a second invasion. At this point Turkey went from "A strong NATO nation rightfully protecting it's kin from people who want to murder them in Cyprus" into an "Invasive force trying to get their hands on the sweet sweet Mediterranean Island and bullying a weaker opponent" in the public eye. As I have said this is the conterversial part and there are different opinons about it. Those are just the Public Opinion.
Casulties reached thousands with the second invasion and about 200.000 Greek Cypriots were forced to abandon their homes in Northern Cyprus. Several Turkish Villages were raided by the extremist EOKA-B as a response against the Turkish invasion which resulted in more than 200 innocent deaths in just the first day of the invasion. The treaty indeed granted the right to invade for the purpose of preserving indepence and terriotorial integrity of Cyprus but Turkey did the exact opposite and forcibly took control of a large portion of the island and causing the partition of the country.
Now think about it for a second, how was a NATO member allowed to launch a full-scale invasion against another soverign state. Only country that could have stopped this was the USA but the man who was in charge of the US policy in Cyprus, Henry Kissinger not only did not intervene but instead encouraged the invasion. UK did not want to do anything with the island any longer and there had been talks of the British pulling out of the Island altogether which would mean no more NATO presence in Cyprus. A Turkish invasion would ensure a strong NATO presence and prevent Cyprus falling into the Soviet hands. Kissinger was happy to let the invasian run its course.
After the invasion UN transfered 51.000 Turkish Cypriots from south to north which made the Island completaly ethnically split. In addition to this Turkey sent thousands of Anatolian Turkish citizens to settle in Cyprus which violated the Article 49 of the Geneva Convention. 1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was formed but was recognised only by Turkey. Even though ethnic violance was the starting cause of this conflict it was willfully ignored or even exacerbated by the west if it suited their best interest.
Today Nicosia remains the only capital that is divided and there are thousands of Cypriots on both sides that wishes for a union of Cyprus and a peacefull, better future. In fact, after Cyprus joined the EU in 2004 both sides held a referandum for a reunited cyprus which failed as only %23.3 of the Greeks voted for it.
You are a god and deserve way more recognition. This really puts into perspective the conflict in a more objective manner
@@axlr8deathpls294 thanks man i appreciate it
No-one was sympathetic to invading Turkey!
Since when a 18% *minority* can determine the future of the majority?
@@occihum9115 That wasn't the point. The point was the turkish cypriots were either gonna get massacred, mistreated, or were gonna get kicked out of their homes when greece takes over the island much like what happened to the turks of crete. It was never much of a "we're a minority so give us power!" And it was more of a "Oh shit they're gonna kick us out of our homes we need to make sure this doesn't happen."
And even if greece annexed cyprus all those years ago cyprus would likely have a bloodier war than it had and cyprus today would probably be another Kosovo situation.
Even you ultra nationalist greek teenagers should understand, it's not okay to kill, mistreat, and kick people out of their homes just because of their race. If you guys treated them as normal citizens eventually their turkish identity will vanish and they'll become like modern greek citizens and turks will be more of a minority in cyprus as demonstrated to what happened to the danes and frisians of Schleswig in northern germany, they eventually embraced german culture despite not being german.
The turkish cypriots were scared of the greek government, they were scared of being killed, tortured, or even kicked out of their own homes. Even so Turkey still took it too far because the turkish and the greek government are filled with ultra-nationalistic 40 year old teenage brained idiots that don't care for the people actually involved in the conflict and actually suffered since all they want is to manipulate people to be in their side with false or incomplete information.
If it wasn’t for Turkey, Cyprus wouldn’t have any Turkish population...
if it wasn't for 2, 2+2 wouldn't be 4
bro dont come at us with that "stolen land" "they shouldntve come here" bullshit. all land is stolen and and if it werent for your nation, the place you lived in wouldve belonged to a different nation. literally all land on earth is like this
@@yoro__33 hahahaha said the turk to justify his occupational settlers
@@occihum9115 Cyprus was Turkey
@@mutluolmaknedir and Turkey was part of the Greek Byzantine empire 😉
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