(20 Jul 2024)
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Tymbos military cemetery, west of Nicosia – 20 July 2024
1. Sailors and soldiers get ready to greet dignitaries
2. Greek National Anthem is sung
3. A group of dignitaries leave the cemetery
STORYLINE:
It’s 50 years since Cyprus was split in two following Turkey’s invasion in the summer of 1974 following a coup by supporters of union with Greece who were backed by the junta ruling in Athens.
Turkish Cypriots in the North of the island will be celebrating what they consider their freedom and the establishment of their breakaway state.
Greek Cypriots in the south are set to commemorate a catastrophe that led to many dead and many more displaced and missing.
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus, known as UNFICYP, has seen the deployment of large-calibre weapons at guard posts, such as machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, construction of hundreds of new fighting positions as well as the installation of dozens of high-tech cameras with infrared capability that could potentially assist with artillery and missile targeting systems.
Such actions are considered infringing on the buffer zone, and they’ve been happening more frequently.
The buffer zone connecting north and south — more than six kilometers (four miles) at its widest, a few meters (yards) at its narrowest — serves as a reminder of the island nation’s tortured politics
But in the South commemorations are taking place and wreaths are laid in remembrance of those who lost their lives.
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