Cyprus

Cyprus (Greek: kypros; Turkish: Kibris), officially the Republic of Cyprus is a country member of the European Union situated in the eastern Mediterranean. The greenest and third largest Island of the Mediterranean Sea is also known for having one of the oldest recorded histories of the world, as successive cultural migrations found a hospitable haven with wealth and trade that originated with the discovery of Copper on the Island. The arrival of Mycenaean-Achean Greeks which would mark a definitive Greek national identity along with influences from Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetians, Ottoman and British modern rule from which it gain it’s independence in 1960. A member of the European Union since May 1, 2004 Cyprus still remains divided by political deadlock of constitutional amendments led to a failed coup and the Turkish invasion in 1974 resulting in a division of Greek Cypriot and Turkish communities along a United Nations administered "Green Line". Recently motions towards reconciliation have been made where In March of 2007 a wall separating the Greek controlled south from the UN Green Line so as to establish freedom of circulation across the divided territories.

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• Traveljournals.net: Cyprus Map & Geography Brief

• Wikipedia: Geography of Cyprus

• Wikipedia: Troodos Mountians | Mount Olympus | Mesaoria

• SummitPost.org: Olympus

• Wikipedia: Cuisine of Cyprus

• Kwintessential: Cyprus- Culture, Customs and Etiquette

• Cyprus.com: Traditions and Customs | Cyprus Art | Traditional Hand Crafts

• Cyprus Tourism: Inquiries to visitors

• Images of Cyprus: Cyprus Culture Gallery

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