Do you know North Cyprus?
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Yes. I'm a foreigner living in south Cyprus. The North is occupied by the Turkish army to protect the local turkish population. The North is geographically much nicer than the South and has better beaches. They use the Turkish Lyra. It is much less developped than the south.\n\nI don't like Cyprus.
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They're going to join the European Union soon, aren't they?  All I really know is that half of Turkey seems to be in Germany these days ... and that the British are busy buying property all along a very pretty coastline ... there!  That's my knowledge of present day Turkey ... :)
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try this forum....Deeperblue.net\n\nThere are lots of places between Izmir and Cesme
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The Cyprus Press and Information Office has a good site where you can read all about Cyprus, it's political problem and all new developments in both English and Greek. It is a very reliable source.\n\nhttp://www.pio.gov.cy
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The Greek Turkish conflicts go back to the 1400's when the Ottoman turks invaded Greeks (under the Eastern Roman Empire aka Byzantine)and many ethnic conlficts since. \n\nIn Cyprus, the problem has to do with Cyprus (A Greek island, but autonomous from the Greek nation) having an ethnic Turkish minority. When the island was having revolts and many wanted to unify with Greece Turkey feared for the Turkish minority. In 1974 Turkey attacked the island and occupies even till today illegally 1/3 of the island! \n\nMost Greeks were made refugees in their own country and had to flee to the south side of the island. Many were killed, and many are missing even today. The Turkish invasion plan was a complete disaster, because it destroyed a lot of people and towns, villages, people, and infrastructure was firebombed and many were destroyed/killed.\n\n Following the invasion which the UN to this day does nothing, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was set up, which is internationally recognized only by the Turkish Republic and Azerbaijan. The Turkish government sent settlers into the territory to "Turkify" it and it has only made a bad situation worse to resolve.  The occupied side of Cyprus is a huge cost to Turkey, it is very underdeveloped and poor unlike the other side which is prospering. Although Turkish nationalists will disagree, even a Turkish member of the Foreign Ministry has admitted that it is a mistake to me privately. \n\nSo there is the dispute in Cyprus, the island has been divided for 31 years over an illegal invasion, which the whole world has sat back and done nothing about, and with every year that has past the situation only got more difficult to resolve.
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نحن نقدر زبائننا\nnahnu nokkadero zaba'enana
586502
Yes, as Turkey will soon be part of the EU...
552025
eventually yes. the country will probably be lebanon.
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You mean Cote d’Ivoire,  Ivory Coast? Yamoussoukro
170814
No, but I use to live in Lebanon when I was in high school, took a class there called Ozarkia.
650437
no. don't know where that is. google it
1065831
What about North High School - is that close enough?
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Yes, many times. It's about 20 miles North of Kos. I've only been to the harbour area, but it's quite pretty.
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yes i dont know exactly where
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Greece and Turkey constituted the southeastern flank of NATO, guarding the Soviet Union’s access to the Mediterranean through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles.\n\nGreece and Turkey are also NATO’s eyes and ears in the eastern Mediterranean. Electronic surveillance facilities in both countries enable the alliance to monitor military movements in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Caucasian republics of the former Soviet Union. The British sovereign base areas in Cyprus support the Sinai Truce Observation force and United Nations peacekeeping in Cyprus itself. UN forces have been in Cyprus since 1964, making this peacekeeping operation one of the longest lasting and costliest in the history of the organization.\n\nClearly the eastern Mediterranean is an area that the United States and NATO consider vital to western interests. Just as clearly Greece and Turkey are vital to the protection of those interests. Judging by the amount of military and diplomatic effort we devote to the problems of the region, and the resources we continue to expend there, the eastern Mediterranean ranks near the top of the American foreign policy agenda.
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A) Bosporus is the narrowest strait in the world connecting the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara (which eventually leads to the Mediterranean.) It seperates the European part of Turkey from the Asian part of Turkey. How it was formed is still a subject of debate.\n\nB) Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean.
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I know a little about your culture.  A little, bear with me. Queen Noor, King Hussein, Ruins of Petra, some Bedouin moving about, ancient Moab(maybe?)  But yeah, I would like to know more about your culture.  I would love to visit Jordan.  Please click on my avatar to find my contact info.  I'll be glad to chat with you there, and you can give me help there!  Got it?