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A security zone of a size to be determined by representatives of Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, in consultation with UNFICYP, was to be established at the limit of the areas occupied by the Turkish armed forces. This zone was to be entered by no forces other than those of UNFICYP, which was
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In August, Tasos Isaak, a Greek Cypriot, was beaten to death in the UN buffer zone by Turkish Cypriots or alleged members of the Turkish organization Grey Wolves. Video footage showed a Turkish Cypriot police officer watching Tasos Isaac being beaten without intervening. Violence erupted when Greek
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This map was then passed to General Young's intelligence officer, who was waiting in a nearby building and told to "Get on with it." Intelligence Corps NCOs then copied the map for distribution to the Truce Force units. Further copies of the map would then have been produced 'in house' for use by
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was the commander of the British Joint Force (later known as the Truce Force and a predecessor of the present UN force). This Force was set up in the wake of the inter-communal violence of Christmas 1963. On 30 December 1963, following a 'high powered' twelve hour meeting chaired by Duncan Sandys
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Cypriots protesting against the division of Cyprus tried to force their way through the buffer zone. Tasos Isaak was beaten unconscious, while UN peacekeepers nearby watched, with clubs and stones after becoming trapped in barbed-wire barricades. He died soon afterwards from severe head injuries.
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accused the UN force of bias against Turkish Cypriots and added that Turkey will not allow any "unlawful" behavior toward Turks on Cyprus. The U.N. Security Council said that the incident was a violation of the status quo that is contrary to council resolutions and condemned the assault on the
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866/2004. Generally, citizens of any country are permitted to cross the line, including Greek and Turkish Cypriots. A 2005 EU report stated that "a systematic illegal route through the northern part to the government-controlled areas exists" allowing an influx of
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The Cyprus Conflict and Turkey in the grip of ECHR: Cases brought against Turkey by the Greek Cypriot Administration and the Greek Cypriots before the European Commission of Human Rights and the European Court of Human
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has built a barrier on the zone's northern side, consisting mainly of barbed-wire fencing, concrete wall segments, watchtowers, anti-tank ditches, and minefields. The zone cuts through the centre of
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After a nearly 30-year ban on crossings, the Turkish Cypriot administration significantly eased travel restrictions across the dividing line in April 2003, allowing Greek Cypriots to cross at the
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to supervise the prohibition of entry. Pending the determination of the size and character of the security zone, the existing area between the two forces was not to be breached by any forces.
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Camp, near Xeros in the north. The two line companies are deployed along four permanently staffed patrol bases while also conducting mobile patrols from the San Martin and Roca camps.
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in 1989, Nicosia remains the last divided capital in Europe. Some 10,000 people live in several villages and work on farms located within the zone; the village of
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said that "threats to the safety of U.N. peacekeepers and damage to U.N. property are unacceptable and may constitute serious crimes under international law."
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In August 2023, de facto Turkish security forces (police and military) attacked members of the U.N. peacekeeping force inside the U.N. buffer zone at the
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The buffer zone between the checkpoints that divide Ledra Street was used as a space for activism from 15 October 2011 up until June 2012 by the
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is famous for being one of the few remaining villages in Cyprus where Greek and Turkish Cypriots still live side by side. Other villages are
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Interview with Brigadier Michael Perrett-Young (General Young's Intelligence Officer) and Captain Christopher Meynell (General Young's ADC)
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Traffic across the buffer zone was very limited until 2003, when the number of crossings and the rules governing them were relaxed.
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Report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 and the situation resulting from its application
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of the internationally unrecognized "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus", the Buffer Zone became its de facto southern border.
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Sector 3 was patrolled by Canadian troops until their departure in 1993. It was then absorbed into Sectors 2 and 4.
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UN Buffer Zone warning sign on the Greek Cypriot side near Ledra crossing, with a view towards the Turkish side
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Europe's other wall: How militarised barrier continues to divide Cyprus, 30 years after Berlin's came down
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of Cyprus. The demonstrators' demand was the complete withdrawal of Turkish troops and the return of
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during which Turkey occupied approximately 37% of Cypriot territory, in response to a short-lived
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View from the Turkish side to the Greek Cypriot side at Uray sk, next to the Turkish Public Market
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just outside the walls of old Nicosia. This was only made possible after the decision of the
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on 25 July 1974. According to UNFICYP, the text of the joint declaration transmitted to the
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A buffer zone in Cyprus was first established in the last days of 1963, when Major-General
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Buffer Zone marks the southernmost points that the Turkish troops occupied during the
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of 1974, the foreign ministers of Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom convened in
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advanced to capture approximately 37% of the island and met the "Green Line". The
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exclave and covers approximately 90 kilometres (55 mi) to Mammari, west of
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and extended again in 1974 after the ceasefire of 16 August 1974, following the
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erected a barbed wire fence on the Buffer Zone to curb illegal immigration.
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to their homes and properties. Among the demonstrators was Cypriot refugee
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coup. A "security zone" was established after the Tripartite Conference of
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On 11 August 1996, Greek Cypriots demonstrated with a march against the
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Cyprus
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The UN Security Council then adopted the above declaration with
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Forgotten Architecture in the United Nations Buffer Zone Cyprus
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Divided Cities: Belfast, Beirut, Jerusalem, Mostar, and Nicosia
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also assisted in devising and establishing the Green Line.
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The Green Line became impassable following the July 1974
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30 years after the Berlin Wall, Cyprus' division endures
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Cyprus area under the control of the Republic of Cyprus
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divides Cyprus into two, cutting through the capital of
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partition of the island into the area controlled by the
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pencil, which was to become known as the "Green Line".
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Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the other side
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The UN Buffer Zone is shown in light blue on the map.
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