The world froze…
Fifty years after the assassination that day, 5 days after the coup of 15her July 1974 by the Athens junta and the overthrow of the enduring Archbishop Makarios.
Archbishop Makarios, whose Cypriot authorities was overthrown in a coup, greets United Nations Secretary Common Kurt Waltheim, July 18, 1974 in New York. (AP Picture)
It was July 20, 1974 when Turkey launched a coordinated operation of invasion and unlawful navy occupation of a giant a part of Cyprus.
The lens of the Related Press takes us to the lifeless zone, the 180 km lengthy impartial zone that separates the Turkish Cypriot fiefdom and the Republic of Cyprus… It’s the border between free and occupied areas of the Republic of Cyprus.
The place time was caught within the time of battle and abandonment…
An deserted piano is seen inside an deserted house within the UN conflict lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- A ebook is seen subsequent to a rusted tin field inside an deserted house contained in the UN conflict lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- Utensils are seen in a kitchen inside an deserted house contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- The terminal of the deserted Nicosia airport contained in the war-torn UN safety zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- Bullet holes are seen in a wall above a broken journal mattress of an deserted house contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- Bullet holes are seen in a wall inside an deserted house contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- Utensils, a washer, a bottle of Cypriot beer are seen in a kitchen inside an deserted house contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- A broken Cyprus Airways aircraft is seen within the war-torn UN lifeless zone on the deserted Nicosia Airport within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- Graves of troopers killed in the course of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, on the Tymvos Makedonitissa navy cemetery within the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- A sink in an deserted house contained in the UN conflict lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- A piece of the deserted Nicosia airport contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- 70′ Toyota vehicles are seen on the deserted Toyota showroom contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- UN troopers stand on a foremost highway subsequent to an deserted images store, left, contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- A 70′ Toyota Celica automotive is seen on the deserted Toyota showroom contained in the war-torn UN lifeless zone within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- An enormous Turkish flag is lit on Mount Pentadaktylos within the Turkish-held space within the north of the island, within the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
- Graves of troopers killed in the course of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus on the Tymvos Makedonitissa navy cemetery within the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 5, 2024. (AP Picture/Petros Karadjias)
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