Comments on: Hiking in Cyprus: Best Hiking Trails and Travel Itinerary https://uncorneredmarket.com/hiking-cyprus/ Travel That Cares for Our Planet and Its People Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:50:07 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andreas Moser https://uncorneredmarket.com/hiking-cyprus/#comment-1622044 Wed, 18 May 2022 09:49:47 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=40594#comment-1622044 Great episode on AT!
I am also the kind of hiker who likes to combine several trails and hike all the way to the end of the canyon. 🙂

Just one point about the abandoned/decrepit buildings: It has less to do with economics, but with an ambiguous legal situation. In 1974, when the island was partitioned, most Greeks left the north of the island (which became Turkish), but the European Court of Human Rights ruled repeatedly that they still maintain property and ownership rights to the houses they left behind, even if North Cypriot law said otherwise.

Tragically, these property disputes were/are among the biggest roadblocks to a peace settlement.

]]> By: Andrea C https://uncorneredmarket.com/hiking-cyprus/#comment-1621679 Wed, 04 May 2022 03:07:51 +0000 https://uncorneredmarket.com/?p=40594#comment-1621679 Was excited to read this until I noticed you visited the illegally-occupied northern Cyprus. The north of country has been occupied by Turkey since 1974 – despite 19 UN resolutions condemning Turkey’s actions.
Suggesting tourists visit this part of the country is akin to urging them to visit and give their travel funds to war lords and propping up their illegal regime.

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