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Late April 2017 I was in Cyprus and posted photos of the island in an Album entitled Cyprus - "The Other Side". Cyprus, an island in the Eastern Mediterranean, has a history of civilization, and occupation, stretching back many millennia to evidence of Neolithic occupation approximately 10,000 BCE. In the mid 20th Century, under and following British occupation, Cyprus experienced bitter internal conflict, primarily between the Greek majority and Turkish minority populations, culminating with an invasion in 1974 of the northern area of the island by Turkish military forces. Since then, the island has been divided, with the northern portions remaining Turkish (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) and the southern portions remaining predominantly Greek (Republic of Cyprus) and part of the European Union.