*Speaking from memory*
The wife and I honeymooned in Cyprus back in 84 and at that point the war between Turkey and the Cypriots was still fresh in the memory or should I have said the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus?
I remember the British army leading the evacuation of Famagusta getting the civilians out of harms way but the pace of such an operation meant everything that couldn't be carried in a suitcase was left behind.
Not long after the evacuation everything of any value (British civilians cars for example) were shipped over to Turkey and the town is completely fenced in and nothing but a ghost town now.
https://www.holidayhypermarket.co.uk...us-ghost-town/
I had many a conversation with waiters and locals back then and some of the stories were quite disturbing.
One of the less disturbing was that Greece offered to intervene on the side of Cyprus using air power but the story goes that the US had warships in the area of the intended flight path and threatened to shoot down anything within missile range.
My personal experience was that of hiring a car but being advised that should I cross the border my passport would be either confiscated or stamped, either meaning I wouldn't be allowed to return to the Cypriot side.
I also remember visiting the then capital, Nicosia and seeing the wall there keeping both sides apart, reminiscent of the Berlin wall of the time and the buildings in need of repair from bullets and shells.
Suffice to say, I am in general agreement with what Sky says regarding Turkey.