1. Living ON THE EDGE.
- Author
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Purvis, Andrew
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NATIONALISM , *TRAVEL , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,FOREIGN relations of Turkey ,CYPRUS Crisis, 1974 - Abstract
Describes the author's journey through the Balkans from Athens, Greece to Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. Relations between Greece and Turkey, and signs of nationalism encountered during the trip; Lack of world recognition for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, divided from the Greek-dominated Republic of Cyprus since a civil war in 1974; Attraction of tourists to the Cyprus green line, a barrier of junk manned by ethnic troops on each side and by United Nations peacekeepers. INSET: Blood Brothers.
- Published
- 2000