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Cypriots search together on divided island for missing from 60s and 70s


Fifty years after a Greek coup followed by a Turkish invasion, Cyprus remains a divided island with a buffer zone guarded by UN peacekeepers. Despite years of tensions and violence between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, a solution to the frozen conflict has yet to be reached as negotiations have stalled for years. The conflict led to the loss of thousands of lives, a refugee crisis, and deep-rooted political tension between Turkey and Greece that still influences the situation today.