One part mourns, another celebrates as Cyprus marks 50 years since split
In the south, church memorial services mourned the dead, and Greek PM Mitsotakis was due to attend an event on Saturday evening marking what Greek Cypriots call a "black anniversary."
A man with a child are silhouetted against sunset sky as they walk past the graves of soldiers killed in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus at the Tymvos Makedonitissas military cemetery in Nicosia, Cyprus July 19, 2024.(photo credit: YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU/REUTERS)ByREUTERS
