How did Greece and Turkey wrestle on a small island like Cyprus?

First Greece established political power, then Turkey attacked, then Greece fought back, and then Britain turned this place into a colony. The hometown of Venus in Greek mythology is the island of Cyprus. The island is located in the eastern Mediterranean, in the waters south of Anatolia Peninsula, with an area of about 925 1 km2. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean after Sicily and Sardinia.

Due to the endless struggle between Greece and Turkey, Cyprus is now divided, and there are four independent political entities on the island: the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Northern Cyprus, the United Nations buffer zone and the British military base. The 80,000-square-mile Aegean Sea is vast in smoke and waves, and more than 2,500 islands are dotted around. But what annoys Turkey is that more than 2,400 of these islands are in the hands of Greece, of which only 60 belong to Turkey.

Moreover, some islands are only a stone's throw from Turkey. For example, Shios Island is only 4 nautical miles from the coast of Anatolia, which makes the Turkish state very passive at sea. With the great ethnic conflict coming to an end, Greece and Turkey have also entered the honeymoon period of mutual help and family. In 1930s, the founding father Kemal said that "the friendship between Greece and Turkey is eternal", and Venizelos, the founder of modern Greece, also declared that "the conflict between Greece and Turkey lasted for decades ended here".

Since then, the two sides have established mutual assistance and friendly relations through a number of agreements. Permanent peace is an impossible fact for Greece and Turkey, but both countries are burdened with heavy historical and national burdens because of war. But I believe that with the deepening of understanding, Greece and Turkey can achieve a more perfect win-win situation. This battle is full of losers, and the biggest loser is the Cypriots.