@@FatherOFCrimzon the thing is though Britain tried to help the conflict rather than influence it, and since that didn’t work, well they couldn’t do anything else
@@XXXTENTAClON227 Doesn't mean germans have British ancestors, you know, France also annexed a part of Germany after WWII, as well as USA and USSR, does that mean they have ancestors from these soldiers? no.. stop thinking Britain is the center of the world, it never really was, and even if it was, it's not anymore, accept it.
I just want to say how glad I am that this video was written very objectively. Usually only one side (and their crimes etc.) are talked about because pretty much the whole internet is completely biased (especially in this Greece/Turkey thing). Thank you so much Countryballs Explained!
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
@@Hec_06 they actually did a lot of tricks to create division in the island and one them was to favourite the Turkish Cypriots over the Greek Cypriots, the results were that any division between the groups only increase over time much to the satisfaction of the British who didn't have to worry about the whole island rebels against them so yeah they screw this one as well
I don't know how you make your research but you have a wonderfull way of being neutral and actually teaching history instead of spreading nationalistic propagandas. That's why I love your channel!
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 tru im a turk and the northern goverment is wanting unite with the south thats a problem cuz turks in turkey will not accept it since many ppl lost their loved ones there so reunifiaciton can only be good for greeks if north keeps acting like that then turkey might have to annex the north
@@ggoddkkiller1342 No, it wouldn't be more neutral the way you describe, quite the opposite really. Turkey fucked the population of half the island in order to establish control and you are using EOKA B as an excuse to justify that. The Turkish Cypriot minority has no place in owning more than 30% of an island where there was a significant Greek Majority and not to mention there was most of the land's production and GDP. People were lost from both sides and that is no excuse, the Annan plan would just make that invasion legal and that's why the Turkish minority was so fond of it. You are essentially diminishing Turkey's expansionist tactics in the endless victim rhetoric that I so often see when it comes to this topic. Cyprus had a majority Greek population. They would govern themselves as part of the nation state that they identified with. Just like Crete did the same in 1913. Turkey had little such claims in that regard, only wanting to expand their borders with a minority that counted for less than 18% of the population but even before the coup was given a representation of more than 30% for Turkish interests. It's honestly funny seeing Turks try to argue about anything in that regard.
Well on one hand his work can be neutral but on the other I would suggest not staying to this video as the primary source of information you get in such complex topics as there can be some questionable interpretations. This one mind you is pretty good for the things it chooses to talk about in such a short time but at the same time I have long seen that his neutrality can be open to debate.
Yeah, so neutral they just blame Britain for everything. It's pathetic pandering to pretend that the peoples involved in conflicts and violence aren't actually the ones with any moral responsibility for them.
@@Anonymous-cm8jy Really? Care to visit South America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, ex Yugoslavia, the usa, mexico, Central America and other messed up nations?
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 lmao, no,... The English are often cited as an easy scapegoat. Because their influence and presence was everywhere. Of ever 4 conflicts that people blame on the Brits, I often find 1 I truely agree it was caused by the Brits.
My Grandfather was born in Cyprus and he ran to Turkey cause of some genocides next that his father died while he was a child in Turkey without home however after then he could be hired a pretty job and get a family
Islam born in arabic lands however nowadays it has so much belivers out of arabic lands for example if you are christian I wont say are you a jewish right ? It is a thing like this. In Turkey Islam is famous and my parents wanted to give me the most famous name in the world and i the most famous name in Turkey(Muhammet). Even Turkey Republics founders name is Mustafa Kemal both of these name Arabic and Mustafa is a name of Muhammed (Islams prophet who told us Qur'an).
@@arolemaprarath6615 That's not a smart assumption, pretty much all western nations extensively use names found in the bible in one way or another. Does that mean they are all one ethnicity? Of course not, they just share the religion. Hell, names like 'Mary' and 'Adam' have turkish counterparts; 'Meryem' and 'Adem'. There are billions of people practicing islam, from Arabs, Uygurs to Indians; just as there are billions practicing Christianity in many different countries. Also, religion is not strictly an ideology, it is also a cultural influence.
The main problem is thinking that the island belongs to ONLY ONE of the two nations living there. If there will be a solution to this in the future, it has to come with two nations agreeing on it.
Partition is a viable solution in this case. Turks were being massacred back in the day when cyprus was united (Even tho it is not comparable to number of massacred turks, greeks were also being massacred by turks sadly.) Cyprus cannot be a single united country cuz a nationality such as "cypriot" doesnt exist. Its greeks and turks who live in there. So in any case one of these sides will be a minority. And even if they dont get bullied by the majority, a day will come when theyll be bored of being the minority and will demand autonomy. This will result in problems. The only real solution is that turks and greeks share the island. Everyone can live anywhere they want but governing wise "taksim" is the answer
@@jesusshrek1271 Exact same situation with Kosovo. There is no such thing as a Kosovan identity, just Albanian and Serbian. And overwhelming Albanian at 95%.
@@jesusshrek1271 As a T.cypriot I would say only way to solution is formin federation, people need to learn live together be cypriot and today many people identifying themself as a cypriot rather than turk and greek. Also, takim tried in 1983 by forming trnc and it doesnt work at all, it bacome backward mafie place where all the turkey's mafie present know and doing what is illegal in turkey here legally. Another thing is that current problem with turkish goverment and turkish cypriots, turkey putting their puppet as a prime minister on northern cyprus whoever oppose him declared as traitor and banning him to enter in turkey as only place can some9ne go with trnc passport, therefore all orjinal turkish cypriots now have citizenship of republic of cyprus(south) so taksim already collapse.
@@valonreijk7393 the problem is Turkey. The moment we agree to a solution, they are going to grab the opportunity and claim Cyprus. If only we had an agreement between ourselves, we could live together.
The best case scenario is probably for Cyprus to unite into one independent entity and become a single state nation much like Singapore or Hong Kong. Seeing as how being tied to either Greek and Turkey won't just cause ethnic tensions, but also economic woes for the island. Creating a new identity is better this way.
Not well versed about cypriots, greeks and turkish conflicts, but with the same conclusion with the video, the religious and ethnic or cultural differences will hinder that. But if it works, then good for them.
@@larkin3487 stop this nonsence FFS . As mentioned greeks first hand staged a coup to usurp power in order to supress Turkish minority rights . Drop the act bro we both know the truth . There could be an independent country as cyprus in which both parties could prosper knowing their rights were guarantied but those mainland supported greeks ruined that . Cmon.
as a chinese that lives in cyprus, gonna say the biggest inconvenience is that my phone periodically connects to the northern isps and consumes all my credits lol
If you live close to the UN buffer zone i suggest that you disable international roaming in your mobile phone settings my friend. That way your phone won't jump to operators of other countries.
I loooooove the script , the lyrics , and of course adore the country balls , their sizes their local symbolic cant miss any épisode thanks keep the perfect job
@@Valencetheshireman927 And in fact you can see the results .. They failed to expel the Turks from the island of Cyprus (or maybe they didn't want to, who knows)
Im a Turk. i love my country. I love all of greeks that does not support war/racism. If this politics didnt exist, there will be united republic of cyprus 100 years ago. It will be good.
@@arolemaprarath6615 my old ancestor speak Turkish and new generations speak Turkish but your old ancestor speak hindu and your new generation speak english, are you understand me?
4:12 this is wrong. The Cretan Muslims got kicked out not because of Greece, but because of Turkey. Turkey wanted a population exchange and the remaining Anatolian Greeks had to be uprooted and brought to Greece. So it's only logical that the reverse happened too
No, Greece wanted that, because Turks in Greece were a thread to Greek sovreingty Greek population in 1924 was 5 million and 500.000 of them were Turks which is 1/10th of total population whic would be between 1.5-2 million today which would give super influance over Greece.
@@DoubleAAce there weren't any to be kicked out buddy. Also, Turks from Greece to Turkey were moved peacefully, zero deaths. Greeks from Anatolia were massively slaughtered. From the three million in 1900, 1 million were killed, 1.3 million went to Greece and 200.000 to the Soviet Union. The rest either missing or died from sickness as soon as they reached Greece.
Most people writing such stuff really don't understand how much people wanted Enosis at the time. Cyprus had a majority Greek population (more than 82% of the island). They would govern themselves as part of the nation state that they identified with. Just like Crete did the same in 1913. Turkey had little such claims in that regard, only wanting to expand their borders with a minority that counted for less than 18% of the population but given a representation of more than 30% even before 1974 for Turkish interests. Cypriots never got the chance to be part of the nation they wanted and as such your comment is inaccurate.
#FunFact: *Cyprus Island* has 4 territorial entities on it: *🇨🇾◾Cyprus* *🇹🇷◽Northern Cyprus* *🇬🇧◾United Kingdom* *🇺🇳◽United Nations* 1 is a soverign country. 1 is an illegal country. 1 has soverign military bases that most countries wouldn't consider actual territory, but it's a small island. 1 is an international organization. *PS Note:* There's no Northern Cyprus Flag emoji. Cyprus or Turkey flag emoji needed. Turkey's is more fitting, discernable, accurate & the country is effectively & practically a (disputed) state of Turkey anyway. *PSS:* Let's get a Northern Cyprus Flag emoji!
As a mainlander Turk I hope we all can see Cyprus united one day, without any hate and violance, and with respect and equal rights, as both groups identifying themselves more “Cypriot” than a Greek or Turk. I used to be very patriotic and nationalistic when I was a teenager but now I see it’s just BS. Why have wars, battles and violence when we can live in a world with peace and prosperity?
I’m with you bro, becoming less nationalistic means you have matured as a person. I wish that one day you will change your profile pic from a doomer to a bloomer. We are all gonna make it, both Christian Turks and Muslim Greeks
A majority Greek island identifying as not Greek would be stupid. It is what turkey would love to see; for the people to abandon their identity because they are so tired of being bullied about it. Cyprus never got what it wanted because of a minority that counted for lest than 18% of the island's population and not one person seems to understand this in here.
@@lefterismagkoutas4430 it wouldnt identify as a greek island because it is not. You know when someone conquer somewhere they just take it. So Turkey has same right to have island as you
@@secretname4190 then the half of the world belongs to Mogols :D you are making no sense. It doesnt make that land yours if you lose it thats how it goes
6:25 What kind of bullshit are you saying for the sake of humor? The US has nothing to do with not recognizing TRNC. Everyone recognizes that the invasion is a violation of the london zurich agreement, which is the legal perspective. If anything the US would do anything to keep turkey as an ally because of how close it is to russia and their strength.
Lets hope that the young generation in the Island can finally end this division. Those old hates are from the older generation. Hope for a united cyprus before the end of the Century
@@reinardish Again it's blaming Turks for everything! If so why did majority of Turks vote for unification while Greeks didn't? And it's not us were crying ENOSIS every second witch is litterly why the Island split.
@@mutluolmaknedir just yesterday your Turkish foreign minister saluted with a fascist gesture. Turkey a week ago invaded Iraq. Turkey act as a fascist regime and those who don't see that like you my friend have issues and love anything that comes with fascism. (See what Azof have done in Ukraine) Adios
There is no debate, read and see UNCLOS maps (United Nations Convention of the Law of Sea). It's only Turkey that creates tensions about EEZ and literally ignores international law (what a surprise)
@@dimitrispvoice133 Spanish islands next to Morocco have reduced EEZ, British islands next to France have reduced EEZ and territorial waters, Finnish islands next to Sweden have reduced EEZ and territorial waters, French islands next to Canada have reduced EEZ, Ukranian island next to Romania has reduced EEZ etc etc!! But SOMEHOW only God knows how exactly Greek islands next to Turkey have FULL 200 MILES EEZ and even expanding eastwards meeting Cyprus EEZ while reducing Turkish EEZ more than 100,000 km2 even if Greece has absolutely nothing in the east!!! You gotta be really blind to say Greek claim is legal, in fact your ridiculous claim Turkey violates international laws shows your true colours because many countries didn't sign UNCLOS not just Turkey including your lovely allies US and Israel so UNCLOS isn't binding for Turkey rather previous UN sea convention is binding that both Turkey and Greece signed...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Those are uninhabited islands! In which case they don't have a "shelf" therefore no right for exclusive economic zone unlike inhabited islands like Kastelorizo. Make your research well before you start mentioning half the truth. Also, it's not Greece's problem or any other nation's if a Turkey didn't sign UNCLOS. That's basically a statement of Turkey ignoring international law which most of the nations follow. Also, Greece invites Turkey all the time to settle their EEZ differences and come to an agreement with EEZ just like it did with Italy and Egypt but Turkey refuses! Why?!! It's the only way for Turkey to get what it wants based on la... oh, right...
@@dimitrispvoice133 Only Ukraine's Snake island is uninhabited while others have populations living on them, in fact Aland, Saint Pierre, Miquelon and Channel Islands have DOZENS and even HUNDREDS of times larger population than Kastelorizo so you should listen your own advice and do proper research next time!! Same goes for your UNCLOS claim because in reality none of UN conventions are mandatory, in fact United States of America and Israel also didn't sign UNCLOS!! So between Turkey and Greece previous UN sea convention that BOTH Greece and Turkey signed is binding and according to that convention Greece can't claim such an EEZ, in fact Turkey's EEZ can even cut Greek islands from rest of Greek EEZ!! Go learn some real international laws then come back to argue...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Me learning International law? When Turkey refuses to sign the law?!!? 🤣 I just told you that based on the international Law of Sea, Turkey has no right claiming the EEZ of Greece. Understand finally that Turkey is illegal, you Turks are totally blind from your nationalist movements.
"God, please not Turkey or Greece"
"Doc,where am I?"
"Cyprus"
good joke
classic
Lol
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 merhaba paşam
@@ismailenverpasa3189 Atam
The ultimate good ending for Cyprus is uniting, and anexing Greece and Turkey to create the Empire of Cyprus
I support this
Byzantine Empire 2.0
no
@@kiriakos.17 yes
@@ardaakin2658 only the turks want unification lmao
*greece and turkey figthing each other*
UK:*drinks tea*
The UK is somewhat like the the US since they both influence conflicts.
India: first time??
@@byron-ih2ge israel-palestine: first time?
Any colonies fighting each other
UK: Lemme just sip a cup of tea while watching these chaos innit!
@@FatherOFCrimzon the thing is though Britain tried to help the conflict rather than influence it, and since that didn’t work, well they couldn’t do anything else
"If you are not strong enough to do nationalism the big bullies will do it for you and you will have to live with the consequences" words of wisdom.
Benida al ingiltereye
Everywhere I go;
*Shows Britain*
I see his face
If you live in any part of the world there is pretty high chance that your ancestors either British or lived under British crown.
@@theidk4589 Go say the that To French and German people lol
@@echotrooperechotrooper1543 XD
@@echotrooperechotrooper1543 … you know Germany was annexed by Britain after WW2, right?
@@XXXTENTAClON227 Doesn't mean germans have British ancestors, you know, France also annexed a part of Germany after WWII, as well as USA and USSR, does that mean they have ancestors from these soldiers? no.. stop thinking Britain is the center of the world, it never really was, and even if it was, it's not anymore, accept it.
When we most needed him, he came back
yes yes this was funny the first 50 times
Cyprus is that one child that is wanted by the parents but are divorced.
That can be said about alot of historical events
@Quinnard efficiency bro. That way they don't have to keep driving to each others houses
@Quinnard reminds me of "משפט שלמה" (the judgement of Solomon)
No Cyprus is my son!!!!
@@maleficent8485 dad is it really you??
countryballs is the reason why i don't fail my social studies classes😊
Y
what
As well as the reason why you fail your English classes!
@@cl8804 he did nothing wrong he isnt an English man so it is natural to describe what he wants to say like that. Not everyone has a proficiency
same
I just want to say how glad I am that this video was written very objectively. Usually only one side (and their crimes etc.) are talked about because pretty much the whole internet is completely biased (especially in this Greece/Turkey thing). Thank you so much Countryballs Explained!
So true man i wholeheartedly appriciate it .
Let's also remember that true objectivity is impossible
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
Well, This is what makes this channel what it is :D so funny though
It is Obvious who read that kind of stuff
Cyprus divided because Italy accidentally dropped their pizza cutter on it
Yes
Of course
They indeed dropped one to Aegean region..
Not again italy
@@ardaarsen yeah and the territory was handed back to Greece better than what it was before
and the reward to creating the most artficial identities and creating multiple conflicts goes too.......
BRITAIN 🎈🎉🎊
Well actually no as Britain didn’t directly cause the conflict between the Turks and Greeks so it wasn’t really Britain’s fault.
@@Hec_06 they actually did a lot of tricks to create division in the island and one them was to favourite the Turkish Cypriots over the Greek Cypriots, the results were that any division between the groups only increase over time much to the satisfaction of the British who didn't have to worry about the whole island rebels against them so yeah they screw this one as well
@@NP3GA like every time
@@helioslegigantosaure6939 some things just can't change
no. just do what i do all the time and use chemical bombs on greece and turkey
Another countryballs explained video! 🍿
boing the country when its a ball
Love to Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece from Kansas 🌻
Also I drew UN and Hittite Empire, so good to see it in a video
@@Mitchecc Indeed
Thanks from a Turk
Thanks
Is Kansa located in Africa?
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 You are Turkified Greek. Check your DNA test
I don't know how you make your research but you have a wonderfull way of being neutral and actually teaching history instead of spreading nationalistic propagandas. That's why I love your channel!
It could be more neutral, for example he could mention EOKA terrorists staged the coup in 1974 and even Cyprus considers EOKA-B members as terrorists not just Turkey or UK!! But somehow NONE of EOKA members were arrested and faced any charges even if they didn't only target Turkish Cypriots even Greek Cypriots who were against enosis ideology including even Makarios III!! And it was the biggest problem between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots as nobody was trusting each others so Turkish side wanted an agreement for their rights and protection while Greek side kept refusing it while acting like nothing was wrong with Cyprus even if there were literally terrorists freely operating in it. In 2004 they even refused an UN plan called Annan plan by 75% while calling an UN plan ''unfair'' somehow while Turkish side accepted it by 65% so if Greek side also accepted the Cyprus was reunited today. After this point it is extremely unlikely Cyprus will be ever reunited, in fact it is way more likely Turkey will annex northern part by a referendum if one sided policies towards northern Cyprus continue...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 tru im a turk and the northern goverment is wanting unite with the south thats a problem cuz turks in turkey will not accept it since many ppl lost their loved ones there so reunifiaciton can only be good for greeks if north keeps acting like that then turkey might have to annex the north
@@ggoddkkiller1342 No, it wouldn't be more neutral the way you describe, quite the opposite really. Turkey fucked the population of half the island in order to establish control and you are using EOKA B as an excuse to justify that. The Turkish Cypriot minority has no place in owning more than 30% of an island where there was a significant Greek Majority and not to mention there was most of the land's production and GDP. People were lost from both sides and that is no excuse, the Annan plan would just make that invasion legal and that's why the Turkish minority was so fond of it. You are essentially diminishing Turkey's expansionist tactics in the endless victim rhetoric that I so often see when it comes to this topic. Cyprus had a majority Greek population. They would govern themselves as part of the nation state that they identified with. Just like Crete did the same in 1913. Turkey had little such claims in that regard, only wanting to expand their borders with a minority that counted for less than 18% of the population but even before the coup was given a representation of more than 30% for Turkish interests. It's honestly funny seeing Turks try to argue about anything in that regard.
Well on one hand his work can be neutral but on the other I would suggest not staying to this video as the primary source of information you get in such complex topics as there can be some questionable interpretations. This one mind you is pretty good for the things it chooses to talk about in such a short time but at the same time I have long seen that his neutrality can be open to debate.
Yeah, so neutral they just blame Britain for everything. It's pathetic pandering to pretend that the peoples involved in conflicts and violence aren't actually the ones with any moral responsibility for them.
this guy: clearly speaking in english
youtube: alright lets put japanese subtitles
Much better and definitely much more natural video explaining the situation than some dude’s “documentary” I recently watched
How many conflict you involved
Britain - yes
US: I'm finally proud of you dad. For once
@@FatherOFCrimzon Like father like son
@@FatherOFCrimzon usa : I am always proud of u dad
@@rome316ae3 Not during 1775-1914. The US-UK relationship didn't start improving until ww1
@@tiagomonteiro130 What have they cursed upon us. Now we are influences conflicts. Why didn't Canada get the family curse?
If two fish are fighting in a river, know that a long-legged Englishman has just passed by!
isn't that the conflict was started even before the colonization right from the rise of the ottomans?
World is more peaceful after British empire then it was before it.
@@rouymalic4463 There is always conflict in history. But most modern ones are caused by British.
@@Anonymous-cm8jy Really? Care to visit South America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, ex Yugoslavia, the usa, mexico, Central America and other messed up nations?
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 lmao, no,...
The English are often cited as an easy scapegoat. Because their influence and presence was everywhere.
Of ever 4 conflicts that people blame on the Brits, I often find 1 I truely agree it was caused by the Brits.
My Grandfather was born in Cyprus and he ran to Turkey cause of some genocides next that his father died while he was a child in Turkey without home however after then he could be hired a pretty job and get a family
Are you Arab? You have an Arab name.
@@arolemaprarath6615 are you a robot ? You have a robot name.
@@SupremeMasterr Islam is an Arab ideology.
Islam born in arabic lands however nowadays it has so much belivers out of arabic lands for example if you are christian I wont say are you a jewish right ? It is a thing like this. In Turkey Islam is famous and my parents wanted to give me the most famous name in the world and i the most famous name in Turkey(Muhammet). Even Turkey Republics founders name is Mustafa Kemal both of these name Arabic and Mustafa is a name of Muhammed (Islams prophet who told us Qur'an).
@@arolemaprarath6615 That's not a smart assumption, pretty much all western nations extensively use names found in the bible in one way or another. Does that mean they are all one ethnicity? Of course not, they just share the religion. Hell, names like 'Mary' and 'Adam' have turkish counterparts; 'Meryem' and 'Adem'. There are billions of people practicing islam, from Arabs, Uygurs to Indians; just as there are billions practicing Christianity in many different countries. Also, religion is not strictly an ideology, it is also a cultural influence.
Looks like everyone's talking about Cyprus now on topics for countries
Because a war is coming
@@stephenpavlidis1834 what?
2:57 amazing descruption of both the Entente and Central powers
@@secretname4190
Italy probably.
@@secretname4190 I think it was Italy as Italy was a member of the triple alliance with Germany and Austria until 1915
just the presence of great britain in the thumbnail explains everything
Greetings from greece i respect turks such a cool country🇬🇷😍
Thanks ı love Greece from Turkiye🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷
🇹🇷♥️🇬🇷
we love greece! dont let media to make you think we are enemy! 🇹🇷🇬🇷 peace at home, peace in the world!
I just learned about the existence of an island named Cyprus, and that it is divided, thanks.
americans geography be like:
They should make map games mandatory for American education.
Smartest w*sterner
I do know Cyprus and it has conflict, never know the details tho
@@larkin3487 me too
Good history.Excelent content. Briliant way of story telling. A lot of fun. I love this channel!
Wow, I have never seen a video mentioning that the British offered Cyprus to Greece in WW1 before, good job!
So glad to see a historical and neutral video about my homeland. Hope we can unite one day.
When world needed him most he came back
The main problem is thinking that the island belongs to ONLY ONE of the two nations living there. If there will be a solution to this in the future, it has to come with two nations agreeing on it.
Partition is a viable solution in this case. Turks were being massacred back in the day when cyprus was united (Even tho it is not comparable to number of massacred turks, greeks were also being massacred by turks sadly.) Cyprus cannot be a single united country cuz a nationality such as "cypriot" doesnt exist. Its greeks and turks who live in there. So in any case one of these sides will be a minority. And even if they dont get bullied by the majority, a day will come when theyll be bored of being the minority and will demand autonomy. This will result in problems. The only real solution is that turks and greeks share the island. Everyone can live anywhere they want but governing wise "taksim" is the answer
@@jesusshrek1271
Exact same situation with Kosovo. There is no such thing as a Kosovan identity, just Albanian and Serbian. And overwhelming Albanian at 95%.
@@jesusshrek1271 As a T.cypriot I would say only way to solution is formin federation, people need to learn live together be cypriot and today many people identifying themself as a cypriot rather than turk and greek. Also, takim tried in 1983 by forming trnc and it doesnt work at all, it bacome backward mafie place where all the turkey's mafie present know and doing what is illegal in turkey here legally. Another thing is that current problem with turkish goverment and turkish cypriots, turkey putting their puppet as a prime minister on northern cyprus whoever oppose him declared as traitor and banning him to enter in turkey as only place can some9ne go with trnc passport, therefore all orjinal turkish cypriots now have citizenship of republic of cyprus(south) so taksim already collapse.
In 2004 they tried that whatever maximun turkey military presence and turkey putting settlers there?
@@valonreijk7393 the problem is Turkey. The moment we agree to a solution, they are going to grab the opportunity and claim Cyprus. If only we had an agreement between ourselves, we could live together.
The best case scenario is probably for Cyprus to unite into one independent entity and become a single state nation much like Singapore or Hong Kong.
Seeing as how being tied to either Greek and Turkey won't just cause ethnic tensions, but also economic woes for the island. Creating a new identity is better this way.
that would lead to chaos and failure. only the turks want to unite the island though, not us.
Not well versed about cypriots, greeks and turkish conflicts, but with the same conclusion with the video, the religious and ethnic or cultural differences will hinder that. But if it works, then good for them.
@@larkin3487 yeah Turkey seems to be so power hungry these days
Of greek won't kill our brother
Everyting will be fine
@@larkin3487 stop this nonsence FFS . As mentioned greeks first hand staged a coup to usurp power in order to supress Turkish minority rights . Drop the act bro we both know the truth . There could be an independent country as cyprus in which both parties could prosper knowing their rights were guarantied but those mainland supported greeks ruined that . Cmon.
Man I love your videos
I am so glad you upload, I love your content.
It's caused by British presence in the area. They're pretty good at making countries divided.
Edit: oh I'm correct.
I love this channel's unbiased narration
7:34 average day for a Cypriot in any country out of cyprus
as a chinese that lives in cyprus, gonna say the biggest inconvenience is that my phone periodically connects to the northern isps and consumes all my credits lol
how you end up there in cyprus?
@@Littlepipi88 Xi Ping order. Spread the yuan. China spies are free to do w/e they want to.
which city do you live? I also lived in Cyprus
If you live close to the UN buffer zone i suggest that you disable international roaming in your mobile phone settings my friend. That way your phone won't jump to operators of other countries.
@@Ludicolo91 the problem is that I have a Maltese card and have to turn on roaming all the time
I love your videos . Fellow Malaysian! Waiting for Malaysia episode.
2:59 Ah finally! Austria-Hungary depicted using glasses.
LUL
@@gokberk5389 TIL what lul is in English
@@markmayonnaise1163 lul with lul
My favourite countryballs youtuber
Good job man, I've been waiting for that for a long time 👍👍
Time to bring back Average Greek vs Turk debate!
I loooooove the script , the lyrics , and of course adore the country balls , their sizes their local symbolic cant miss any épisode thanks keep the perfect job
Please man.
Can you do a video about why Brunei exists?
Probably an colonial consequence
Underrated videos from Underrated channels!!
Always when there's a conflict, Britain had something to do with it.
It was a superpower so like America it had influence over a lot of global issues.
@@Valencetheshireman927 And in fact you can see the results .. They failed to expel the Turks from the island of Cyprus (or maybe they didn't want to, who knows)
@@Celeste90ify Dude USA didn't try to expel Turks that was Greece. Then they got as* f*cked as always.
@@Celeste90ify They didn't want to expel Turks, only Greeks wanted that.
As a Cypriot, this video is 100% accurate. Good job!
Are you from the southern (Greek) or northern (Turkish) part?
@@Celeste90ify Greek
It could have talked about stuff like EOKA more but yea I agree his videos are usually good.
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 or about taksim more
Im a Turk. i love my country. I love all of greeks that does not support war/racism. If this politics didnt exist, there will be united republic of cyprus 100 years ago. It will be good.
The best opinion that i ever read🙌👏🏻
Yup because Anatolia was built by the Greeks.
By the way, 80% of Anatolian Turks aren't ethnically Turk.
@@arolemaprarath6615 stfu hindu we are TURKS! this is not dna game
@@alicaglar4090 Even though your great ancestors spoke Greek?
@@arolemaprarath6615 my old ancestor speak Turkish and new generations speak Turkish but your old ancestor speak hindu and your new generation speak english, are you understand me?
4:12 this is wrong. The Cretan Muslims got kicked out not because of Greece, but because of Turkey. Turkey wanted a population exchange and the remaining Anatolian Greeks had to be uprooted and brought to Greece. So it's only logical that the reverse happened too
Wrong the greeks didnt want muslims in their lands thats all
@@DoubleAAce Are you demented? You don't know the population exchange?
No, Greece wanted that, because Turks in Greece were a thread to Greek sovreingty Greek population in 1924 was 5 million and 500.000 of them were Turks which is 1/10th of total population whic would be between 1.5-2 million today which would give super influance over Greece.
@@georgios_5342 there was a period after the exchange in which many turks were kicked out of greece
@@DoubleAAce there weren't any to be kicked out buddy. Also, Turks from Greece to Turkey were moved peacefully, zero deaths. Greeks from Anatolia were massively slaughtered. From the three million in 1900, 1 million were killed, 1.3 million went to Greece and 200.000 to the Soviet Union. The rest either missing or died from sickness as soon as they reached Greece.
I like how the US and the USSR love each other in the Cold War pic
thanks for making this
This man makes history in a funny way
Love Everyone And Value Entertaintment
*When individuals and communities do not govern self, they risk being ruled by external forces that care less about the well-being of the village.*
Most people writing such stuff really don't understand how much people wanted Enosis at the time. Cyprus had a majority Greek population (more than 82% of the island). They would govern themselves as part of the nation state that they identified with. Just like Crete did the same in 1913. Turkey had little such claims in that regard, only wanting to expand their borders with a minority that counted for less than 18% of the population but given a representation of more than 30% even before 1974 for Turkish interests. Cypriots never got the chance to be part of the nation they wanted and as such your comment is inaccurate.
I didn't even know Cyprus was divided like that.
@@emirsultanyoutube aga sakin, dünyada neler oluyor bizim de haberimiz olmuyor ama adamlar için büyük bir problem
#FunFact: *Cyprus Island* has 4 territorial entities on it:
*🇨🇾◾Cyprus*
*🇹🇷◽Northern Cyprus*
*🇬🇧◾United Kingdom*
*🇺🇳◽United Nations*
1 is a soverign country. 1 is an illegal country. 1 has soverign military bases that most countries wouldn't consider actual territory, but it's a small island. 1 is an international organization.
*PS Note:* There's no Northern Cyprus Flag emoji. Cyprus or Turkey flag emoji needed.
Turkey's is more fitting, discernable, accurate & the country is effectively & practically a (disputed) state of Turkey anyway.
*PSS:* Let's get a Northern Cyprus Flag emoji!
Its iliigel stat,so no
@@nihil_hd1598 stat
@@shonenjumpmagneto sry,i ment sttat not stat
@@nihil_hd1598 nice
Love ur vids man.
Cyprus is Paradise... Please god let my next life be in Cyprus again.
congrats your at 200k subs
7:14 so the only change occures was they switched colors
Mycenaean and Minoan also lived in Cyprus in few millennia before.
Not the Minoan but the Mycenaean, and he mentioned that.
As a mainlander Turk I hope we all can see Cyprus united one day, without any hate and violance, and with respect and equal rights, as both groups identifying themselves more “Cypriot” than a Greek or Turk. I used to be very patriotic and nationalistic when I was a teenager but now I see it’s just BS. Why have wars, battles and violence when we can live in a world with peace and prosperity?
I’m with you bro, becoming less nationalistic means you have matured as a person. I wish that one day you will change your profile pic from a doomer to a bloomer. We are all gonna make it, both Christian Turks and Muslim Greeks
A majority Greek island identifying as not Greek would be stupid. It is what turkey would love to see; for the people to abandon their identity because they are so tired of being bullied about it. Cyprus never got what it wanted because of a minority that counted for lest than 18% of the island's population and not one person seems to understand this in here.
@@lefterismagkoutas4430 it wouldnt identify as a greek island because it is not. You know when someone conquer somewhere they just take it. So Turkey has same right to have island as you
@@lefterismagkoutas4430 why do you think they just seperated it while they can just give it to Greece? Try to be smart brother
@@secretname4190 then the half of the world belongs to Mogols :D you are making no sense. It doesnt make that land yours if you lose it thats how it goes
Me at 4 AM: "maybe I should go to bed"
Countryballs Explained: *uploads*
Me: "one more video won't effect me in the morning 😁"
I watched half of the video before physics exam
Now I am watching other half
Countryballs you're amazing!
I would love cyprus unificates itself, even people is living together in the island so there is no problem if both parts (and the british) unite.
I have visited cyprus when I was 8, and i liked that country
why do i actually learn so much from ur vids holy shit
“Honey wake up, Countryballs Explained just posted”
4:59 After the "but how?" i got an ad of clash royale .....
Does that mean they beat Britain at a clash royale match?
"How messed up do you want the world to be?"
Britain🧐: Yes
Hey countryballs explained, can you do a video on the colonisation of Australia please?
great countryballs explained had uploaded a video about cyprus the comment section will be fun
1:44 ... I lost it here😂 wtf??😂😂
Love your videos!!
Can you make one about: Will the Great Columbia exist again?
Thanks for the video, CB!
Just finished watching johnny harris' videos on Cyprus and now I get a notification to this.
A good day so far👌
oooohhh can I suggest a topic? Venezuelan crisis! and the international ideologically battle over it.
bro your videos are good
Love your videos
Good to See You Again 😊
And verything changes when the British empire appears
The UK: getting involved in stuff since crap I don't know
For the better of course
I was waiting for this video
Hello American Africa 👋
@@PurPurDot hi
Can you do one answering why my parents are divided?
6:25 What kind of bullshit are you saying for the sake of humor? The US has nothing to do with not recognizing TRNC. Everyone recognizes that the invasion is a violation of the london zurich agreement, which is the legal perspective. If anything the US would do anything to keep turkey as an ally because of how close it is to russia and their strength.
Do why south china sea is so disputed
What about the Sea of Japan
Whole china Has border Dispute with 18 countrys LOL*
@@Prespo16 which China lol
Over lapping claims between multiple countries. And two Chinas claiming islands that are no where near their own country. lol
@@PurPurDot China Still claims Taiwan is mine and Hong kong 🇭🇰 too
2:58 As not seeing Bulgaria being displayed in the picture of the Central powers, I feel generally offended.
Yay new video
Babe wake up new Countryballs Explained video
If you squint really hard, maybe, just maybe you can imagine Cyprus as a mini-USA. Buuut, idk, maybe it's just me.
@@larkin3487 no he’s talking about the shape of Cyprus🤣 Looks like USA slightly tilted
I live in cyprus and the lifestyle there is just like usa
I love this channel
Lets hope that the young generation in the Island can finally end this division. Those old hates are from the older generation. Hope for a united cyprus before the end of the Century
Nah it can't because Turkey have patriotism for 4 generation now
@LegoGuy87 The Cypriots should enforce their own national identity.
@@reinardish Again it's blaming Turks for everything! If so why did majority of Turks vote for unification while Greeks didn't? And it's not us were crying ENOSIS every second witch is litterly why the Island split.
@@binbasesatoktayyldran5236 Maybe next time Turkey stop "care" foreign decend and stop the ambition to be superpower
As long as you got Turkey, Greece and British interest, no one want to hear from Cypriot’s view.
request: why Switzerland didn’t join EU？
Neutrality. Simple.
It's Switzerland. That's why
Dont need
They simply don’t need foreign influence to make their state do better
@@omercanasik6 they did sign a few treaties to be part of the EFTA. No one can establish true autarky
Wrong title sir.
Cyprus is not divided..
Is occupied by Turkish intentions of extension
It's ethnically divided let's say
Cyprus was Turkey.Turkey did not invade cyprus
@@mutluolmaknedir just yesterday your Turkish foreign minister saluted with a fascist gesture.
Turkey a week ago invaded Iraq.
Turkey act as a fascist regime and those who don't see that like you my friend have issues and love anything that comes with fascism. (See what Azof have done in Ukraine)
Adios
FINALLY! You uploaded.
Cyprus. My favourite name of a country.
Nice video, subbed :)
*A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!*
Finally someone who actually tells the truth
what about the gas reserves around Cyprus and the current debate of EEZ for both nations
There is no debate, read and see UNCLOS maps (United Nations Convention of the Law of Sea). It's only Turkey that creates tensions about EEZ and literally ignores international law (what a surprise)
@@dimitrispvoice133 Spanish islands next to Morocco have reduced EEZ, British islands next to France have reduced EEZ and territorial waters, Finnish islands next to Sweden have reduced EEZ and territorial waters, French islands next to Canada have reduced EEZ, Ukranian island next to Romania has reduced EEZ etc etc!! But SOMEHOW only God knows how exactly Greek islands next to Turkey have FULL 200 MILES EEZ and even expanding eastwards meeting Cyprus EEZ while reducing Turkish EEZ more than 100,000 km2 even if Greece has absolutely nothing in the east!!! You gotta be really blind to say Greek claim is legal, in fact your ridiculous claim Turkey violates international laws shows your true colours because many countries didn't sign UNCLOS not just Turkey including your lovely allies US and Israel so UNCLOS isn't binding for Turkey rather previous UN sea convention is binding that both Turkey and Greece signed...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Those are uninhabited islands! In which case they don't have a "shelf" therefore no right for exclusive economic zone unlike inhabited islands like Kastelorizo. Make your research well before you start mentioning half the truth. Also, it's not Greece's problem or any other nation's if a Turkey didn't sign UNCLOS. That's basically a statement of Turkey ignoring international law which most of the nations follow. Also, Greece invites Turkey all the time to settle their EEZ differences and come to an agreement with EEZ just like it did with Italy and Egypt but Turkey refuses! Why?!! It's the only way for Turkey to get what it wants based on la... oh, right...
@@dimitrispvoice133 Only Ukraine's Snake island is uninhabited while others have populations living on them, in fact Aland, Saint Pierre, Miquelon and Channel Islands have DOZENS and even HUNDREDS of times larger population than Kastelorizo so you should listen your own advice and do proper research next time!! Same goes for your UNCLOS claim because in reality none of UN conventions are mandatory, in fact United States of America and Israel also didn't sign UNCLOS!! So between Turkey and Greece previous UN sea convention that BOTH Greece and Turkey signed is binding and according to that convention Greece can't claim such an EEZ, in fact Turkey's EEZ can even cut Greek islands from rest of Greek EEZ!! Go learn some real international laws then come back to argue...
@@ggoddkkiller1342 Me learning International law? When Turkey refuses to sign the law?!!? 🤣 I just told you that based on the international Law of Sea, Turkey has no right claiming the EEZ of Greece. Understand finally that Turkey is illegal, you Turks are totally blind from your nationalist movements.
This video saved me from becoming too bored with Roblox being down
Can you do a history of the South East Asian Countries of ASEAN
This TH-camr has already started with Vietnam 🇻🇳
I love your video and presentation as usal. Awesome video 📹 once again 😘