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[cymart]

I went up there again yesterday-lovely countryside but very sad places with their present condition.I met a Greek-Cypriot from Lysos who uses the first house in Melandra as a sheep pen..he told me that the T.C's from there all left in 1974 and as far as he knows the ones who are still living today are somewhere in Kyrenia district and he thinks they have been back a few times since 2003.Can anyone tell us where they live now and those from the other villages I mentioned?How did they live in these places until 1974 and what were the conditions,living standards,roads and facilities like etc?What was their daily diet and health like?
I am thinking of writing an ethnographical study of what life was like for T.C's in these remote villages but do not want to produce a political report,rather a portait of rural life etc.
Any suggestions would be welcome,also ideas on what should be done with these places,bearing in mind that the original inhabitants are unlikely to return if and when a solution is agreed(hopefully a.s.a.p.!!)Should they be abandoned to nature,like many places in the buffer zone,or maybe turned into agro projects?The scenery is beautiful,especially in Melandra due to it being on the edge of the forest..
By the way,who lived in Sarama?The water in the river at the bottom of the valley is still flowing and deliciously cool and cleaner than any tap water you can find!I drank a liter or two yesterday and I'm still o.k. tonight!
Baris ve dostluk,kardesler!

[insan]

I went up there again yesterday-lovely countryside but very sad places with their present condition.I met a Greek-Cypriot from Lysos who uses the first house in Melandra as a sheep pen..he told me that the T.C's from there all left in 1974 and as far as he knows the ones who are still living today are somewhere in Kyrenia district and he thinks they have been back a few times since 2003.Can anyone tell us where they live now and those from the other villages I mentioned?How did they live in these places until 1974 and what were the conditions,living standards,roads and facilities like etc?What was their daily diet and health like?
I am thinking of writing an ethnographical study of what life was like for T.C's in these remote villages but do not want to produce a political report,rather a portait of rural life etc.
Any suggestions would be welcome,also ideas on what should be done with these places,bearing in mind that the original inhabitants are unlikely to return if and when a solution is agreed(hopefully a.s.a.p.!!)Should they be abandoned to nature,like many places in the buffer zone,or maybe turned into agro projects?The scenery is beautiful,especially in Melandra due to it being on the edge of the forest..
By the way,who lived in Sarama?The water in the river at the bottom of the valley is still flowing and deliciously cool and cleaner than any tap water you can find!I drank a liter or two yesterday and I'm still o.k. tonight!
Baris ve dostluk,kardesler!

Peace Next time take me to there too, gardaş.

[Oracle]

If conditions were poor in remote villages for TCs pre-1974 ... you can be sure it was the same for GCs ....

Please keep things in context.

GCs may be wealthy nowadays, but the TCs only have themselves to blame if they do not share in the present economic freedom ... apart from the "get-rich-quick" merchants who illegally "sold" GC homes ....

[miltiades]

These villages were neglected by the RoC , understandably since very little time elapsed from Independence to intercommunal conflict. Such a terrible shame that Cypriots born and raised in these villages had to endure so much. Let us hope for the sake of our future generations a solution is arrived at that allows the Cypriot people to live as one in a free and democratic Cyprus without interference from foreign nations.

[Get Real!]

The entire Paphos region was "neglected" by the RoC because it was sparsely populated, and the Troodos mountain range was cutting it off from easy access.

[humanist]

goly gosh ........ goes 2 years now sinse I shared a great day @ Istinjo with some lovely Cypriot chaps and a Canadian loafer

[RichardB]

The entire Paphos region was "neglected" by the RoC because it was sparsely populated, and the Troodos mountain range was cutting it off from easy access.

Thats right blame us mountain villagers for the fact that the Brits had to colonise and improve the west-end

[Get Real!]

The entire Paphos region was "neglected" by the RoC because it was sparsely populated, and the Troodos mountain range was cutting it off from easy access.

Thats right blame us mountain villagers for the fact that the Brits had to colonise and improve the west-end

I don't see any improvement...

[cymart]

Most of you missed the main point I was trying to make yesterday:what were conditions like in those villages before 1974,compared to others in nearby locations in Paphos district such as Lysos,Polis etc?How did people get around,bearing in mind the roads were not asphalted and there probably was no electricity either in some of them-how did they survive,what diet did they have etc etc?O.K. so many of them had no cars,no t.v's,computers etc or any of the paraphernalia we seem to regard as essential nowadays!But were they unhappy?I am not really interested in the political aspects but I have heard that most of them got along well with the G.C's they knew in neighbouring villages and spoke their language etc.
I realise that there were many old people living in these remote places and after 35 years most of them are probably dead by now,but are there any younger ones who can remember first-hand what things were like before?
Thanks.

[Paphitis]

The entire Paphos region was "neglected" by the RoC because it was sparsely populated, and the Troodos mountain range was cutting it off from easy access.

I hope you realise that Paphos will become the nation's Capital once again so that the island may once again prosper and regain its ascendancy within the centre of the civilised world?

Things have gone from bad to worse ever since Nicosia took over the reigns so it our duty to correct this so that even the Lefkosiates can see the light of day.