I agree with Gloucester Geezer - we should leave the Cyprus problem to the politicians. However, it would probably be better for all if a few history lessons were posted to keep all parties informed. The intervention from the Turkish army was warded off for 10 years of Turko-Greek wrangling following the eruption of violence and genocide in 1964 when the Green Line divide was established in Nicosia- this hardly constitutes living peacefully side by side (the majority of Turkish Cypriots lived in impoverished enclaves until 1974). The UN peacekeeping reports from 1964-1974 are full of incidents of internecine violence against enclaves and retaliations – none of which has made it into any half decent history owing to the propaganda machines of the Greek Cypriot dominated Government. The Government in the south still successfully promotes a biased version of the past which, because of the 1960 constitution and the legitimate UN involvement in promoting it, means that the TRNC will never be recognised internationally. It may also be worth pointing out that the Greeks invaded in 1974 to overthrow the Cypriot Government. The Turkish intervention was made legitimately under the Treaty of Guarantee which upheld the rights of Greek and Turkish Cypriots.