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Creation of Grand Lodge of Cyprus page[edit]

This has been a work in progress for most of 2013. After review and the helpful correction of a couple of typos and category adjustment, it was finally accepted for publication in late Nov 2012. (Thanks!) This allowed me to add final graphics, such as the lodge hall photos, the crest and info box, and add a few recent links. It's good to have this relatively completed, through are Wiki pages ever 'completely' finished? Jax MN (talk) 17:33, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Invasion[edit]

Cypriot sentiment regarding the 1974 Turkish invasion simmers, even under a veneer of island hospitality. One cannot drive in the area from Nicosia to Larnaca without encountering the fence that separates the Republic of Cyprus from occupied territory, sometimes by only a few meters of UN monitored and barb wired land. One highway vista overlooks the beaches of Varosha, a central area of Famagusta that was abandoned wholesale to the eventual UN Zone on the morning of the invasion, leaving half full coffee cups to crust and dry next to abandoned papers in cafes and homes throughout that beautiful seaside harbor.

Yet, during my several visits to the island, I was struck by the stubborn refusal of the Republic's majority of ethnic Greek citizens to abandon Turkish as one of the official languages of the nation, and by the fact that the fraction of ethnically Turkish citizens of Cyprus, still residing in the Republic, like all non-Greeks on the island, remain well-treated and participate fully in the economy and society as a whole. Their mosques remain open and unguarded, and citizens of all ethnicities trade freely in the markets near their homes.

The invasion and partition are facts of life for the average Cypriot, and thus for the Grand Lodge of Cyprus. With this in mind, I have woven in summary mentions of the invasion and how it affects Masonry. Perhaps connections between famously respectful and diplomatic Masons in Cyprus and their counterparts in Turkey will be one of the points where these nations can bridge their differences, and together, implore their governments to an acceptable resolution of this tragic scar across the land. Jax MN (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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