Hi, Nick! We did learn a lot of the history before and during our visit to Cyprus. It’s a very difficult history to put into words (at least in a short blog post about hiking). But our Cypriot friends who grew up in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus referred to it as the “Greek side” and “Turkish side,” so we did, too. We always try to be sensitive to delicate political and cultural issue, but can’t always find the words to fully paint the picture as non-historians. Indeed, there’s a lot of traumatic history there (as in many places), and we appreciate readers pointing that out and helping others understand.