St. Barnabas Monastery is an excellent example of this, This building has been made into an archaeological and Icon museum. Settlers Greek Cypriots complain about the large number of people of Turkish origin who have been allowed to make their homes in Northern Cyprus, but they forget that far more Turkish Cypriots emigrated to Turkey during the period 1963-1974. In fact during that period emigration of Turkish Cypriots was actively promoted, by the Greek Cypriots through the use of terror tactics, economic deprivation and one way assisted passages. Turkish Cypriots do not complain about the many thousand of Greeks who left Lebanon, Syria and Egypt in the 1970 s and 1980 s due to Arab nationalism as well as thousands of Lebanese and more recently Serbs and others who have been settled in the South. Understanding 11 years of ethnic cleansing, and 21 year of embargoes have not solved the Cyprus problem.
Greek propaganda presents a one sided picture.
A better future for both peoples can only be achieved through negotiations, understanding and compromise. Intimidation and biased lobbying, have no place. Such one sided actions have created bitterness and mistrust among the Turkish Cypriot community. Intolerance, oppression and economic starvation of the Turkish Cypriots does not result in the growth of harmonious relations between the two indigenous people of Cyprus. What is needed here is more contact between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders as well as contact between the ordinary people of Cyprus.