what is cyprus known for
Orientation. Identification. Cyprus is an island in the eastern Mediterranean that was divided into a Greek southern side and a Turkish northern side after a coup instigated by the dictatorship ruling Greece in 1974 and a subsequent Turkish military offensive.Interethnic violence had earlier caused the partial separation of the two communities.he centrally located capital, Nicosia (called Lefkosia by Greek Cypriots and Lefkosha by Turkish Cypriots), is divided and functions as the capital of each side. Demography. In 1960, the island emerged as an independent state after almost a century of British colonial rule.