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A Greek Cypriot soldier at a checkpoint in Ledra Street, Nicosia, near the buffer zone which seperates southern and northern Cyprus, 1st November 1989. The island has remained partitioned since the Turkish invasion of 1974, with the north unilaterally declaring itself an independent state, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The map shows the division of the island with the northern part in red and text reading 'I Do Not Forget'. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)