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Description
Mr. Vaillancourt tells the differences he saw between the Greeks and Turkish people.
Transcription
The Island in itself is, my own interpretation is a group of people. However, there is a wall that separates half of the Island. Greek Cypriots and you have the Turkish Cypriots and they’re both total different peoples who just don’t get along still. But the Greek Cypriots are a very, very proud people. They recognize that the land they live on is always being fought for and they demand that we respect their flag and when we go in there with the United Nations it is our duty and very well inbred into us to respect the people that live there, respect their land, respect their flag. Turkish is a Muslim nation and very reserved. We were told to be very careful not to get a Greek Cypriot stamp in our passports and then cross over to the Turkish side because then we’d be detained and given a hard time and stuff like that. So it’s, we went over to see what it was like and it was just to see, but once we got a chance to leave, we left. It’s a tough place, tough place.