Turkish Versus Greek Side

Most folks, you were not allowed to go from the Greek side of the island to the Turkish side. It was just not permitted, but being with the UN, we had that freedom to move. However, there were restrictions: you couldn’t move after certain hours, you couldn’t go on certain roads, there was only, you know, direct route from here point A to point B, but we got to go in Nicosia on the Turkish side and see some of their culture, if I could call it that. And I remember the first time going over there and it was much different from the Greek side. The Greek Army, the Greek Cypriot Army had old British Land Rovers and trucks and it was . . . the equipment, when you first saw it you thought you were like back in the 1920s. They were very old vehicles. And when you went over on the Turkish side, the Turkish Army had modern equipment and they were just a different culture, just a different culture altogether.