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CYPRUS UNTOLD · Aug 22, 2025 · 20 min

#012. Ten Brick Wall

🎙️ Episode 12 — Ten Brick Wall In this episode, we return to the Green Line in central Nicosia and uncover the quirky but telling story of the “Ten Brick Wall” — a small UN peacekeeping dispute that became a powerful metaphor for Cyprus’ divided history. From there, we trace the events of 21 July to 16 August 1974: the ceasefires that failed, the Geneva talks that collapsed, and the full-scale Turkish offensive that reshaped the island. Families fled, refugees filled the roads, and the UN buffer zone as we know it today was born. 👉 Support Cyprus Untold: 📽️ Watch Divided Island documentary via cyprusuntold.com/divided 🎧 Try Amazon Prime free for 30 days at cyprusuntold.com/prime 📚 Explore my reading list at cyprusuntold.com/educate

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🎙️ Episode 12 — Ten Brick Wall

In this episode, we return to the Green Line in central Nicosia and uncover the quirky but telling story of the “Ten Brick Wall” — a small UN peacekeeping dispute that became a powerful metaphor for Cyprus’ divided history.

From there, we trace the events of 21 July to 16 August 1974: the ceasefires that failed, the Geneva talks that collapsed, and the full-scale Turkish offensive that reshaped the island. Families fled, refugees filled the roads, and the UN buffer zone as we know it today was born.

👉 Support Cyprus Untold:

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