"The Story Of A Bridge
Published: 1/9/2007
BY ERDAL SAFAK
SABAH- Lokmaci Bridge in Lefkosa, located between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides, is now swarming with foreign and domestic journalists. All the reporters ask everybody who crosses the bridge if it will be demolished or not. If things go on this way, Lokmaci will be more famous than the Kwai Bridge. Lokmaci is an important issue but there are certain odd details about it. During the Christmas massacre of 1963, Turkish Cypriots established a barrier in the area which today is called the Green Line. The barrier, which took its name from a local Armenian seller of Lokma cakes, was protected by Turkish security officers until the 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation. Afterwards, it was transferred to the responsibility of the armed forces. Meanwhile, the Greek Cypriots established their own barriers and thus a bilateral separation emerged."
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