"‘I’m planning on putting up new signs in Greek and English’
By Simon Bahceli
TURKISH Cypriot shopkeepers north of the Greek Line in central Nicosia say they are delighted at the prospect of a new checkpoint opening at the northern end of Ledra Street.
“It will be just like old times,” says Meyrem Ozyesir, who remembers how things were before the crossing was walled off in 1974.
Although the barrier has existed in some shape or form since 1958, it was in 1963 that it became known as the Green Line, becoming the forerunner of the dividing line that now runs the length of the island."
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