Cyprus On Jetpunk

Even though Cyprus is the furthest nation of the EU, it is still easy to understand why it might be considered part of Europe

The nation of Cyprus is culturally european. (We will get to that later) it is geographically Asian. It is closest to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, Which are all Asian, accept for Turkey, which is European by a tiny bit by a canal, (which makes Istanbul transcontinental!)

Well, Cyprus has four seperate entities on it. Republic of Cyprus, Turkish Northern Cyprus, United Kingdom exclaves, And the UN buffer zone.

Turkish Northern Cyprus is only recognized by one country, Can you guess what is it is? (probably)

Mauritania! JK it’s turkey.

On the flag of Cyprus, and by pretty much every country, Cyprus owns the north part. But the Cyprus flag says it owns a the whole islands. Even the British part, and the UN buffer zone. So well, the flag is wrong. Okay this is getting messy! Final bit.

Cyprus is definitely culturally European, most notably Greek, and Turkish. Turkey is culturally European, but most of it is geographically Asian. Greece is definitely European though, and now…

Is Cyprus European?

Cyprus has been under British Control, but also under the ottomans. The Ottomon Empire started in Turkey, Which like I said, is transcontinental. But mostly Asian. Ugh, this doesn’t help much.

Okay, now we are going to fully dive into the Cypriot flag. But we’re not gonna just repeat all the details. Okay let’s see the Cyprus flag

Sorry, I couldn’t resist making this one. Cyprus is part of Eurovision, and it’s the furthest countr- Oh never mind. Australia. This part has no point. Ok next

But what about tectonic plates? Cyprus is on the Eurasian Plate, but the continent it is closest to, Africa and Asia, are on different plates.It is still very close to the African one though.

But there is another possibility…

Asia and Europe are on the same landmass! So why are they two continents for most people? Well, it’s because of the culture difference. The border is normally drawn with mountain, from the Caucasus and the Ural ones. This is why Europe and Asia are different continents.

So people in Latin American countries mostly recognise the Americas as one continent. This is mostly debated because of the

PANAMA CANAL

The three closest continents, are all connected (not counting canals) So does that mean Cyprus is Afro-Eurasian? Well these are the three continents that are mostly related, and it is defiantly there?

But where is cyprus?

Cyprus is a very debated topic. JetPunk views it as Asian, and that will never change. (QM said a 0% chance) So if you’re on JetPunk, use Asia. And it also doesn’t recognise Turkey Cyprus.

But there are VALID points for every part, so if you aren’t on JetPunk, you decide.