Inside the World's Most Luxurious Abandoned City (never seen before)

This is probably one of the most sensitive conflict zones in the world at the moment and I did my best telling a high-level version of the story that still stays fair and discusses the major events. There are endless more elements that would have to be mentioned for the whole conflict to be understood, so I highly recommend you dive deeper into this if you are interested in fully comprehending it. I honestly was ignorant to how sensitive things still were when I arrived and I'm glad I changed that by getting to hear real stories from people in the Yes Fam. It was pretty surreal driving across this de-facto border and hearing the tragic stories on both sides. I just hope that Cyprus and Cypriots will one day find peace and a prosperous future.

What an adventure. I feel like my world expanded so much on this trip. Awesome job telling this story!

Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to my Family's story and make such a great video. It has us all in tears. Hope our paths cross again soon!

My (Greek Cypriot) mother is from Famagusta, refugeed to Larnaca in 1974. The video was really well done and informative for those not familiar with the situation. I spent a lot of time in Larnaca as a child and consider it home. For some reason, hearing the Turkish Cypriot lady say she was born in Larnaca brought a tear to my eye. What a tragedy for both sides.

Oh yeah, studied abroad here. Lived in Nicosia for an entire semester, and loved every minute of it. Seriously, Cyprus is quite possibly the most hidden gem in the world. Such a paradise.

the day Thomas has grandchildren there will never be a dull moment with all the stories he has to tell and lessons to teach

So proud of Thomas and the whole team for putting together such a beautifully told, complex story. I officially cast my vote that this is the best abandoned exploring video ever made!

Don't you DARE, ever stop doing what you are doing!!! You may not realize it, but you may be the cement that glues our nations together. I'm 63-years-old and am learning so much! All of the world needs to see this! I weep for this world!! When God, when will we be able to beat our swords in to plows and live in peace?

I love this channel and the focus on the people and not the politics is a really fresh and brilliant way to do journalism

What a video and what an adventure.

These are the stories that need telling

My mom’s family is Cuban. I can understand all the younger generations side on this, even though I am 45. Mom and her family fled when she was 5 years old. My great grandparents and grandparents were never able to visit their home or families again before their passing. My mom has no interest in visiting Cuba. I think it’s probably the pain in her parents and grandparents that impacts this. For the people of Cyprus, I hope you are able to live as one again soon and this city is available to you all. As the narrator said, we are all one.

When I first clicked on a Yes Theory video, I surely was not expecting it to be anywhere near an emotional video. Now, I actually do expect, no matter the subject, to have some emotional and sometimes very intense emotional moments. I am grateful that this content is always, in some way, empathetic to humans and animals. Thanks again for another great video.

I was a journalist for 25 years, I got two awards for news reporting and one for documentary writing and I live in Cyprus where I once made a documentary about the people who live and work in the buffer zone. So I just want to say congratulations for producing a really, really good film about a complex problem that has rarely if ever been properly portrayed/reported. You had no bias or hidden agenda and you focused on the people not the politics. Thank you so much... young journalists like you give me hope for a brighter future and, hopefully, will be the downfall of a mainstream media that is so tainted it does anything but connect people... I am now going to go and watch all your other films!

As a Cypriot. This bring back to many sad dark memories. I'm from the South part of the Island that flee off the Island and my relatives fled up North. Over 30 years later got reunited with my relatives through social media platform.

Someone needs to nominate this footage for a few awards. This was most interesting.

On behalf of EVERY Cypriot citizen around the world including myself, a very big THANK YOU to this awesome channel for making this video possible, to show the rest of the world the tragic history and how beautiful this place once was!!

“As people we are Binary. We either see eachother as us or other” Litteral chills. This is very very powerful, Thomas. Great job

Thank you for handling such a delicate situation so well. It’s heartbreaking bc both families, even though they were on different sides of the conflict they had very similar experiences. I just want to hug the grandparents bc you can still see the pain of what happened over 4 decades ago.

Man this just hits different, its really makes you appreciate everything you have and grateful that youve never had to experience something like this