The green line on a map in the 1960s has become a reality on satellite imagery as wildlife has flourished in the Buffer Zone while the manmade structures have fallen into ruin. We had recorded birdsong and the adhan from the Selimiye Mosque with a gun mic in a suspension mount when we attracted some unwanted attention from a group of Greek Cypriot border guards as we were walking back to the flat. They might just have been curious but it’s hard to tell when they’re in army uniform and carrying automatic weapons.
A few turns down the labyrinthine streets and we’d lost them.
