Mandeemooh

We have very good friends who are buying a property in Cyprus and silly old me thought, great, we can drive down the coast of Turkey get a ferry over to Northern Cyprus, cross the border and hey presto........My friend keeps telling me it is not that easy. Can anyone tell me what we would have to do to be allowed into Cyprus, bearing in mind our passports are stamped with Turkish residency visas and more 3 month tourist visas than you can shake a stick at!