Visitors walk on a street lined with derelict buildings at the fenced-off beachfront eastern town of Varosha in October 2020.BIROL BEBEK/AFP/Getty Images After Turkey took control of northern Cyprus ...

Varosha refugee Christos Fysentzou made the decision 16 years ago, the year of the referendum, that he would return home even if his 46-year-old ghost town was under Turkish Cypriot administration. “I ...

VAROSHA, Cyprus (AP) — The freshly paved street with its new bicycle lane markings meanders through the heart of abandoned Varosha, in ethnically split Cyprus' breakaway north, to a crumbling cinema ...

When sun-seeking holidays in the eastern Mediterranean became popular among Europe’s elite in the mid-20th century, stylish resorts with sky-scraping hotels sprung up to meet the demand. Varosha, a ...

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A stunning North Cyprus town once frequented by the Hollywood elite has become a haven for dark tourism after being left abandoned for decades. Despite the likes of Elizabeth Taylor holidaying here in ...

But for how much longer? The Turkish side has not yet touched Varosha properties, but time may be running out for Greek Cypriot property owners to stake their claims Calls on Varosha refugees to ...

I was eager to listen to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly. As a prominent player in the Cyprus dispute, I was hoping to hear about the ...

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