Turkey looking to re-open northern Cyprus ghost town after 46 years

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Turkey looking to re-open northern Cyprus ghost town after 46 years
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Turkish and northern Cypriot officials met on Saturday in an abandoned town wrec...

FILE PHOTO: Varosha, an area fenced off by the Turkish military since the 1974 division of Cyprus, is seen from a beach in Famagusta, Cyprus, August 5, 2019. Picture taken August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

Varosha, a southern suburb of Famagusta, has been fenced off and abandoned since Turkey invaded northern Cyprus after a Greek-inspired coup in 1974. Speaking in Varosha after touring the area, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said opening Varosha would have benefits for tourism, the economy and trade.

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