Bullet holes in concrete and empty swimming pools in former vacation paradise Varosha. The district of Varosha (Kapalı Maraş) in Famagusta (Cyprus) was between 1970 and 1974 one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control. It has remained abandoned ever since and the buildings have decayed. While a military zone stays in place, Varosha is stuck in the middle of a stalemate: the Turkish Cypriot authorities have expressed a desire to reopen more of th

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Size: 8569px × 5713px
Location: Ayias Triadhos, Gazimağusa, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)
Photo credit: © Georg Berg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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