Protests in Cyprus against Turkey's opening of ghost-suburb's residential area
A man with a Cyprus flag stands in front of the Varosha or Famagusta, abandoned city, during a protest against the Turkish President visiting the Turkish occupied part of the island in Dherynia, Cyprus, Monday, July 19, 2021
GREEK Cypriots have lodged a formal protest with the United Nations and the European Union after Turkey revealed that it would reopen a residential section of an abandoned military-controlled suburb.
On Tuesday, Turkey’s North Cyprus puppet state said that part of Varosha would come under civilian control and people would be able to reclaim properties.
Varosha, a military zone nobody has been allowed to enter, has been deserted since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 split the island – leaving high-rise hotels and residences empty.
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