Turkey Ghost Town Plan Would Wreck Reunification Talks, Cyprus Warns
- Reopening abandoned resort puts talks at risk, Cyprus says
- EU diplomats discussed issue Monday after Cypriot warning
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Cyprus has told European Union governments that a plan to resettle a ghost town in the island’s Turkish-controlled North could derail reunification talks for good.
Varosha, near the port of Famagusta, was once Cyprus’s premier tourist resort, before it was abandoned and sealed off following the Turkish takeover of the North of the island in 1974. The town has been fenced off ever since.