Turkish troops Thursday reopened parts of a Cyprus seaside resort that became a ghost town amid war in 1974, sparking controversy days ahead of an election in the breakaway Turkish north. The move at ...

Turkish Cypriot foreign minister Kudret Ozersay has announced his resignation in protest at the nationalist prime minister's decision to reopen the Greek Cypriot resort of Varosha, a sealed-off ghost ...

The Turkish army has sealed off the ghost resort of Varosha since 1974, but its beach area is set to reopen on Thursday in a move that has sparked anger and controversy AFP / Birol BEBEK Turkish ...

Even on a sweltering day in early autumn, when the summer sun is yet to realise it’s time to fade away for another year, there’s a stillness that tiptoes beyond the comfortable to the slightly ...

Changes are underway in the newly reopened town of Maras in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) after being closed for nearly 50 years. Since the town's partial reopening to public use on ...

A senior Turkish Cypriot official said Thursday that the reopening of the abandoned town of Maras -- empty for decades -- was progressing and now at the final stage. According to Turkish News ...