On Cyprus Beach, Stubborn Relic of Conflict

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On Cyprus Beach, Stubborn Relic of Conflict

By DAN BILEFSKY

Andreas Manolis/Reuters
A view of the Greek-Cypriot south of Varosha, in 2003.

FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus. (New York Times). Snakes slither inside dilapidated houses in the abandoned seaside resort of Varosha, a ghost town of decaying vintage cars and crumbling villas where time stopped in August 1974. That was the year when Turkey, in response to a Greek-inspired coup attempt in Cyprus, invaded the island, dividing it into a Greek Cypriot south and a Turkish-occupied north. Of the roughly 15,000 residents of Varosha who panicked and fled — most of them of Greek origin — nearly all expected to be back in their homes in a

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4 readers comments


1. Philip Vorgias wrote on August 03, 2012 10:18 AM	Typical NYT article, not a word about 'ethnic cleansing', the missing people or Turkey's refusal to comply with UN Resolution 550 and it's violation of the 4th Geneva Accords, Article 49. Now you know why America has enabled Turkish intransigence on Cyprus for 38 years, our media sees the two sides as ethically equivalent rather than a criminal and a victim. The hands of America's mainstream media have blood on them from Cyprus, no question.

2. Niko Seretis wrote on August 03, 2012 11:00 AM	If the Greeks come back the Turks will lose everything? Everything they stole from the Greeks? I can't believe the Times prints this garbage!!

3. Basil Zafiriou wrote on August 03, 2012 11:49 AM	The Turkish settlers are a major stumbling block to a solution in Cyprus. I recall talking to a Turkish-Cypriot academic at a seminar on Cyprus some while back and he said: “We’re Europeans. We have much more in common with the Greek Cypriots than with the settlers from Turkey.” Unfortunately, the longer the Cyprus problem festers, the more numerous the settlers grow and the more intractable the problem becomes.

4. Philip Vorgias wrote on August 03, 2012 4:39 PM	The Turkish regime doesn't care about the Turk Cypriots, they're locked in to the strategic advantage having 1/3 of Cyprus entails. That's why they brought in Anatolian settlers, they figured (correctly) that Turk Cypriot votes were not reliable enough.
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