(Closed) Maraş (Gazimağusa)

Cyprus / Turkish controlled area / Gazimagusa / Gazimağusa
 abandoned settlement, tourist attraction
This is the location of the Ghost Town of Famagusta. It lies in a UN zone between the Republic of Cyprus and the occupied areas. As the occupants fled from the fighting of the Turkish invasion, Famagusta remained empty as it became part of an eery no-mans-land between makeshift borderlines. Washed clothes were left drying on washing lines - electric lights were left burning for years until the bulbs finally failed. Famagusta remains a bargaining counter - a symbol of the madness and the tragedy of those awful summer days of 1974.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varosha,_Famagusta
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Coordinates:   35°6'11"N   33°57'43"E