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Ankara discusses reopening ghost town in Cyprus - Turkey News

Ankara discusses reopening ghost town in Cyprus
ISTANBUL

The people of Turkey and the Turkish Cyprus will not accept deadlock as the fate of the long-divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, said Turkey’s vice president on Feb. 15.

Fuat Oktay’s remarks came during a meeting on the legal, political and economic aspects of reopening the abandoned town of Varosha (Maraş) -- empty for decades -- in the Turkish Cypriot city of Gazimağusa.

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