 | Welcome | Oct 25, 2008 |
Welcome to the Return to Varosha Group
Famagusta developed to the south of the old town, in the area of the relatively new town of Varosha, with its long beach backed by modern hotels.Today Varosha is no more than an empty ghost town. It lies in a UN zone between the Republic of Cyprus and the occupied areas, and is presently occupied by the Turkish Army. As the occupants fled from the fighting of the Turkish invasion, Varosha 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. Varosha remains a bargaining counter - a symbol of the madness and the tragedy of those awful summer days of 1974
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 | Videos | Nov 30, 2008 |
Famagusta, The Hostage Ghost City of Europe
A video report on the Ghost Town of Varosha, Famagusta Cyprus which was taken hostage by the Turkish Army in August 1974 and has been used as a bargaining counter since that date.Return to Varosha's favorite videos: | ||
| Oct 25 | - | Return in to the heart of Varosha |
| Oct 25 | - | Return to Varosha |
| Oct 25 | - | Return inside Varosha - Part 1 |
| Oct 25 | - | Return inside Varosha - Part 2 |
| Oct 25 | - | Return into the centre of Varosha |
 | Blog |
- Youtube-video containing Famagusta photos from 1970
- European Parliament to vote on Return of Varosha
- Photo's
- New pictures today but....
- New Varosha photos on Flickr
- Varosha through the eyes of a Turkish Cypriot
- New Video - Famagusta, The Hostage Ghost City of Europe
- A new site and parhaps a new hope?
- Positive vibes..
- From AlJazeera
denisuk wrote on Feb 13 anyone to comment about these apartments, the owners?? the structure of marina?? as it was.. |
thomasu13 wrote on Sep 11, '11 Hello, I am an Austrian Student of Architecture, currently working on my Diploma Thesis. My work is about the region of Varosha and Famagusta, where I try to develope future scenarios for the area, taking the political as well as the economic situation into consideration. The main focus of attention of my research would be the dichotomy of IMAGE & IDENTITY of Varosha. Therefore I want to analyse e.g. where the inhabitents of Varosha went and what jobs they have today. The output of this 1st step would then be a Migration-Mind-Map of Cyprus. Furthermore I want to show the potentials of Varosha, to work on a possible process of re-inhabiting of the city as my last step. For me it is very difficult to acquire information because of access - as well as language problems. Is there any interest in this topic and developments in this area from your side? Do you have any information of that Region you could share me? Is there maybe an institution or division working on that project that could eventually advise me through the most difficult 1st step, or are there any possibilities of collaboration? Thank you very much for your help!! I would really appreciate any information concerning this topic I'm really interested in. Best, Thomas University of Technology Graz |
cerenbogac wrote on Aug 17, '11 On Sunday, 21st August at 18.00, we are meeting in front of Şht. Zeki Salih Elementary School and walking to Varosha for United Cyprus. Please find the details at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235668533144370 |
maliozia wrote on Aug 14, '11 |
johnedavies wrote on Jun 30, '11 Does anybody else get the feeling,that there could be a positive outcome,for a Return to Varosha? |
cerenbogac wrote on May 31, '11 I spend my entire childhood in an abandoned house of a Greek Cypriot which was given to my grandmother equivalent to her house that she had to leave in Larnaka. My grandmother was hoping to turn back to her true "home" in Larnaka someday; however she passed away before she even saw that they opened up the borders to cross over. I played at the edge of ghost town Varosha, looking to that strange city over barbered wires and this has affected me for a life time. I am an architect; but Varosha made me to study in Environmental Psychology aspects of architecture, I even did many researches about it. I really wished and hope that each refugee from Cyprus can return "HOME" someday... love&peace - Ceren Bogac cerenbogac@hotmail.com http://cerenbogac.com |
64stuart wrote on Mar 24, '11 Great photographs. Reminded me of the holidays we took in 1972 and 1973. We stayed at the Cypriana hotel. Does anyone know which of the ariel photograps show this hotel? thanks Stuart |
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resumer wrote on Oct 3, '10 new photos added :) |
jonp79 wrote on Jan 15, '10 Some new photos added. -Jon |
hollieann08 wrote on Nov 11, '08 Hey , i went here on holiday to Cyprus this year. Protaras to be exact we took a one day excursion to Famagusta and it involved walking along the sea front next to some of the old buildings , as a 13 year old i found it hard to believe how this could have happened to a holiday resort as the holiday resort is nearly as big as my home town , looking through the green fencing that now surrounds varosha i could see books still on the reception desks , and on one balcony a towel wrapped several times around a pole on the balcony wall. All the rooms looked empty but i imagine that they're not. i really do feel for all those that were in this holiday resort at the time of the horrible incident. You must have been terrified. i hope one day Varosha is restored to what it used to be it doesn't deserve to be left that way . |
