Why are Cypriot Turks looking to open Maras, a ghost town famed for its beaches in Cyprus, to tourism?
In a crucial move to develop the region, Turkish Republic of North Cyprus has announced the opening of the divided island’s ghost city, known as Varosha by Cypriot Greeks and Maras by their Turkish counterparts, set to support the catering and tourism industries.
With the latest move, the TRNC has signalled that Maras will regain its lost glory and people will once again call it the Las Vegas of the Mediterranean. “South Cyprus [the Greek Cypriot Administration] could object to our decision, but at the end, Maras is under our governance. We will surely evaluate the situation along with the Republic of Turkey. What must be done will be done. This is the beginning,” Tatar added. finding it “completely unacceptable."
For more than 50 years, both Turkish and Greek Cypriots have negotiated with each other for a federation based on political equation with two communities and two regions, but they could not reach a concrete resolution because the Greek side does not want to share the island’s power and wealth with Cypriot Turks, according to Lakadamyali.
Maras has always been an important aspect of the Cyprus issue and both sides have aggressively negotiated the city’s political status under lands titles.
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