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07:00 19/7/2014 - Πηγή: NewsNow
From coast town to ghost town: Forty years after Turkey invaded Cyprus, photos show derelict homes, hotels and airports in Nicosia, the world's only divided capitalJuly 20 marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Attila, Turkish code name for invasionPictures were taken inside UN 'no man's land' buffer zone 112mile-long UN green line divides Turkish-occupied northern part of island from independent Republic of CyprusBy NICK ENOCHIn the early 1970s, it was a top tourist destination, with golden sands, high-rise hotels and shopping precincts, frequented by the likes of Brigitte Bardot, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
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