Its inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever si

Its inhabitants fled during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, when the city of Famagusta came under Turkish control, and it has remained abandoned ever since https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varosha,_Famagusta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varosha,_Famagusta