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‘Homecoming’ to a ghost town sparks Greek Cypriot anguish

A sightseeing cyclist pedals his bicycle along a freshly repaved stretch of road in the recently ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) Bathers cool off in the east Mediterranean along a stretch of beach in the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) A row of abandoned and crumbling hotels and high rises lines the beachfront of the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) The Mediterranean sea is seen through a derelict building near the coastline of the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) A girl rides her bicycle in front of an abandoned coffee shop in the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) Sightseers stroll through a freshly repaved street cutting through the center of Varosha that until recently had been closed for nearly five decades on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) A rope barrier in the foreground prevents sightseers from nearing what used to be a Greek Cypriot high school for girls in the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) A wrecked, rusting traffic light stands next to abandoned, shuttered shops along a freshly repaved street to accommodate sightseers strolling through the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) Savvas Constantinides of Varosha is consoled by a friend after being overcome with emotion as he stands near his family's abandoned home in the ghost suburb on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) A faded shop sign is displayed above a rusting fence preventing access to the gutted souvenir shop in Varosha as sightseers walk in the recently opened suburb on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy) A bather checks her mobile phone as she strolls along an empty stretch of beach in the recently opened ghost suburb of Varosha on Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021. A decision by Turkey and breakaway Turkish Cypriot authorities in ethnically split Cyprus to open Varosha after nearly five decades of being under strict Turkish military control has anguished Greek Cypriot owners fearing that move could result in the loss of their homes and properties. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy)