Resort

Varosha, located in Famagusta in Northern Cyprus, was an important tourism center in the mid-20th century. Due to the events in Cyprus in 1974, all its people were forced to leave overnight with the promise of return, but they could never go back. 46 years later, Varosha was opened to visitors like an open-air museum, and people whose roots belong here are now forced to walk around like tourists, looking at their empty homes from behind ropes. As we wander around Varosha stuck in time, we come face to face with repressed memories and the “ghosts” of the place; this abandoned city is not only a physical void but also bears the traces of an emotional and cultural collapse.