ANKARA/NICOSIA (Reuters) - Northern Cyprus said on Thursday it would reopen the beach area of an abandoned resort in no-man's land, a move likely to anger Greek Cypriots and conjure up memories of the 1974 Turkish invasion that partitioned the island.
Ersin Tatar, premier of the breakaway state of Northern Cyprus, made the announcement in Ankara alongside Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who said he backed the decision on Varosha, sealed off within barbed wire for decades.
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