Bram Vermeulen travels to the divided island of Cyprus. Since the island was divided into a northern and southern part in 1974, with a UN buffer zone in between, hundreds of thousands of Turkish and Greek Cypriots on both sides have felt displaced.

Last October, Turkish authorities opened part of the seaside town of Varosha, which had been closed since 1974.

Tourists have recently been able to visit two streets of this ghost town to take photo's of themselves near the dusty, looted and half-collapsed houses.

This is to the great chagrin of the former residents, who have an insatiable desire to return to the district, but are still not allowed to enter their homes.

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