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Famagusta

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Famagusta

Seaport on the east coast of Cyprus, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; population (district, 1994) 67,200. It was the chief port of the island until the Turkish invasion 1974.

It has many ruined Gothic churches, the result of its having been taken from the Venetians by the Turks 1571. It is also famous for Othello's Tower, on whose story Shakespeare based his play.



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As the Turks rampaged across the island, only the city of Famagusta resisted.
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Perez de Cuellar stated that tension between the two sides had continued largely because of the military buildup on the island and the "persisting problem" in Varosha, where students attending a university established by Turkish Cypriot authorities in Famagusta and who were reportedly dependents of personnel of Turkish forces in Cyprus had been housed in two hotels inside Varosha's fenced area.
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