{"id":8366,"date":"2025-09-04T10:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/?page_id=8366"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T09:40:46","slug":"famagusta-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/nb\/welcome-aboard\/famagusta-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Famagusta Historie"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8366\" class=\"elementor elementor-8366\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0cc30c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c0cc30c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3ed673 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e3ed673\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Famagusta ble erobret av de osmanske tyrkerne etter en elleve m\u00e5neders beleiring i august 1571. Byens kristne innbyggere ble senere tvunget til \u00e5 bo utenfor bymurene og dannet gradvis en ny by kalt Varosha, som stammer fra det tyrkiske Varos, som betyr forstad. Etter uavhengigheten fra britisk kolonistyre vokste Famagusta (navnet brukes vanligvis for \u00e5 inkludere b\u00e5de den befestede delen og Varosha) raskt som turistdestinasjon og som et kommersielt og kulturelt sentrum.<\/p><p>Innen juni 1974 hadde Famagusta over 53 % av turistene som bes\u00f8kte Kypros, mens havnen h\u00e5ndterte 83 % av den totale lasten og 49 % av den totale passasjertrafikken til og fra \u00f8ya. Famagusta ble erobret av den tyrkiske h\u00e6ren i 1974, under den andre fasen av den tyrkiske invasjonen, da innbyggerne flyktet foran de fremrykkende tyrkiske styrkene. Et omfattende omr\u00e5de av byen, som i stor grad tilsvarer Varosha, ble umiddelbart sperret av, og adgang var strengt forbudt.<\/p><p>I de p\u00e5f\u00f8lgende to \u00e5rene ble den systematisk plyndret av den tyrkiske h\u00e6ren. Den svenske journalisten Jan-Olof Bengtsson, under sitt bes\u00f8k til den svenske FN-bataljonen i Famagusta havn i september 1977, s\u00e5 den avsperrede delen av byen fra bataljonens observasjonspost, og fortsatte deretter med \u00e5 skrive i den svenske kveldavis Kvallsposten:<\/p><p><em><strong>\u00abAsfalten p\u00e5 veiene har sprukket i den varme solen, og langs fortauene vokser busker I dag september 1977 er frokostbordene fortsatt dekket, klesvasken fortsatt hengende, og lampene fortsatt tent Varosha er en sp\u00f8kelsesby\u00bb<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0729554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0729554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"733\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divided-island-EN-05.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8404\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divided-island-EN-05.png 733w, https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divided-island-EN-05-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divided-island-EN-05-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divided-island-EN-05-400x220.png 400w, https:\/\/medcruises.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/divided-island-EN-05-600x330.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 733px) 100vw, 733px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59f18b1 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"59f18b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5dc031d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5dc031d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to main menu Famagusta History Famagusta was captured by the Ottoman Turks after an eleven month siege in August 1571. Its Christian inhabitants were later forced to reside outside of the city walls and gradually formed a new town called Varosha, which derives from the Turkish Varos which translates to Suburb. 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