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Tensions flare as Erdogan heads to breakaway north Cyprus AFP 7 hrs ago © Paz PIZARRO Map of Cyprus, an island divided since 1974 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to breakaway north Cyprus Tuesday, to mark the anniversary of Turkey s 1974 invasion, a visit infuriating Greek Cypriots with island reunification talks in limbo. Erdogan s visit is seen as a show of strength to support a two-state solution to the island s decades-long division, but also to bolster his ambitions to dominate the strategic eastern Mediterranean. In a gesture set to send tensions soaring, Erdogan will review some of the thousands of Turkish troops in the self declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in the abandoned beach resort of Varosha, which the invasion emptied of its Greek-Cypriot inhabitants.

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