Nicosia International Airport in Cyprus was once the island's main airport, but it has been abandoned for nearly 50 years after a brutal conflict Nicosia International Airport now lies silent and deserted in Cyprus (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Haunting photographs have revealed the interior of a deserted airport that has remained untouched for almost half a century – with terminals and aircraft left to decay.

Nicosia International Airport, formerly Cyprus's gleaming entry point, now stands silent and forsaken, a spectral reminder of a catastrophic conflict that tore the island apart. Originally constructed in the 1930s, the location started as an RAF base before developing into the island's primary civilian aerodrome.

After a Turkish invasion in 1974, the airport became a battlegro

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