The Turkish army turned the residential building into a new observation post, profiting from its adjacency to the Agios Dometios Turkish Cypriot checkpoint. The transformed modernist structure into an army post has its doors and windows sealed and its walls all painted white. The flags of Turkey and "TRNC" are painted at the north facade of the house with the plan of the divided island placed between them. The modernist roof terrace was turned into an observation deck with the addition of a white kiosk for the guard and two bamboo made umbrellas. By making visible their authority over the territory to the passing-by car drivers, they brought to the foreground the unseen modernist building. If we take a look at the images of the area taken during the preparation of the crossing, we can see the house at the background before its new appearance. The structure decay since the 1974 war is rather present. An army post is located on its roof terrace, protected with green color barrels.
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