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Wellcome to the island of Aphrodite.

Why North Cyprus?

Those who visit Northern Cyprus usually return. It is a quiet place. It has not been overrun by tourists. Northern Cyprus is a land of beaches, mountains, castles and villages where time stood still many years ago - well, actually, sometime in the late fifties. If you are old enough there are many things here that you will recall from your childhood, including the music!

Even in Kyrenia, a major town by the standards of Northern Cyprus, the old harbour looks pretty much as it did in 1914, although what once were Carob warehouses are now restaurants and bars.

There is one Turkish word that visitors quickly learn : Yavash=Slowly. There is time. And there is Cyprus time. In Cyprus, no one is in a hurry.

But, like all countries where the pace of life is slow, the people are friendly, and the Turkish Cypriot smile is as bright and as warm as the Cyprus sunshine.

About 200,000 people live in this small country, which is only 120 miles from east to west and about 15 miles from north to south. However, the topography, from the dry central plain, to the mountains, to the coast and beaches, is dramatic in its contrasts. In addition, Northern Cyprus has a wide variety of wild flora and fauna, and is a stopping off point for many species of migrating birds, and there is also a green turtle conservation area.

Historically, there is also much of interest. Cyprus was repeatedly invaded over the centuries, each invasion leaving a legacy that survives to this day.

So, when you visit Northern Cyprus, forget time, forget stress, forget rain and grey days, just relax in the sunshine and do your own thing.

Best time to visit?
The winter months are December, January, and February with max temperatures from 17C to 19C and rain is to be expected. Rain here is often torrential, but does not usually last long. However, even in the winter months, when the sun shines, which is more often than not, it is warm enough to eat breakfast on the patio.

At any time of the year, the sunlight is intense. When you sit outside, it is necessary to position oneself in the shade. In November, and the winter months, and to a lesser extent in October and March, day time temperatures are usually pleasant, comparable to the best early summer days of Northern Europe, but once the sun begins to set it does begin to feel chilly, and you may then need to wear a sweater. But it is often possible to eat your Christmas dinner outdoors.

March sees the beginning of the tourist season even though it can still seem (to the acclimatised!) a little chilly at nights. April, May and June are very popular months, nights are warm, and the fields are carpeted with spring flowers. This is followed by the hot, dry months of July and August. These two months are strictly for dedicated sun-worshippers. It can be very hot indeed, and there is never any rain. Then follows the 'second spring', when a little rain is to be expected. September and October are many peoples' favourite months. It is still very warm, but not unbearably so.

Cyprus has a Mediterranean climate. No matter what time of the year, it is always warmer than northern climates. In Cyprus gardens you will see flowers all year round.

Food

Cyprus Specialities

If you know the food of Turkey, then you know Cyprus food, but there are one or two things that you won't find in Turkey.Probably the most famous of Cypriot culinary specialities is hellim cheese. This full-fat soft cheese is made from whole goats milk, salt and a touch of mint. It is typically served with salads.

Another speciality is molohiya, a green leafy vegetable which grows only in Cyprus and on the banks of the Nile. It is usually cooked with chicken or meat and is delicious and wholesome.

Another interesting vegetable unknown outside Cyprus is kolokas, a root vegeable which when cooked (again with lamb or chicken) has the texture of potato, but a sweeter taste.

In addition to the usual Turkish kebabs, there are two which are only to be found in Cyprus. One is kup kebab, lamb or goat wrapped in foil with potatoes and herbs and cooked for hours in a clay oven. The other is sheftali kebabs, which are small, spicy and sausage-like. They are skewered and cooked over hot charcoal.

THE CYPRIOT POPULATION
In the long history of Cyprus, there has never existed a Cypriot nation. The Cypriot population is the remnant of many races who occupied and ruled Cyprus.

"... At no time has the island been a constituent part of the Hellenic Greece... That there was real racial affinity with the Hellenic stock there is nothing to prove; the anthropological evidence, so far as it goes, seems on the whole to favour the contrary view."

Sir George Hill, Cyprus History, vol IV, pp.488-89)

Since 1571-1572 in Cyprus, there has existed two distinct national peoples. One is the Cypriot Greeks as described above, the remnants of the invaders, and the other, is Turkish Cypriots, originally the ancestors of the Turks from mainland Anatolia who were settled in the island a year after the Turkish Conquest, in 1572 and the following years.

These two national peoples have lived together for more than four centuries in harmony, particularly during the Turkish period of 308 years until the chauvinistic and expansionist ` Megali Idea' aspirations of Greece inspired and encouraged the Enosis (union with Greece) Campaign which resulted in the end in the division of the island.' Consequently since 1974 Turkish and Greek peoples of the island have been living within their separate independent states, the Greeks in the South and the Turks in the North, in peace and complete security.

OPPRESSION OF THE GREEKS
Before the Turkish Conquest in 1570-1571 , oppression of the Greek Orthodox inhabitants of Cyprus by the Catholic Latins (Lusignan and Venetian) was very severe.

Doros Alastos, Cyprus in History, pp.151-152; Sir George Hill, the Cyprus History vol IV, pp.5-7

During the Latin period of 380 years, (1191-1571) their autocephalous Orthodox Church was oppressed and subordinated by the ruling Latin tyrants who were Catholics. The lands and property of the Greek Orthodox Church were confiscated and given to the Roman Catholic sees. The independence Orthodox Archbishopric was totally suppressed. Orthodox churches were closed and the Greek bishops were deported to remote parts of the island.

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