A compilation of Pictures from Nicosia, CyprusBy Ahmet An

A supplement to the speech given by Ahmet An at the conference, “Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in

Europe”, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20th June 2011

Bird’s eye-view of Nicosia

Cyprus Ottoman period

Nicosia from afar (1920’s)

AyiaSophia Neighbourhood with the mosque and the old houses

Population in Nicosia in 1946Neighbourhood Christian Moslem Others Total1. Abdi Çavuş 74 799 29 9022. Akkavuk 107 1094 1 12023. Arab Ahmet 576 846 1195 26174. Aya Sofya 632 1239 65 19365. Ayii Omoloyitadhes 1678 9 123 18106. Ayios Andreas

(Tophane) 2224 152 636 30127. Ay.Antonios 2045 7 38 20908. Ay.Ioannis 1375 57 4 14369. Ay.Kassianos 1061 115 1 117710. Ay.Loukas 263 536 7 80611. Ay.Savas 1211 39 16 126612. Haydar Paşa 45 334 6 38513. İbrahim Paşa 650 1539 145 233414. Karamanzade 124 61 412 59715. Chrysaliniotissa 865 29 7 90116. Korkut Efendi &

İplik Pazarı 116 232 208 55617. Mahmut Paşa 61 713 101 87518. Nöbethane 438 19 63 52019. Ömerge 917 249 27 119320. Phaneromeni 1065 10 13 108821. Tahtakale 902 518 13 143322. Tabakhane 701 20 36 75723. Tripiotis 2982 27 238 324724. Yeni Cami 656 1686 3 2345________________________________________________________________________Total: 20,768 10,330 3,387 34,485Within the walls: 24,967Outside the walls: 9,518 in quarters like Koskluciftlik (part of Arab Ahmet Neighb.),Yeni Kapi (New Gate-part of Yeni Djami N.) and Yeni Sehir (Neapolis-part of Ibrahim Pasha N.). In the outskirts of the old city Nicosia, there were 9 villages, where a total of 18,839 persons were living. These villages were Ayios Dhometios (Incirli), Eylenje, Hamit Mandraları, Buyuk Kaymakli, Kucuk Kaymakli (Omorphita), Ortakoy, Pallouriotissa, Strovolos and Trakhonas (Kizilbas).(Source: Report by D.A.Percival, Cyprus: Census of Population and Agriculture, 1946, Report and Tables, London 1949)

Houses of the Arab Ahmet Neighbourhood, below is the Djirit Hisar (Celebration of 1928)

Victoria Street

The Armenian Church and the Armenian Monastry

Victoria Street

The Law Courts and the remains of the Lusignan Palace (1904)

The Law Courts and the Venetian Column at the Sarayonu Square

The Gothic window from the Lusignan Palace (rebuilt in the garden of the Lapidary Museum)

Moslem Feast Day at the Sarayonu Square

Casteliotissa (Tophane)

Gamavor’s bar

Nicosia Public Garden (The old tannery)

Some teachers of the Turkish lyceum resting in the public garden

The Grave of Vah Veli (Chief of the Tanners) at the Nicosia Tannery outside Paphos Gate

Famagusta Gate

Hasan Karabardak Agha (1st from right) with his Turkish Cypriot friends

Omeriye Mosque

Women’s Bazaar

Kyrenia Gate (from outside) with the gatekeeper Horoz Ali before 1931

Women’s Bazaar

Women’s Bazaar

Women’s Bazaar

Ayios Loukas Church and Neighbourhood

Nicosia Municipality Market on Friday

The first partition of Nicosia (1956-58)

Long live Republic of Cyprus

16th August 1960

Legislative Council, 21st February 1900

Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the British Administration in Sarayonu Square (1928)

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