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Kidasi, or Kithasi or Jiyas (used by Turkish Cypriots), is a village of the southern Troodos foothills, located thirty kilometers east of Paphos (Ktima) and four kilometers northeast of Trakhypedhoula. The origin of the name is obscure. Turkish Cypriots adopted the name Ceyhan in 1958. Ceyhan is both a name of a town and a river in Turkey. 
 
 
Historical Population:

Although most of the census reports show that the village was inhabited predominantly by Turkish Cypriots, there were some Greek Cypriot families living in the village until 1931. During the British period the population of the village fluctuated constantly.

Displacement:

No one was displaced from this village during the emergency years of the 1950s. However, on 16 January 1964, following killings in nearby villages, the small Turkish Cypriot village of Prastio/Yuvalı(333) sought refuge in Kidasi. After consultation among the leaders of the two villages, it was decided that the two villages together should seek refuge in a more secure Turkish Cypriot village. The inhabitants of both Kidasi and Prastio(333) left on 17 January and moved to Malia/Bağlarbaşı(270) village in the Limassol district. However, when Greek Cypriot forces took control of Malia(270) in March 1964, the displaced Turkish Cypriots from Kidasi and Prastio/Yuvalı(333) were forced to evacuate Malia as well. This time they dispersed to a number of different villages, including Kantou/Çanakkale(265), Agios Georgios/Kavaklı(284), Avdimou/Düzkaya(260), Souskiou/Susuz(337), Agios Nikolaos/Esentepe(287), Stavrokonnou/Aydoğan(338) and Paphos(329). After 1968, when the RoC government had repaired most of the destroyed houses of Kidasi, a number of the villagers chose to return. The 1973 census of the government claims that there were 208 persons living in the village. However, Richard Patrick recorded only 36 persons living in the village in 1971. According to Turkish Cypriots sources, this number went up to 64 by 1974. The remaining approximately 100 displaced Turkish Cypriots from Kidasi stayed in the villages where they had taken refuge until 1974, when they fled to the island’s north. According to some villagers, many of them left secretly over the mountains to the north, while others found refuge in the Akrotiri Sovereign British Base Area and were transferred to north Cyprus via Turkey in January 1975. They were mainly resettled in Agios Amvrosios/Esentepe(207), Morphou/Güzelyurt(072), Zodeia/Bostancı(083), Famagusta(140), Lefkoniko/Geçitkale(162), Kythrea/Değirmenlik(056), Dikomos/Dikmen(217) and Kyrenia(236). The number of Kidasi Turkish Cypriots who were displaced after 1974 was around 180-190 (162 in the 1960 census).

Current Inhabitants:

According to Goodwin, after the departure of the Turkish Cypriots, the government demolished most of their houses in order to build new housing for displaced Greek Cypriots from the island’s north. However, few took the option. The 2001 census recorded only seven persons living there.

  


 
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