PRIO

As can be seen from the chart above, Lapathos was always a mixed village. Although Muslims constituted the majority in 1831 (61%), Greek Cypriots always constituted the majority during the British period. During the first half of the 20^th century, while the Greek Cypriot population ratio increased steadily, the Turkish Cypriot ratio declined. In the 1960 census, Turkish Cypriots constituted only 35% of the population. This percentage was almost 42.5% in 1891.

Displacement:

During the 1963-4 intercommunal strife, no one was displaced from the village’s original population; however, the village served temporarily as a reception centre for displaced Turkish Cypriots. According to geographer Richard Patrick, there were nine displaced Turkish Cypriots residing in the village in 1970. In 1974, all of its Greek Cypriot inhabitants were displaced. They fled in August 1974 from the advancing Turkish army to the southern part of the island. Currently, like the rest of the displaced Greek Cypriots, the Greek Cypriots of Lapathos are scattered throughout the island’s south, with some pockets in cities. The displaced Greek Cypriot population of Lapathos could be estimated to be around 440 since its population was 435 in 1973.

Current Inhabitants:

Currently the village is mainly inhabited by its original Turkish Cypriot villagers. However, the village was also used for the settlement of some Turkish nationals from the Çarşamba district of the middle Black Sea region of Turkey. There are also some Turkish Cypriot returnees currently living in the village. The 2006 Turkish Cypriot census puts the total population of the village at 475.

REFERENCES

Books and Reports:

Colonial Office (1893), “Cyprus: Report on the census of Cyprus, taken 6th April 1891,” Mediterranean, No. 39. London: Colonial Office.
Department of Statitstics and Research, 1997. Estimates of Turkish Cypriots and Settlers from Turkey, Ministry of Finance [Republic of Cyprus], Nicosia.
Fehmi, Hasan (2003), “Güney’de Kalan Değerlerimiz,” Lefkoşa (Nicosia): Özyay Matbaacılık.
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Giray, Halil: KKTC Yerleşim Birimleri, Yürürlükteki ve Eski İsimler Listesi KKTC İskân Bakanlığı : KKTC Coğrafi İsimler Kataloğu : (Cilt – I and II), Lefkoşa.
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Hart-Davis, C. H (1922), “Report and general abstracts of the census of 1921, taken on the 24th April, 1921,” London: Waterlow & Sons.
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Mavrogordato, Alexander (1901), “Report and general abstracts of the census of 1901, taken on the 1st April, 1901,” Nicosia: Government Printing Office.
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Menardos, Simos (2001), Τοπωνημικαι και Λαογραφικαι Μελεται (Topographical and Folkloric Studies), Nicosia: Centre for Scientific Studies
Perry, Frederic W., 1884. Report on the Census of Cyprus 1881, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London.
Republic of Cyprus, 1961. “Census of Population and Agriculture, 1960: Volume I: Population by Location, Race, and Sex,” Nicosia
TRNC 2006 census preliminary results can be found at: www.devplan.org
TRNC Prime Ministry State Planning Organisation Statistics and Research Department, Census of Population: Social and Economic Characteristics of Population, December 15, 1996, TRNC Prime Ministry, Nicosia, 1999.
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Ministry of Finance (1973), “Micro-Census (April 1973) Population by Village and Ethnic Group, Volume I.” Nicosia: Department of Statistics and Research.
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Patrick, Richard (1976), “Political Geography and the Cyprus Conflict: 1963-1971,” Department of Geography, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo.
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Yorgancıoğlu, Oğuz: Kıbrıs’ta Türkçe Yer Adları ve Veriliş Yöntemleri Üzerine Bir Araştırma Kıbrıs Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt : 2, Sayı : 3, Yıl : 96

Websites:

http://www.cyprus-village.com/ (for the villages)
http://news.karpasha.com/
http://human-rights-archaeology.blogspot.com/
http://kypros.org/Occupied_Cyprus/ (for the villages in the north)