The village was always a mixed village. As can be seen from the chart above, in the Ottoman census of 1831, the Muslim (Turkish Cypriots) population was slightly more than the Greek Cypriots (50.7%). In 1891 the Turkish Cypriot proportion increased to 69%. Throughout the British period, while the Turkish Cypriot population of the village showed a steady increase, the number of Greek Cypriots gradually decreased. In 1960, the Greek Cypriot share of the population was only 12.6%.
Displacement:
The first conflict-related displacement took place in 1964. In February 1964, both Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriots inhabitants of Agios Sozomenos/Arpalık were displaced. Turkish Cypriots fled to Louroujina/Akıncılar(063) enclave and Greek Cypriots to Potamia/Dereli(089). The number of those who were displaced was approximately 200. After 1974, most of the Turkish Cypriots of Agios Sozomenos/Arpalık were resettled in Argaki/Akçay(020),a village near the town of Morphou/Güzelyurt(072), together with other displaced villagers from neighboring villages such as Potamia/Dereli(089) who had also sought refuge in the Louroujina/Akıncılar(063).
Current Inhabitants:
Currently the village is largely destroyed and in ruins. There are only a couple of houses near the village that are inhabited by their original Greek Cypriot owners. The last census of 2001, counted only four persons living in the village.
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