As may be seen from the chart above, Zacharia/Tatlıca was always an exclusively Turkish Cypriot village. The population of the village frequently fluctuated, eventually declining from 116 in 1946 to 89 in 1960.
Displacement:
No one was displaced during the emergency years of the late 1950s, nor during the intercommunal strife of 1963-64. Most of the villagers remained in Zacharia/Tatlıca until 1975, when on 3 September, 85 persons were transferred under UNFICYP escort to the island’s north, by then under Turkish control. Most of the Zacharia Turkish Cypriots were resettled in Agridaki/Alemdağ(212), a village in the Kyrenia district. However, four families chose to settle in Assia/Paşaköy(131), a village located in the Mesaoria plain.
Current Inhabitants:
Today Zacharia/Tatlıca is empty and in ruins.
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