AGIOS GEORGIOS

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Agios Georgios or Ayyorgi (for Turkish Cypriots) is a village located in the Famagusta district of Cyprus, three miles southwest of the town of Trikomo/Yeni İskele. The village takes its name from the medieval church of “Agios Georgios Spatharikon,” located between this village and the village of Spathariko/Ötüken. In 1975, Turkish Cypriots changed the name to Aygün, which is a person’s name, literally meaning “Moon day.”
 
 
Historical Population:

As can be seen from the chart above, Agios Georgios appears in most of the census records as a solely Greek Cypriot village. It was probably a mixed village until the British period, as in 1891, thirteen years after the British arrival, the village was still home to five Muslims. Although the village was mixed during the Ottoman period, the census of 1831 shows that Christians constituted almost 86% of the population. By 1901 there were no Muslims left in the village. The total population of the village had a steady increase during the British period, from 255 in 1891 to 446 in 1960.

Displacement:

All but three Greek Cypriots of Agios Georgios were displaced in 1974, and the three who had remained in the village no longer appear to have been living there by December 1980. Currently, like the rest of the Greek Cypriot refugees, the Greek Cypriots of Agios Georgios are scattered throughout the island’s south, with small pockets in towns. The number of Greek Cypriots who were displaced in 1974 was around 470 (464 in 1973 census).

Current Inhabitants:

This village was used for the settlement of Turkish Cypriot displaced persons from various areas of the island’s south, including Larnaca and a number of Paphos villages. However, the village was also used for the settlement of Turkish nationals from Turkey in 1975 and 1976, primarily from Sivas province in eastern Turkey and the Çarşamba district on the Black Sea coast. Persons originally from Turkey now constitute the majority in the village. The 2006 census puts the village’s population at 380.  


 
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