Agios_Epiktitos

Agios Epiktitos

Agios Epiktitos

Place in Kyrenia District, Cyprus

Agios Epiktitos (Greek: Άγιος Επίκτητος; Turkish: Çatalköy) is a village in Cyprus, located 6 km (4 mi) east of Kyrenia. Agios Epiktitos, is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.The village was named after an ascetic monk who fled the Saracens in Palestine in the 9th Century and was a colleague of Saint Ambrose of Kyrenia who gave his name to a village close by.

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The Turkish Cypriot Agios Epiktitos Municipality was founded in 1980.[3]

Culture, sports, and tourism

Turkish Cypriot Düzkaya Sports Club, located in Agios Epiktitos, was founded in 1958, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 1st League.[4]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Northern Cyprus

Agios Epiktitos is twinned with:

References

  1. [1]
    In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
  2. [2]
    KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 17, archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2013
  3. [3]
    Çatalköy Municipality Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Municipality
  4. [4]
    Northern Cyprus Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Association of Football Clubs
  5. [5]
    "Altınova". © Altınova. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  6. [6]
    "Bakü-İstanbul-KKTC 'yerel yönetim' hattı". © Zabrat. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
  7. [7]
    "New Twin Town to Kas: Catalkoy from Kyrenia". © Kaş Municipality. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2015-06-18.


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