Asomatos,_Kyrenia

Asomatos, Kyrenia

Asomatos, Kyrenia

Place in Kyrenia District, Cyprus

For the village in Limassol District, see Asomatos, Limassol.
For other uses, see Asomatos.

Asomatos (Greek: Ασώματος (Κερύνειας); Turkish: Özhan) is a village near Myrtou in northern Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

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Asomatos was the second largest Maronite village after Kormakitis. Before the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, its inhabitants numbered 527, whereas, today[when?]none.[3]

The village is used as a military camp by the Turkish army. The Maronites may visit the village only on Sundays, with limited time restrictions, for mass in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.[3]

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) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-06.
  3. [3]
    "Maronite Community of Cyprus". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-01-19.


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