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Nicosia Post Office
Nicosia Post Office is a historical building in Nicosia, currently located in North Nicosia. It is located very close to the Sarayönü Square. Between 1918 and 1925, the postal services were located at shops owned by the Evkaf Administration on Girne Avenue. In 1925, the British colonial administration built the current building on what was then an empty piece of land. On 20 November 1955, it suffered a bombing by the EOKA militants, which resulted in significant damage. It was continuously used for postal services, with Greek and Turkish Cypriots working together. After the intercommunal violence of 1963-64, the post office fell in the Turkish sector of the city and was used by the Provisional Turkish Cypriot Administration as the headquarters of the Turkish Cypriot postal services. Until 1989, the Bayrak Radio and Television also used the first and second floors of the building. The building is listed as an important historical building by the Turkish Cypriot Department of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicosia
Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capital of Cyprus since the 10th century. It is the last divided capital in Europe; three years after Cyprus gained independence from British rule in 1960, the Bloody Christmas conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots triggered intercommunal violence, and Nicosia's Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities segregated into its south and north respectively in 1964. A decade later, Turkey invaded Cyprus following Greece's successful attempt to take over the island. The leaders of the takeover would later step down, but the dividing line running through Nicosia (and the rest of the island, interrupted only briefly by British military bases) became a demilitarised zone that remains under the control of Cyprus while heavil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Nicosia
North Nicosia or Northern Nicosia ( ; ) refers to the largest settlement and the ''de facto'' capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the northern part of the divided city of Nicosia, and is governed by the Nicosia Turkish Municipality. , North Nicosia had a population of 61,378 and a metropolitan area with a population of 82,539. The city is the economic, political and cultural centre of Northern Cyprus, with many shops, restaurants and shopping malls. It is home to a historic walled city, centred on the Sarayönü Square, and a modern metropolitan area, with the Dereboyu Avenue, Dereboyu region as its centre of business and entertainment. Described as a city with high levels of welfare, it has seen great urban growth and development in the 21st century, including the construction of new highways and high-rises. It hosts a significant number of tourists and a variety of cultural activities, including its international festivals of theatre and music. With a student population over 34, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarayönü Square
Sarayönü (), officially Atatürk Square (; ), is a square in North Nicosia. It is the centre of the Turkish part of the city and was the administrative center of the island for centuries. The Turkish Cypriot central Law Courts, the Nicosia Post Office, as well as a police station and a number of banks in the square. The thoroughfare of Girne Avenue ends in the square. The Ottoman governor's mansion, originally a Lusignan, and later Venetian palace, also stood in the south west of the square, before it was destroyed by the British in early 20th century. Name The name "Sarayönü", meaning "the front of the palace" has been commonly used for a long time. The square was reportedly known as "Orduönü Square" before the 18th century. Giovanni Mariti wrote in 1767 that the square was called " Saray Square" by the local population. The first British administrative records mention the square as "Serai Eunu Meidanlik" ("Sarayönü Meydanlığı", Sarayönü Square) and "Hioukioume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evkaf Administration Of Cyprus
Evkaf Administration of Cyprus is the organization that oversees the functionality of vakıfs (foundations) and the registered properties in Cyprus. Officially, foundation of Evkaf is dated to 1571, short after the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus. The exact founding point is accepted as the founding of Sultan Selim Foundation in 15 September 1570, during the first friday's prayer in St. Sophia Cathedral, newly converted into a mosque. During most of the Ottoman rule, many vakıfs were administered by locals, while the local Kadi oversaw and registered those. During the reformation of the Ottoman Empire during early 19. century, all vakıfs in the island was placed under a centralized administration by the Ministry of Evkaf in 1826, El-Hac Yusuf Efendi was appointed as its director. The Cyprus Convention of 1878 has allowed United Kingdom to exert some control over Evkaf, even though the structures of vakıfs and other religious departments of the Ottomans. This arrangement led t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Cyprus (1878–1960)
British Cyprus (Greek: Βρετανική Κύπρος; Turkish: ''Britanya Kıbrısı'') was the island of Cyprus under the dominion of the British Empire, administered sequentially from 1878 to 1914 as a British protectorate, from 1914 to 1925 as a unilaterally annexed military occupation, and from 1925 to 1960 as a Crown colony. Following the London and Zürich Agreements of 19 February 1959, Cyprus became an independent republic on 16 August 1960. History Formation Cyprus was a territory of the Ottoman Empire, lastly as part of the Vilayet of the Archipelago, since it was conquered from the Republic of Venice in 1570–71. A British protectorate under nominal Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878, following the Russo-Turkish War, in exchange for British support of the Ottomans during the Congress of Berlin. Cyprus was then proclaimed a British protectorate and was informally integrated into the British Empire. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near East University
Near East University (NEU; , commonly referred to as YDÜ) is a private university located in Northern Cyprus. It was founded in North Nicosia in 1988, by Suat Günsel, a Turkish Cypriot who is the 100% owner of NEU. The chairman of the board of trustees is his son, Irfan Günsel. The Near East University currently has 16 faculties with 98 departments, 4 vocational schools, 2 high schools and 4 graduate schools offering programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. With over 25,000 students, it is the largest university in Northern Cyprus. History The Near East University was founded by Günsel in 1988. It started higher education studies with two faculties and subsequently established 14 more faculties, four graduate schools, and 15 research centres. The Faculty of Medicine was established in 2008. Campus All the facilities and educational institutions of the university are located in the campus, along with the Near East College (middle and high school levels), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
