Agios Ioannis Pafou (; or ) is a small village in the

Paphos District The Paphos District, or simply Paphos (also Pafos), is one of the six districts of Cyprus and it is situated in the western part of Cyprus. Its main town and capital is Paphos. The entire district is controlled by the internationally recognis ...

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, located north of

Salamiou Salamiou () is a village in the Paphos District of Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation ar ...

. Prior to 1974, the village was inhabited almost exclusively by

Turkish Cypriots Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( or ; ) are so called ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots are mainly Sunni Muslims. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,000 Turkish settlers were given land onc ...

. From 1963 to 1974, 18 Turkish people, including women and children were killed by the Cypriot Greeks. In 2023 the Turks visited the village to remember their victims.

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Communities in Paphos District {{cyprus-geo-stub Turkish Cypriot villages depopulated after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus