Orka (, ) is a small village in

Kyrenia District The Kyrenia District, or simply Kyrenia, is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its capital city is Kyrenia. It is the smallest of Cyprus's districts, and is the only one controlled in its entirety by the unrecognised de facto state of Northern C ...

located on the northern coast of

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, approximately 3 km north of

Kormakitis Kormakitis (Cypriot Arabic: ; , ''Kormakítis''; or ) is a small village in Cyprus. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. Kormakitis is one of four traditionally Maronite villages in Cyprus, the other three being Asomatos, ...

. It is under the ''de facto'' control of

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. Before the

Turkish invasion of Cyprus The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish Cy ...

in 1974, Orka was an entirely Greek Cypriot village. The 1960 census put the population at 139 Greek Cypriots, while in 1973 the population consisted of 98 Greek Cypriots and 17 other nationals. The Greek Cypriots fled as the Turkish army advanced in 1974. The village was repopulated in 1975 by Turkish settlers, who now make up the majority of the population. Orka was a popular destination for British nationals before 1974 and these nationals have kept their properties to this day. Some Turkish Cypriots and Europeans have also bought property and settled in the village in the 2000s.

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{{Kyrenia District Communities in Kyrenia District Populated places in Girne District Greek Cypriot villages depopulated during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus