Kazafani or Kazaphani (, or ''Ozanköy'') is a village in the

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 ...

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

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. It was traditionally agricultural village, originally based around the feudal estate of Casal Pifani (alternatively spelled Pifane, Piphani or Epiphani). This is referenced in the ''Histoire de l'Île de Chypre'' by

Louis de Mas Latrie Louis de Mas Latrie (9 April 1815 – 3 January 1897) was a 19th-century French historian. Biography After his studies at the École nationale des chartes, Louis de Mas Latrie became an historian and specialized on Cyprus during the Middle Age ...

on page 510. It is one of the mountain villages that the former Latin inhabitants of

Kyrenia Castle Kyrenia Castle ( ) is a 16th-century castle built by the Republic of Venice, Venetians over a previous Crusades, Crusader fortification. Within its walls lies a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Ancient Rome, Roman capitals, and the Shipwr ...

were forced into following the Ottoman Conquest of the island, many of their descendants now populating the village. The Monastery of Bellapais has been referred to as the ''Monastery of Cozzafani'' (another name of the village), a link that started during the 3rd Crusade. The route that the Crusaders would walk still holds the name 'Crusader Path' today. The origins of the feudal estate (Casal) are from the settling Latin crusaders.

Culture, sports, and tourism

Turkish Cypriot Ozanköy Sports Club was founded in 1956, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 2nd League.Northern Cyprus
Association of Football Clubs

References

Communities in Kyrenia District Populated places in Girne District {{cyprus-geo-stub