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.ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Lefka</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><span title="Greek-language text"><span lang="el" style="font-style: normal;">Λεύκα</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>)</span></li><li><span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">Lefke</i></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(<a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>)</span></li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lefke_heykel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Orange monument in Lefka town centre, representing its rich orange groves"><img alt="Orange monument in Lefka town centre, representing its rich orange groves" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Lefke_heykel.jpg/300px-Lefke_heykel.jpg" decoding="async" 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.od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:300px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:300px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:300px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lefka is located in Cyprus"><img alt="Lefka is located in Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg/300px-Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg/450px-Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg/600px-Cyprus_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2126" data-file-height="1268" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.048%;left:27.819%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Lefka"><img alt="Lefka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Lefka</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Cyprus</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Lefka&params=35_6_48_N_32_51_4_E_region:CY_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°6′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">32°51′4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.11333°N 32.85111°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.11333; 32.85111</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">(<i><a href="/wiki/De_jure" title="De jure">de jure</a></i>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Cyprus" title="Districts of Cyprus">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nicosia_District" title="Nicosia District">Nicosia District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold">(<i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Districts of Northern Cyprus">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lefke_District" title="Lefke District">Lefke District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Aziz Kaya<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Turkish_Party" title="Republican Turkish Party">CTP</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,009</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Municipality<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">11,091</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B3" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+3">UTC+3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Summer_Time" title="Eastern European Summer Time">EEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lefkebelediyesi.com">Lefka Turkish Municipality</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lefka</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Λεύκα</span>; <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>: <i lang="tr">Lefke</i>) is a town in <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>, overlooking <a href="/wiki/Morphou_Bay" title="Morphou Bay">Morphou Bay</a>. It is under the <i><a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> control of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a>. In 2011, the town proper had 3,009 inhabitants. It is the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Lefke_District" title="Lefke District">Lefke District</a> of Northern Cyprus, having been a sub-district centre in the <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCzelyurt_District" title="Güzelyurt District">Güzelyurt District</a> until the establishment of the district in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lefka is known for its citrus fruits and mines. It is the site of the <a href="/wiki/European_University_of_Lefke" title="European University of Lefke">European University of Lefke</a>. During the Venetian period in Cyprus, Lefka was dominated by <a href="/wiki/Catholics" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholics">Catholics</a> of <a href="/wiki/Italian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian people">Italian</a> descent. Turks migrated to Lefka during <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> rule. <a href="/wiki/Asil_Nadir" title="Asil Nadir">Asil Nadir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nil_Burak" title="Nil Burak">Nil Burak</a> were born in Lefka. The city houses the tomb of <a href="/wiki/Nazim_al-Haqqani" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazim al-Haqqani">Nazim al-Haqqani</a>, spiritual head of the Haqqani branch of the <a href="/wiki/Naqshbandi" title="Naqshbandi">Naqshbandi</a> <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> order, died on 7 May 2014. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lefka&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first settlement in the Lefka area dates from the <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> period. According to one hypothesis, the town was founded in the 3rd century BC by Lefkos, the son of the Ptolemy king of <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, who is also said to have founded <a href="/wiki/Nicosia" title="Nicosia">Nicosia</a> (known as Lefkosia), and named after him. Another hypothesis states that a sick Christian girl named "Lefka", meaning <a href="/wiki/Populus" title="Populus">poplar</a> in Greek, came to the town to be healed by the clean air from the mountains. According to the legend, she lived in Lefka for a long time and died in the town, and the town was named after her to honor her memory.<sup id="cite_ref-bagiskan_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagiskan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lefka has historically been a <a href="/wiki/Copper" title="Copper">copper</a> mining town. The copper reserves around the town were first mined in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Bronze_Age" class="mw-redirect" title="Middle Bronze Age">Middle Bronze Age</a>. Their operation continued into the <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> rules. They were closed by the end of the Roman period, in around 150. Ancient tombs dating to Hellenistic and Roman eras (between 310 BC and 150 AD) have been found around the town. In the Roman period, the nearby <a href="/wiki/Karavostasi" title="Karavostasi">Karavostasi</a> served as a port town for trade with and transport to Egypt.<sup id="cite_ref-bagiskan_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagiskan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A church dedicated to Saint George is known to have existed in the town during the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> rule. Under the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cyprus" title="Kingdom of Cyprus">Lusignans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetians</a>, Lefka served as a district capital, home to Frankish and Latin captains, barons and officers. The Lusignan royal family sought refuge in the town when Cyprus was attacked by the <a href="/wiki/Mamluks" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluks">Mamluks</a> in 1425. The town was home to a clean and simple inn in the Middle Ages, serving as a lodging place for those who visited the churches in <a href="/wiki/Soli,_Cyprus" title="Soli, Cyprus">Soli</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vouni_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vouni Palace (page does not exist)">Vouni</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Solia_(Cyprus)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Solia (Cyprus) (page does not exist)">Solia</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maratasa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maratasa (page does not exist)">Maratasa</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Troodos_Mountains" title="Troodos Mountains">Troodos Mountains</a>. The count of <a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a> had a farm in the nearby <a href="/wiki/Peristeronari" title="Peristeronari">Peristeronari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bagiskan_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagiskan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 16th century, the town was recorded to be the centre of a <i><a href="/wiki/Bailaggio" class="mw-redirect" title="Bailaggio">bailaggio</a></i> consisting of a group of villages. The land consisted of crown estates, and during the first three decades of the century, the peasant population multiplied, the amount of cultivated lands as well as the price for the lease of the estates increased, in line with demographic and economic trends elsewhere in Cyprus.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cultivation included sugar plantations on royal estates in the 14th and 15th centuries. Lefka and <a href="/wiki/Morphou" title="Morphou">Morphou</a> had been particularly chosen in the acquisition of royal estates for the profitable cultivation of sugar, being placed at the fertile western end of the <a href="/wiki/Mesaoria" title="Mesaoria">Mesaoria</a> plain.<sup id="cite_ref-coureas_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coureas-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the 1571 <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_conquest_of_Cyprus" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman conquest of Cyprus">Ottoman conquest of Cyprus</a>, Turks from Anatolia were settled in the land and houses that belonged to the Latins in the town. Later, Ottoman officers and their descendants whose service in the island was over also settled in the town.<sup id="cite_ref-bagiskan_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagiskan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lefka thus became a mixed town with a <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Cypriot" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish Cypriot">Turkish Cypriot</a> majority and <a href="/wiki/Greek_Cypriot" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Cypriot">Greek Cypriot</a> minority; in 1831, its adult male population was 328, comprising 294 Turkish Cypriots and 34 Greek Cypriots. In 1891, its population was 907, with 741 Turkish and 166 Greek Cypriots. The population increased to 1143 in 1901, then dropped to 1008 in 1911. In 1921, the population was 1163.<sup id="cite_ref-prio_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 1921, the population increased rapidly as the copper mines began to be operated again by the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Mines_Corporation" title="Cyprus Mines Corporation">Cyprus Mines Corporation</a> (CMC). The population was 1781 in 1931 and 3666 (2685 Turkish Cypriots and 981 Greek Cypriots) in 1946. Due to the <a href="/wiki/Cypriot_intercommunal_violence" title="Cypriot intercommunal violence">Cypriot intercommunal violence</a>, most of the Greek Cypriot population of the town fled in the late 1950s. The town became a <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Cypriot_enclaves" title="Turkish Cypriot enclaves">Turkish Cypriot enclave</a> following the <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_(1963)" title="Bloody Christmas (1963)">Bloody Christmas</a> of 1963-64, and it saw an influx of Turkish Cypriot refugees from nearby villages, which they were forced to leave. The population has increased from 3674 (3586 Turkish Cypriots, 88 Greek Cypriots) in 1960 to a purely Turkish Cypriot 4544 in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-prio_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lefka&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lefke_hurma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Lefke_hurma.jpg/170px-Lefke_hurma.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Lefke_hurma.jpg/255px-Lefke_hurma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Lefke_hurma.jpg/340px-Lefke_hurma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>Landscape in Lefka: The town is home to many palm trees</figcaption></figure> <p>The village is home to three mosques. These are the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Piri_Mehmet_Pasha_Mosque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Piri Mehmet Pasha Mosque (page does not exist)">Piri Mehmet Pasha Mosque</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Orta_Mosque,_Lefka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Orta Mosque, Lefka (page does not exist)">Orta Mosque</a> ("Middle Mosque") and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=A%C5%9Fa%C4%9F%C4%B1_Mosque&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aşağı Mosque (page does not exist)">Aşağı Mosque</a> ("Lower Mosque"). The Piri Mehmet Pasha Mosque is by far the oldest. Its site is said to be the site of the Byzantine church of Saint George. The current building was first built in the 7th century as a church, then converted to a mosque in the Arab raids on Cyprus till the 10th century. It was in a ruinous condition by the 1571 Ottoman conquest of Cyprus. Ebubekir Bey, an Ottoman officer and the grandson of the former Ottoman grand vizier <a href="/wiki/Piri_Mehmed_Pasha" title="Piri Mehmed Pasha">Piri Mehmed Pasha</a>, had the building repaired and established a foundation with his grandfather's name to maintain the mosque. A <a href="/wiki/Madrasah" class="mw-redirect" title="Madrasah">madrasah</a> and primary school was also built next to the mosque between 1580 and 1584. The Orta Mosque was built in 1904 and the Aşağı Mosque was completed in 1901. In the place of the Aşağı Mosque, there used to be another mosque, probably built in the late 18th-early 19th century. The "Middle Mosque" is so named because of its central location in the town, and the "Lower Mosque" is so named because it lies in the lower quarter of the town.<sup id="cite_ref-bagiskan_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagiskan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Lefka contains numerous historical houses that are in the Cypriot-Ottoman architectural style. Most of these houses were built between 1900 and 1930, and while they are mainly in the Ottoman architectural style, they feature elements of Greek architecture, such as <a href="/wiki/Ionian_column" class="mw-redirect" title="Ionian column">Ionian columns</a>, as well. This indicates the fact that many of these houses were built by Greek Cypriot builders. The houses have characteristic <a href="/wiki/Bay_window" title="Bay window">bay windows</a> and arches in the interior. They all have inner courtyards, reflecting the conservative, closed Islamic family life of the early 20th century. They lie along narrow, unspoiled streets; the most impressive mansions are located in the Nekipzade, Hacı Emin and Salih Suphi streets.<sup id="cite_ref-bagiskan_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bagiskan-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Soli,_Cyprus" title="Soli, Cyprus">Soli</a> – ancient Greek city</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vouni_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vouni Palace (page does not exist)">Vouni Palace</a> – on a cliff top 9 kilometres (6 miles) west of Gemikonagi, and 250 metres (820 feet) above <a href="/wiki/Sea_level" title="Sea level">sea level</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/city/guzelyurt/lefke/lefke-web/msq-piriosman.htm">Tomb of Piri Osman Pasha</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/city/guzelyurt/lefke/images/storehouse.jpg">Storehouse from the British Period</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_relations">International relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lefka&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Northern_Cyprus" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Northern Cyprus">List of twin towns and sister cities in Northern Cyprus</a></div> <p>In 2015, Lefka became a member of <a href="/wiki/Cittaslow" title="Cittaslow">Cittaslow International</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lefka&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lefka is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bergama" title="Bergama">Bergama</a>, İzmir, Turkey<sup id="cite_ref-Bergama_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bergama-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malatya" title="Malatya">Malatya</a>, Turkey<sup id="cite_ref-Malatya_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malatya-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Silifke" title="Silifke">Silifke</a>, Mersin, Turkey<sup id="cite_ref-Silifke_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Silifke-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><img alt="Turkey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elmada%C4%9F" class="mw-redirect" title="Elmadağ">Elmadağ</a>, Ankara, Turkey<sup id="cite_ref-Elmadağ_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elmadağ-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lefka&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In 1983, the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyprus" title="Northern Cyprus">Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</a> unilaterally <a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="Declaration of Independence of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus">declared independence</a> from the Republic of <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition" title="List of states with limited recognition">de facto</a></i> state is not <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition" title="Diplomatic recognition">recognised</a> by any UN state except <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kibrisadahaber.com/lefkede-aziz-kaya-baskan/">Lefke'de Aziz Kaya Baskan</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084447/http://www.kibrisadahaber.com/lefkede-aziz-kaya-baskan/">Archived</a> 2014-10-06 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131106001538/http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20ikinci_.pdf"><i>KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı</i></a> [<i>TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census</i>] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 22, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.devplan.org/Nufus-2011/nufus%20ikinci_.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 6 November 2013</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=KKTC+2011+N%C3%BCfus+ve+Konut+Say%C4%B1m%C4%B1&rft.pages=22&rft.pub=TRNC+State+Planning+Organization&rft.date=2013-08-06&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.devplan.org%2FNufus-2011%2Fnufus%2520ikinci_.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALefka" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161227202121/http://www.kibrispostasi.com/lefke-6-ilce-oldu!-27122016">"Lefke 6. ilçe oldu!"</a>. 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Trimithias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Epifanios_Oreinis" title="Agios Epifanios Oreinis">Agios Epifanios Oreinis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Epifanios_Soleas" title="Agios Epifanios Soleas">Agios Epifanios Soleas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Georgios,_Nicosia" title="Agios Georgios, Nicosia">Agios Georgios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Georgios_Lefkas" title="Agios Georgios Lefkas">Agios Georgios Lefkas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Ioannis_(Pyrgos)" title="Agios Ioannis (Pyrgos)">Agios Ioannis (Selemani)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Ioannis_Malountas" title="Agios Ioannis Malountas">Agios Ioannis Malountas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Nikolaos_Lefkas" title="Agios Nikolaos Lefkas">Agios Nikolaos Lefkas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Sozomenos" title="Agios Sozomenos">Agios Sozomenos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Theodoros,_Nicosia" title="Agios Theodoros, Nicosia">Agios Theodoros, Nicosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Theodoros_Tilliria" title="Agios Theodoros Tilliria">Agios Theodoros Tilliria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agios_Vasileios,_Cyprus" title="Agios Vasileios, Cyprus">Agios Vasileios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agrokipia" title="Agrokipia">Agrokipia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akaki,_Cyprus" title="Akaki, Cyprus">Akaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alampra" title="Alampra">Alampra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alevga" title="Alevga">Alevga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alithinou" title="Alithinou">Alithinou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alona,_Cyprus" title="Alona, Cyprus">Alona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammadies" title="Ammadies">Ammadies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambelikou" title="Ambelikou">Ambelikou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Analiontas" title="Analiontas">Analiontas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anageia" title="Anageia">Anageia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angolemi" title="Angolemi">Angolemi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthoupolis" title="Anthoupolis">Anthoupolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apliki" title="Apliki">Apliki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arediou" title="Arediou">Arediou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argaki" title="Argaki">Argaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askas" title="Askas">Askas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astromeritis" title="Astromeritis">Astromeritis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avlona,_Cyprus" title="Avlona, Cyprus">Avlona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beykeuy" title="Beykeuy">Beykeuy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deneia" title="Deneia">Deneia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dyo_Potamoi" title="Dyo Potamoi">Dyo Potamoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elia,_Nicosia" title="Elia, Nicosia">Elia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epicho" title="Epicho">Epicho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episkopeio" title="Episkopeio">Episkopeio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ergates" title="Ergates">Ergates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evrychou" title="Evrychou">Evrychou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exometochi" title="Exometochi">Exometochi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmakas" 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title="Kalo Chorio Kapouti">Kalo Chorio Kapouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalo_Chorio_Oreinis" title="Kalo Chorio Oreinis">Kalo Chorio Oreinis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalo_Chorio_(%C3%87aml%C4%B1k%C3%B6y)" title="Kalo Chorio (Çamlıköy)">Kalo Chorio Soleas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalopanagiotis" title="Kalopanagiotis">Kalopanagiotis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyvakia,_Cyprus" title="Kalyvakia, Cyprus">Kalyvakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampi" title="Kampi">Kampi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampia,_Cyprus" title="Kampia, Cyprus">Kampia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kampos,_Cyprus" title="Kampos, Cyprus">Kampos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanl%C4%B1k%C3%B6y" title="Kanlıköy">Kanlıköy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannavia" title="Kannavia">Kannavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapedes" title="Kapedes">Kapedes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karavostasi" title="Karavostasi">Karavostasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kataliontas" title="Kataliontas">Kataliontas</a></li> <li><a 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