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Turkish Language
Posted under North Cyprus on Thursday, 5 November 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Turkish is spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, and originates from Ottoman Turkish, which dates back nearly 1,200 years. The Ottoman Turkish language was based mainly on Arabic and Persian, but was replaced under one of Ataturk's reforms in 1928, with the more modern language which is...
Transport
Posted under North Cyprus on Thursday, 5 November 2009 by Mandy Barber
Buses
Buses are normally minibuses locally know as Kombos or Dolmus. There routes mainly cover the main towns Kyrenia,Nicosia and Famagusta and larger local villages.
The buses do not normally have a schedule and normally run every 10-20 minutes along main roads and then into the...
Village and Countryside
Posted under North Cyprus on Monday, 26 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is that side of the island that is home to the ethnic Turkish Cypriot population. In common with most of the Mediterranean peoples, Cypriots are sunny natured and warmly welcoming. A wander through one of the villages will be rewarded with many greetings of...
Ataturk Square
Posted under Nicosia on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Ataturk Square | Nicosia
Continuing along Girne Caddesi, it is a five minute walk to Ataturk Square, formerly Konak Square, dominated by the granite column that is topped with a bronze sphere. This column was a symbol of Venetian rule and originally had a marble Lion of St. Mark on the top. When...
The Mevlevi Tekke (Whirling Dervish Museum)
Posted under Nicosia on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
The Mevlevi Tekke (Whirling Dervish Museum) | Nicosia
Entering the city through the Girne Kapisi (Kyrenia Gate), the Mevlevi tekke museum is fifty metres on the left. A tekke is a religious base, and this 17th C building was the home of the followers of Jelal-el-din-Rumi Mevlana, the Persian poet,...
