- 1. Varosha / Famagusta
- (Historical Places)
- ... walled city. Greek Cypriots, on the other hand, mainly congregated in the Varosha area of the town. As the Turkish forces approached, most of the population of Varosha, around 40,000, fled to the south ...
- 2. St Mamas Monastery / Guzelyurt
- (Historical Places)
- ... the Byzantine duke of the time demanded taxes from the local population. Mamas refused to pay the taxes as he lived in a cave. The Duke commanded two of his soldiers to arrest Mamas and bring him to Lefkosa. ...
- 3. St Hilarion Castle / Kyrenia
- (Historical Places)
- ... served as a place of escape in 1349 when the Black Death swept the island, and estimated numbers of the dead range from one quarter to one half of the entire population. In 1373, during the Genoese invasion, ...
- 4. North Cyprus Guide
- (North Cyprus)
- ... of social conflicts and wars that lasted for 11 years between 1963 and 1974. Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities constituting 96% of the island population and is divided into two independent states ...
