Asomatos, Kyrenia

Place in Kyrenia District, Cyprus

(de jure)

Cyprus • DistrictKyrenia DistrictCountry (de facto)

Northern Cyprus^[1] • DistrictGirne DistrictPopulation

(2011)^[2]

• Total73Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Asomatos (Greek: Ασώματος (Κερύνειας); Turkish: Özhan) is a village near Myrtou in northern Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.

Asomatos was the second largest Maronite village after Kormakitis. Before the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, its inhabitants numbered 527, whereas, today^[when?]none.^[3]

The village is used as a military camp by the Turkish army. The Maronites may visit the village only on Sundays, with limited time restrictions, for mass in the Church of St. Michael the Archangel.^[3]

References

^ In 1983, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus unilaterally declared independence from the Republic of Cyprus. The de facto state is not recognised by any UN state except Turkey.
^ "KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı" [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census] (PDF) (in Turkish). TRNC State Planning Organization. 6 August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-06.
^ ^a ^b "Maronite Community of Cyprus". Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-01-19.