Vasileia

Vasileia
Vasileia; Bασίλεια (Greek); Karşıyaka (Turkish);
	In Vasileia
	Vasileia Location in Cyprus
	Coordinates: 35°20′40″N33°7′22″E / 35.34444°N 33.12278°E Coordinates: 35°20′40″N33°7′22″E / 35.34444°N 33.12278°E
Country ( de jure )	Cyprus
• District	Kyrenia District
Country ( de facto )	Northern Cyprus [1]
• District	Girne District
Population (2011) [2]
• Total	2,091
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Last updated April 08, 2019

Vasileia (Greek : Bασίλεια; Turkish : Karşıyaka) is a village in Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is located 3 km west of Lapithos. De facto , it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 2,091.

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea. It has the longest documented history of any living Indo-European language, spanning more than 3000 years of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the major part of its history; other systems, such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary, were used previously. The alphabet arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Armenian, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.

Turkish, also referred to as Istanbul Turkish, is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages, with around ten to fifteen million native speakers in Southeast Europe and sixty to sixty-five million native speakers in Western Asia. Outside Turkey, significant smaller groups of speakers exist in Germany, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Greece, the Caucasus, and other parts of Europe and Central Asia. Cyprus has requested that the European Union add Turkish as an official language, even though Turkey is not a member state.

Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is Kyrenia. It is the smallest of Cyprus' districts, and is the only one controlled by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in its entirety.

In the heart of Vasileia there is an abandoned church.

Culture, sports, and tourism

Turkish Cypriot Karşıyaka Sports Club was founded in 1957, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 2nd League.^[3]

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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), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 21
↑ Northern Cyprus Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Association of Football Clubs

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[1] 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.

[2] KKTC 2011 Nüfus ve Konut Sayımı [TRNC 2011 Population and Housing Census](PDF), TRNC State Planning Organization, 6 August 2013, p. 21

[3] Northern Cyprus Archived 2015-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Association of Football Clubs

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Municipalities	Karavas Kyrenia Lapithos
Communities	Agia Eirini Agios Amvrosios Agios Epiktitos Agios Ermolaos Agios Georgios Agirda Agridaki Asomatos Bellapais Charkeia Diorios Elia Fotta Ftericha Kalograia Kampyli Karakoumi Karmi Karpaseia Kato Dikomo Kazafani Kiomourtzou Klepini Kontemenos Kormakitis Koutsovendis Krini Larnakas tis Lapithou Livera Motides Myrtou Orga Palaiosofos Panagra Pano Dikomo Pileri Sychari Sysklipos Templos Thermeia Trapeza Trimithi Vasileia Vouno

Vasileia Bασίλεια (Greek) Karşıyaka (Turkish)
In Vasileia
Vasileia Location in Cyprus
Coordinates: 35°20′40″N33°7′22″E / 35.34444°N 33.12278°E / 35.34444; 33.12278 Coordinates: 35°20′40″N33°7′22″E / 35.34444°N 33.12278°E / 35.34444; 33.12278
Country ( de jure )	Cyprus
• District	Kyrenia District
Country ( de facto )	Northern Cyprus ^[1]
• District	Girne District
Population (2011)^[2]
• Total	2,091
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)