Skylloura Explained

Settlement Type:village
Skylloura
Pushpin Map:Cyprus
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Relief:y
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Cyprus
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Cyprus
Subdivision Type1: • District
Subdivision Name1:Nicosia District
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Type3: • District
Subdivision Name3:Lefkoşa District
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:953
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:35.2328°N 33.1653°W

Skylloura (Σκυλλούρα, Turkish: Yılmazköy or Şillura) is a village located in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, about halfway between the towns of Morphou and Nicosia. It is administered by the Lefkoşa District of Northern Cyprus. In the town the two main roads Morphou-Nicosia and Kyrenia-Lapithos-Skylloura meet.

It was a mixed village with a Greek Cypriot majority before the intercommunal violence of 1963-64. A number of Turkish Cypriots were abducted from the village and killed by Greek Cypriot militia, which led to the Turkish Cypriot inhabitants fleeing to Turkish Cypriot villages and Nicosia. In the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled in the wake of the Turkish military advance. The village is currently mainly inhabited by its original Turkish Cypriot inhabitants, however, there is a military camp in the village, and a large segment of the population consists of the family of military personnel.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Skylloura. PRIO Cyprus Displacement Centre. 14 May 2015.