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]