Abandoned Villages - Trimithousa

Published 29th of April, 2017

Another Fireplace

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However, if you look at this picture, on the back wall it looks like there are the remains of two plug sockets. Next time I am passing through I shall have to take a closer look, but this would suggest that this house at least had both electricity and running water.

The Local Mosque

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The local Mosque still looks in relatively good nick.

This is what the PRIO website has to say about the inhabitants:


No one was displaced from this village during the emergency years of the 1950s, nor during the intercommunal fighting of 1963-64. At the beginning of the 1974 war, the village surrendered to Greek Cypriot forces immediately after the Turkish sector of Polis did so, on 22 July. However, after a ceasefire was implemented in August, a few young villagers fled through the mountains to the north, which was by then under Turkish control. The remaining 72 persons were evacuated to the north under UNFICYP escort on 5 September 1975. Most were subsequently resettled in Larnaka tis Lapithiou/Kozan(238). The number of Trimithousa/Uzunmeşe Turkish Cypriots who were displaced after 1974 was around 90-100 (81 in the 1960 census).

Inside the Mosque

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Standing outside the mosque, it soon becomes apparent that bird have taken up residence inside. You cannot see many nests from this shot, which was taken by me inserting the camera through a small hole and randomly snapping, but there must be a fair few in total.

Is this the Muslim equivalent of a church hall?

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This building is next to the mosque, and in similarly good condition.

Beyond the Mosque

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It looks gorgeous, but I will save exploring down there until the autumn time, when the vegetation and snakes have died down.

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