"Paradoxical Armeno-Turkish
Paradoxical Armeno-Turkish relations
Alkan Chaglar
Armenians have lived in Cyprus for centuries, but the present community on the island is mainly the result of immigration during and after the Armenian deportations of 1915-23 in Turkey. Currently, some 6000 Armenians live in Cyprus, mainly in Nicosia, Larnaca and Limassol. Many of the Armenians who fled to Cyprus were Turkahayer, or Turkish Armenians, despite the fact that some Gibrahayer (Cypriot Armenians) had lived in Cyprus for centuries.
Fleeing from war, they huddled together in open boats, unfurled their sails and left Silifke to Cyprus. Armenians arrived bedraggled, dispirited and sick from war, but with heavy hearts and with an entrepreneurial spirit they made the island their new home. Cyprus for them was a sanctuary from the misery of war and domestic strife in Anatolia."
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