Agios Epiktitos ( el, Άγιος Επίκτητος; tr, Çatalköy) is a village in

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ge ...

, located east of

Kyrenia Kyrenia ( el, Κερύνεια ; tr, Girne ) is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. While there is evidence showing that the wider region ...

. Agios Epiktitos, is under the ''

de facto ''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...

'' control of Northern Cyprus.The village was named after an ascetic monk who fled the Saracens in Palestine in the 9th Century and was a colleague of Saint Ambrose of Kyrenia who gave his name to a village close by. Turkish Cypriot Agios Epiktitos Municipality was founded in 1980.

Culture, sports, and tourism

Turkish Cypriot Düzkaya Sports Club, located in Agios Epiktitos, was founded in 1958, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 1st League.Northern Cyprus
Association of Football Clubs

Twin towns – sister cities

Agios Epiktitos is twinned with: *

Altınova Altınova is a town and district of Yalova Province in the east of Marmara region of Turkey. The mayor is Metin Oral (AK Party). Shipyards area The increasing demand for new construction, maintenance and repair in the maritime sector resulted in ...

, Turkey *

Zabrat Zabrat (also, Sabrat) is a settlement and municipality in Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country ...

, Azerbaijan (since 2005) *

Kaş Kaş (; el, Αντίφελλος, translit=Antífellos, translit-std=ISO) is a small fishing, diving, yachting and tourist town, and a district of Antalya Province of Turkey, 168 km west of the city of Antalya. As a tourist resort, it is re ...

, Antalya, Turkey (since 2015)

References

Communities in Kyrenia District Populated places in Girne District Municipalities of Northern Cyprus {{cyprus-geo-stub