Komi Kebir ( el, Κώμη Κεπήρ []; tr, Büyükkonuk or ) is a village under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus, claimed by Cyprus. It is located on the Karpas Peninsula, north of Famagusta, and at an altitude of . , it had a population of 812.
Before 1974, Komi Kebir was inhabited both by
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
- and
Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks ( tr, Kıbrıs Türkleri or ''Kıbrıslı Türkler''; el, Τουρκοκύπριοι, Tourkokýprioi) are ethnic Turks originating from Cyprus. Following the Ottoman conquest of the island in 1571, about 30,00 ...
. The Greek Cypriots constituted the majority. In 1973, an estimated 762 people were living in the village, of whom 200 were Turkish- and 562 Greek-Cypriot.
66 students were enrolled at the Greek-Cypriot primary school for the academic year of 1973–74.
At the borders of the village, there are the churches of Saint George, Saint Afksentios and Saint Loukas. There are also the ancient churches of Panagia Kira, Saint George Parouzos, Saint Vasilios (in ruins), Saint Photiou (in ruins) and Saint Katherine (in ruins).
References
Communities in Famagusta District
Populated places in İskele District
Municipalities of Northern Cyprus
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