Galini (; ) is a deserted village in

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, north-west of

Lefka Lefka (; ) is a town in Cyprus, overlooking Morphou Bay. It is under the '' de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. In 2011, the town proper had 3,009 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Lefke District of Northern Cyprus, having been a sub-dist ...

in the

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area. It is under the '' de facto'' control of

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History

In the census of 1960, Galini had an exclusively

Greek Cypriot Greek Cypriots (, ) are the ethnic Greek population of Cyprus, forming the island's largest ethnolinguistic community. According to the 2023 census, 719,252 respondents recorded their ethnicity as Greek, forming almost 99% of the 737,196 Cypri ...

population of 1,295. Galini had a church dedicated to St. John the Theologian and five chapels. The chapels belong to St. Barbara, St. Nikolas, St. Kournoutos, St. Mavra and St. Eleftherios. Galini was occupied by the Turkish army on 4September 1974, after a sudden attack. Six people were reported missing. The village was renamed Ömerli (literally, "with Omer") in 1975 by the Turkish Cypriots.

References

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