By Ismail Veli Kirlapo This page is dedicated to the tragic events in Lurucina in 1924 when 2 brothers were hanged after the murder of the village priest. Complete court documents from the 1924 murder trial of Mustafa Bairam ‘Pattas’ & Yousouf Bairam ‘Pourounti’ and the courts sentence give us a fascinating first hand account of the events as they developed. Important Note: The page numbers on top and...

The information on this page were aquired from the Milli Arşiv ve Araştırma dairesi 67 numarada kayıt. 1889, 1890, 1893, 1897, 1906 kayıtlar. National Research Archives office, Document No: 67 for the years 1889, 1890, 1893, 1897, 1906. The information on this page are the records of dates of births of all the males in Lurucina between 1889-1906. Though under British administration at the time, Cyprus was still legally under...

This page records the deaths and birth records from the 1878-79 Ottoman census. The documents on this page have been translated by expert Ottoman translators. The following documents were recorded in the 1878 Ottoman census. They should record all births and deaths in Lurucina in the 1870s. It is important to remember that officials in those days only visited a certain village every few years; deaths and births were often recorded a...

This section deals with statistics from the results of the Ottoman census of 1831. A quick glance and the stark realisation that Lurucina or Luricine/Burucina as it was registered was a completely different village at that time is crystal clear. Though the land ownership per person of the population was 21 dönüms per adult male for the Turkish (Note: Women were not included in the Ottoman census’) & 27 dönüms per adult male...

By Ismail Veli Kirlapo The origins of Lurucina seems to be clouded in mystery. Stories and the legendary fable of the beautiful Lorenzia have been in existence for generations. No one really knows the truth, neither do I consider myself a leading expert on the subject. One thing is certain however, with 650 towns and villages on the Island, and a history going back to possibly the 12-13 century AD Lurucina itself is only important to the...