DRAFT This project was the result of a collective and collaborative effort from people across the globe. This post summarises some of the key people involved in pulling together all the information on this site. The distance of Australia, Cyprus, Turkey and the UK between the many people above was no obstacle to our closeness. The age of modern communication that has brought us all together deserves a mention in-itself. Ismail Veli...

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Yusuf joined Families of Lurucina in 2018 and built a new interactive website to connect more people across geographies. Yusuf’s connection with Lurucina Both of Yusuf’s grandparents were born in Lurucina and migrated to the UK in the early 1960’s. His grandfather Yusuf Mehmet Sistilli (born 1935), from the Yakula (Gaşaoli) & Muya family, initially left Cyprus around the age of 18 and spent approx. 10 years in Australia....

by Ismail Veli (Kirlapo) One of the most talked and debated issues of the people of Lurucina is: “who were our ancestors?” Even many other Cypriots not from Lurucina have made countless claims. Some insist that we were Christian Greeks who converted to save tax. Many believe our origins were Venetians who converted to save themselves from discrimination from both Greeks and Turks. Some insist we originated from Ottoman Turks. No...

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