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| | The Turkish Period (1571-1878) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The first general registration carried out in 1572, showed that at least 76 villages, which were occupied mostly by Latins, were completely vacuated. |
 | | Sinan Pasha, the Beylerbey of Cyprus, recommended to the Turkish Government an immediate resettlement of the island by transfer of people from Anatolia, in order to fill the empty villages, to improve and develop the land and revive economic and social life. |
 | | The records of the Prime Minister's Archive in Istanbul show the total number of families transferred to Cyprus from Anatolia in 1572 as 1689 families. |
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