Tzami Tzentit
Tzami Tzentit (Turkish: Djami Djedid Greek: Τζαμί Τζεντίτ), is a district of the municipality of Limassol.
Location[edit]
It borders Tsiflikoudia to the west, Arnaoutogeitonia to the northwest, Katholiki to the northeast, Ayia Napa to the east and Agios Antonios to the south. Its southeastern part is coastal. The old port of Limassol was built on this site. In its place today is a fishing port with tourist and entertainment facilities.
History[edit]
The Tzami Tzentit area was the largest Turkish Cypriot district of Limassol since the beginning of Turkish rule. It was the center of the Turkish Cypriot trade, economic and educational activities in Limassol, with multiple coffee shops, warehouses, houses and a cinema.[1] Tzami means mosque and the area got its name from the Tzami Tzentit Mosque.[2]
Religious and listed buildings[edit]
An important building in the district is the Tzentit Mosque (Friday Mosque). It is located on the banks of the river Garyllis, at the western end of Angiras street. It was built in 1835 by Hatzi Ibrahim Aga (known as Koproulou), after promising to build a temple in the area if he returned safely from the Battle of Accra in Palestine. The mosque was destroyed in 1894 due to flooding of the river.[1][3] It was rebuilt in 1909.[1][4] The Tzentit Mosque is also known as Cami-i Cedit (New Mosque) or Koproulou Ibrahim Mosque or Camisi Dere (Stream Mosque).[5] The mosque used to have a madrasa.[6]
In addition, the medieval castle of Limassol is located within the administrative boundaries of the district.[2]
June 2020[edit]
On 1 June 2020, Tzentit Mosque was attacked with molotov bombs and racist statements were sprayed on the walls.[7][8][9][10][11][12] The incident was mentioned in the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet and discussed by all political parties in the Republic of Cyprus and by the president of Northern Cyprus.[13] The Mayor of Limassol, Nicos Nicolaides, in the next day assured that actions will be taken so that such incidents cannot easily take place in future.[13][14]
Area Map[edit]
References[edit]
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- ^ a b "Τουρκοκυπριακές ενορίες της Λεμεσού ΙΙ". Η ΦΩΝΗ ΤΗΣ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Αψίδα | Η ανατίναξη μιναρέ του τζαμί τζετιτ (νέο τζαμί) στην οδό Αγκύ…". archive.vn. 2018-07-10. Archived from the original on 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Tzami Tzetit". Archived from the original on 2018-07-10.
- ^ "(in Greek) Biggest Mosque of Limassol". Archived from the original on 2018-07-10.
- ^ Sabri, Reyhan (2019), "British Colonial Inputs to Waqf's Traditional Building Upkeep Systems (1878–1905)", The Imperial Politics of Architectural Conservation, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 45–79, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-18232-8_3, ISBN 978-3-030-18231-1, retrieved 2024-04-25
- ^ "Επίθεση με μολότοφ στο Τζαμί Τζεντίτ στη Λεμεσό-Έγραψαν ρατσιστικά συνθήματα στους τοίχους". 2020-06-01. Archived from the original on 2020-06-01. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ lemesos-blog1. "Λεμεσός: Επίθεση με μολότοφ στο Τζαμί Τζεντίτ-Ρατσιστικά συνθήματα στους τοίχους". lemesosblog.com (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-01-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Ανδρέου, Κάλια. "Επίθεση με μολότοφ στο Τζαμί Τζεντίτ στη Λεμεσό-Έγραψαν ρατσιστικά συνθήματα στους τοίχους". Dialogos. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Επιτέθηκαν με μολότοφ στο Τζαμί Τζεντίτ στη Λεμεσό – ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΕΣ". omegalive.com.cy. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Έριξαν μολότοφ και έγραψαν συνθήματα σε τζαμί στη Λεμεσό (ΦΩΤΟ)". AlphaNews.Live (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "Επιτέθηκαν με μολότοφ στο Τζαμί Τζεντίτ στη Λεμεσό". CyprusReporter. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ a b SigmaLive. "Τι είπε το κάθε κόμμα για την επίθεση κατά του τζαμιού στην Λεμεσό | News". www.sigmalive.com. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
- ^ "O Δήμαρχος Λεμεσού πήγε στο Τζαμί Τζετίτ και προανάγγειλε τοποθέτηση φωτισμού και καμερών". O Δήμαρχος Λεμεσού πήγε στο Τζαμί Τζετίτ και προανάγγειλε τοποθέτηση φωτισμού και καμερών. Retrieved 2021-01-13.