Agios Epiktitos

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|subdivision_type1 =  • District

|subdivision_name1 = Kyrenia District

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|subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Northern Cyprus}}{{Northern Cyprus-note}}

|subdivision_type3 =  • District

|subdivision_name3 = Girne District

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|leader_title = Mayor

|leader_name = Mehmet Hulusioglu

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|website = {{URL|http://catalkoybelediyesi.com|Turkish Cypriot municipality}}

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Agios Epiktitos ({{langx|el|Άγιος Επίκτητος}}; {{langx|tr|Çatalköy}}) is a village in Cyprus, located {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Kyrenia. Agios Epiktitos, is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.The village was named after an ascetic monk who fled the Saracens in Palestine in the 9th Century and was a colleague of Saint Ambrose of Kyrenia who gave his name to a village close by.

The Turkish Cypriot Agios Epiktitos Municipality was founded in 1980.[http://catalkoybelediyesi.com Çatalköy Municipality] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618193628/http://catalkoybelediyesi.com/ |date=2015-06-18 }} Municipality

Culture, sports, and tourism

Turkish Cypriot Düzkaya Sports Club, located in Agios Epiktitos, was founded in 1958, and now in Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) K-PET 1st League.[http://www.kktcfkb.com/#!birinci-lig/c108i Northern Cyprus] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618151926/http://www.kktcfkb.com/ |date=2015-06-18 }} Association of Football Clubs

Twin towns – sister cities

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Northern Cyprus}}

Agios Epiktitos is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|TUR}} Altınova, Turkey{{cite web|url=http://www.altinova.bel.tr/altinova/kurumsal-meclis-kararlari.asp?search=all&page=17 |title=Altınova |publisher=© Altınova |accessdate=2013-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020131853/http://www.altinova.bel.tr/altinova/kurumsal-meclis-kararlari.asp?search=all&page=17 |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}
  • {{flagicon|AZE}} Zabrat, Azerbaijan (since 2005){{cite web|url=http://yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2005/temmuz/20/g01.html |title=Bakü-İstanbul-KKTC 'yerel yönetim' hattı |publisher=© Zabrat |accessdate=2013-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020140014/http://yenisafak.com.tr/arsiv/2005/temmuz/20/g01.html |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}
  • {{flagicon|TUR}} Kaş, Antalya, Turkey (since 2015){{cite web|url=http://www.kas.bel.tr/kasa-yeni-kardes-sehir-girne-bolgesinden-catalkoy.htm|title=New Twin Town to Kas: Catalkoy from Kyrenia|publisher=© Kaş Municipality|accessdate=2015-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618151632/http://www.kas.bel.tr/kasa-yeni-kardes-sehir-girne-bolgesinden-catalkoy.htm|archive-date=2015-06-18|url-status=dead}}

References

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{{Kyrenia District}}

{{Municipalities of Northern Cyprus}}

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Category:Communities in Kyrenia District

Category:Populated places in Girne District

Category:Municipalities of Northern Cyprus

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