Karavas

Karavas (Greek: Καραβάς) is the sister village of Lapithos in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. The village resides in the Turkish Occupied Part of Cyprus It is built on the ruins of Lampousa one of the ten ancient Greek city-kingdoms of Cyprus. The name Karavas is Greek from the word karavi (καράβι) which means ship. Karavas was captured by the Turkish Army during the second Turkish invasion after July 20, 1974. Prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Karavas had a 100% Greek population of approximately 3000. The Turkish army, after surrounding both Lapithos and Karavas from 3 sides, attacked the morning of Tuesday August 6, 1974 deploying the full force of their 28th division. This division consisted of the 61st, and 23rd infantry...