ABOUT LEFKE
	According to the stories which past on from generation to generation there was a farm in this region. After hundred's of years some homes were being build which lead to the present town called Lefke. It is now obvious that Byzantines lived in this town. This was first found out when the Ayorgi church was converted to a mosque called Piri Pasha mosque. Byzentiness lived in Cyprus between 402-1191. In VIIth century when Byzentines were in Lefke some Arabic forces came to Cyprus from the sea. We also see that the captains use to live in Cyprus during the Frankish period. These captains stayed in Cyprus until 1425. Lusignans and Genoese also came and conqured Cyprus they also came to stay in Lefke. While they were in Lefke they also operated the ore deposits of town. Later on Venetians came over to Cyprus and they stayed in Lefke between 1489-1570. Lefke was a settlement place for the Venetian high ranking soldiers. We have some evidences which are some mountains, that the Italians gave their names to the mountains. For example; some mountains are called Gonnos, Iriya, Gobrana, Fagussa are the names which have been derived from Italian language. In 1571 when Ottoman's conquered the island it was discovered that the soil of Lefke was very fertile to do some farming. Therefore, they moved in to town as the Venetian soldiers evacuated the homes of town. When the Ottomans took over, they divided the island into 16 different districts. One of this districts was Lefke. As each districts had its own judge, Lefke also had its own judge. Later on, when the island was ruled by British Empire. In Lefke both Turkish and Greek communities lived together until E.O.K.A terrorist organization movement started 1956 since than the Greeks left Lefke for the other villages around Lefke and town remained with Turkish population.
	ORIGINS OF THE NAME 'LEFKE'
	According to the stories told among the people of town it varies from source to source. According to some sources the town was covered by the kind of wood which its colour was light(called "Lefgios" in old Greek, which is related to the given name of Lefke). After 100 of years some homes were being built which was the earliest settlement unit of the present appearance. During the past years the name of Lefgios has been altered to its final name which now is known as Lefke. Apart from above explanation mentioned above, according to another source there had lived a Greek girl by the name of Lefka. This girl caught an unknown illness and which caused her for to go to the town near the mountains in order to cure her illness which helped her to recover from it. There after her name was given after town as Lefke.
	This mirror site of Lefke Town website, is prepared by Eda Kandulu.