Country Cyprus Population 333 (2011) | Country (controlled by) Northern Cyprus | |
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Galinoporni (Greek: Γαληνόπορνη; Turkish: Kaleburnu) is a Turkish Cypriot village in Cyprus, located on the southern side of the Karpas Peninsula. Galinoporni is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. As of 2011, it had a population of 333. The village is attended in the summer months by wealthy Turkish Cypriots, who expatriated in England and let build in Kaleburnu their summer residences. Although the inhabitants' religion is Islam, the population's language was Greek, and only after 1974 Turkish could gradually take foot among the villagers.
Map of Kaleburnu
The surroundings of the village host two bronze age sites: in Kraltepe the remains of a palace have been excavated, whose dwellers had trade contacts with the eastern coast of the Mediterranean sea around 1200 BC. In Nitovikla there is a fortress dating back to 1500 BC, whose citadel has been erected in the style of the Hittitian fortress of Boğazköy in Anatolia. Moreover, in Avtepe there is an important group of caves, which host architectonic remains.