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Revision as of 20:50, 31 March 2014
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Tattikhane | |
|---|---|
| Tattikhane | |
| Country |  Cyprus |
| District | Nicosia District |
| Municipality | Nicosia[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | rjjrjrejejjskdkekrkrkrnrnejrjfkckckckcckckkdk |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 299 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tabakhane is a neighbourhood, quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus.[3][4][5] Tabakhane, an Arabic and Turkish word for tannery, is the name for the neighbourhood in English, Greek and Turkish.
During the last census conducted in 2011, Tabakhane had a population of 299,[3] an increase from a population of 204 in 2001.
The neighbourhood covers nine streets in the south-centre of Nicosia within the walls, forming a compact area just to the West of Ledra Street. The neighbourhood lies around Germanou Patron Street (formerly named Usta Kadi), from its junction with Rigenis Street to that with Alexander the Great Street. The junction with Arsinoe Street is in the centre of the neighbourhood.[6]
Tabakhane Mesjid (mosque) was located in Pericleous Street (formerly Kalkancı Street), in the east of the neighbourhood.
History
Tabakhane is one of the 24 historic neighbourhoods within the walls of Nicosia.[4] Many Turkish Cypriot tanners formerly worked at the tannery, after which the neighbourhood has been named, and lived nearby within the neighbourhood of Tabakhane.
During the Ottoman period it was accounted as one of the Moslem Quarters of Nicosia.,[7] However by 1901 the population was more mixed: 599 Moslem, 424 non-Moslem.[8] Since then the Moslem character of the neighbourhood further declined and in 1946, Tabakhane had a population of 757 consisting of 701 Greek Cypriots, 20 Turkish Cypriots and 36 others.[4] The last Turkish Cypriot living in this neighbourhood died in 1960 (Nezire Hanım of Pericleous Street).[4]
Tannery
The Tannery was located just outside the Paphos Gate which is now known as the Municipal Gardens. It was moved to the area of Keushklu Chiftlik in 1886.[9] The workers of the tannery were members of an ancient Moslem esnaf or guild. Tanning, like butchery, required the use of sharp knives and was a Moslem monopoly under Ottoman rule. The tanners worked within the hierarchy of a traditional guild and had their own quarter of the city – Tabakhane. Work at the tannery was controlled by a council, which was represented on the Medji Idare (Nicosia district council). The tanners had two mosques; one was at the tannery, where there was also a shrine to their patron divine (analogous to a patron saint of a guild or occupation in the west). The other mosque was in their residential area in Tabakhane – the Tabakhane Mesjid (Pericleous St.). The monopoly of this guild was ended in 1879 by order of the High Commissioner.[10]
References
- ^ https://s.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/131125/uk-flickr-LREC-biggr-treehug-300x250.jpg
- ^ Census 2011
- ^ a b "Population Enumerated by Sex, Age, District, Municipality/Community and Quarter, 2011 – (2011 Census of the Republic of Cyprus, Statistical Service)" (in Template:El icon). Mof.gov.cy. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ a b c d Coexistence in the Disappeared Mixed Neighbourhoods of Nicosia by Ahmet, A (Paper read at the conference: Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in Europe, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20th June 2011)
- ^ 6th edition of the publication “Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus” (publ. Statistical Service of Republic of Cyprus)
- ^ Municipality/Community, Quarter and Street Index published by Ministry of Information (CILIS_streets_022011)
- ^ ^ See “Tragedy 1821 Continuation” by Theocharides and Andreev, in Greek, pub. Nicosia 1996. Quoting census of 1831
- ^ Census of Cyprus, 1901
- ^ Cyprus Gazette 6 Nov 1886, publ Nicosia by the Government of Cyprus
- ^ ”Labour, Society and Politics in Cyprus during the Second Half of the 19th Century”, by P. Katsiaouni, pub Nicosia 1996 (quoted in “Historic Nicosia” ed D. Michaelides, pub Nicosia 2012)
