Enkomi

Enkomi (Greek: Έγκωμη, Turkish: Tuzla) is a village near Famagusta on Cyprus. It is the site of an important Bronze Age city, possibly the capital of Alasiya.

The village, as at 1974, had in the vicinity of 800 Greek Cypriot inhabitants who had all fled to the south of the island after the Turkish invasion, in the aftermath of the July coup. Turkish settlements are illegal under international law. Judge Loukēs G. Loukaidēs claims that such settlements are also illegal under international law and the Permanent Court of International Justice stated that repartition of Turkish settlers must take place to eliminate consequences of the "illegal act" of settlement.

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