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<< 13 September - 19 September 2010 >>

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Turtle Hatching
8th North Cyprus Theatre Festival
Tour of North Nicosia 5th International Carob Festival
NCCCT Bingo Friends in Need Quiz Kyrenia Market Tour of South Nicosia Tour of North Nicosia Guzelyurt Market Church Services
Tour of South Nicosia NCCCT Coffee Tour of North Nicosia Gourmet Evening Tour of South Nicosia Lambousa Market Catalkoy Market
  Line Dancing Lessons Friends Coffee Morning   Famagusta Market Children's Film show Pembegul Market
  Arman Ratip NCCCT Bingo   Carpenters Market BRS Blood Donor Day Buyukkonuk Market
        Pegasos Market Lambousa Auction Amanda's Auction

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Tour of North Nicosia. Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly.
Conducted walking tour of North Nicosia. Meet 10.00 at the Kyrenia Gate, or 10.30 at the Lokmaci crossing point. More information.
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Kyrenia Market. Wednesday weekly.
Kyrenia municipal open air market. Here you will find fantastic value on a vast range of goods, especially fruit, vegetables, cheeses, yoghurts, oils and vinegars (often brought in from the country by farming families), fish, footwear, clothing and all sorts of odds and ends.
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Famagusta Market. Friday weekly.
Here you can buy about everything you might need; clothing, household items, flowers, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables. You can also buy freshly pressed olive oil there, mostly made by the vendor itself (and it does come very often in re-used bottles of J&B, Bells or Teachers!).
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Guzelyurt Market. Saturday weekly.
Everything from clothes, shoes, nuts, sweets, olive oil, honey, home made cheese as well as fruit and vegetables are sold. Produce is fresh, and local people are encouraged to sell the excess from their own gardens. The market opens early, and continues till about 1pm. It is situated on the main street opposite the museum and church.
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Friends Coffee Morning. 1st, 2nd 3rd and Last Wednesdays.
11am. Friends of those in Need coffee morning. The first 3 Wednesdays of the month will be at Ginko Restaurant, Namik Kemal Square, Famagusta and is a social meeting. On the Last Wednesday, it will be a fund-raising meeting at the Terrace Beach bar, Bogaz.
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Carpenters Market. Friday weekly.
Carpenters Craft & Farmers market, Karaoglanoglu. 10am to 1pm.
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Pegasos Market. Friday weekly.
Pegasos Friday market, Karaoglanoglu. The original Friday market. 10am - 2pm
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Lambousa Market. Saturday weekly.
Chateau Lambousa Arts and Crafts Fair. 10am to 2.30pm (or later). Stallholders include homebaked pastries and pies, homemade jams and marmalades. CDs, DVDs and book stalls. A variety of clothing and jewellery, antiques, paintings, sculptures and other arts and crafts.
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Children's Film Show. Saturday weekly.
2pm. Free film screenings for children (age 9 and up) at Sidestreets, Nicosia. The films are sometimes in English, sometimes Turkish. For information phone 0392 22 93070/71. Sidestreets is past the post office, and opposite the law courts.
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Church Services, Every Sunday.
Both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches are represented in North Cyprus. Sunday services are as follows.
St Andrew’s Church, Kyrenia (Anglican)
8am. Communion.
10am. Family Eucharist and Sunday School.
2pm. Turkish language service. (Held in the church hall)
5.30pm. Cyprus International Fellowship
5.30pm. 2nd Sunday, Communion at the Hermitage chapel
5.30pm, 4th Sunday, Evening prayer at the Hermitage chapel
St Mark’s Anglican Chaplaincy, Famagusta.
9.30am. Held at the Bogaz Hotel
11am. Communion (Except 1st Sunday, Morning Praise) Held at the Old Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
5.30pm.Praise & Worship (Except 1st Sunday, Communion) Held at the Old Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
St Elizabeth of Hungary R.C. Church, Kyrenia
12 Noon. Mass
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Catalkoy Market. Every Sunday.
9am to 1 pm. Soyuz Bar. More information from 0542 885 7723 or 0542 886 7012.

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Pembegul Market, Every Sunday.
10am - 3pm, Pembegul Garden Centre.  Next to K-Pet petrol garage, Between Bellapais traffic lights & Bellapais roundabout. A selection of plants, books, shoes, DVDs, and more.
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Buyukkonuk Market, Every Sunday.
11am – 4pm., Buyukkonuk village centre, Karpaz. Organised by the Eco-Tourism Association, the market has handicrafts, traditional food, and local produce.
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Turtle Hatching, end July to end September (Approximate Dates)
North Cyprus is one of the few turtle nesting areas in the Mediterranean. Every year student volunteers study these animals. Around 60 days after nesting, the eggs begin to hatch. The volunteers give any stragglers a hand once the sun starts going down, and you can watch this. Booking is not necessary, but there is not an excavation every day, and normally not an excavation on a Sunday. Public excavations will be announced on this web site and the turtle blog.
  For more information on turtles and their nesting, follow the links. Follow their exploits by reading their 2008 diary, their 2009 blog, or their 2010 blog. You can also call their information line, 0533 879 8533, after 9.30am.
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NCCCT Bingo, Wednesday Afternoons.
A bingo fundraiser for the charity takes place every Wednesday afternoon at central Kyrenia's Watermill Hotel. Bingo books cost each player YTL25 at the sessions, with 10% being donated to the Cancer Charity. All of the remainder goes into the prize fund.
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Friends of Those in Need quiz night. Alternative Tuesdays.
7.30pm, Empress Restaurant, near Salamis ruins. Quiz night in aid of the Friends of those in Need Charity.
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NCCCT Bingo, 2nd Monday Monthly (Except July and August).
7.30pm, Mambo Bar, Alsancak. Fundraising for the charity Free entry and free raffle. Book of 6 games cost 35TL.

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NCCCT Coffee morning, 2nd Tuesday monthly except July and August.
10am, Dolce Vita, Ozankoy. Stalls include books, brick-a-brac, decorated tiles, homemade pickles and preserves, handmade cards, and new and used ladies clothing. Everything raised goes towards essential hospital equipment for the relief of cancer sufferers. Entry costs 10TL and includes light refreshments.

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Line Dancing Lessons, Tuesdays till end September.
6.30pm to 8.30pm, Cine Miles Restaurant, Girne. Kibris liners have a weekly class for all levels during the summer. Once the lesson is over you can eat if you want then put into practice what you have learnt if you want to. Park opposite the HSBC and just walk back. 5TL for 2 hours. For more information, contact 0542 883 4422.
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8th Cyprus Theatre Festival, 2nd - 28th September.
All shows are in Turkish, and take stage at 9pm at the AKKM at Near East University in Lefkosa (Nicosia), North Cyprus, with the following programme:-
Thursday 2nd September, 2010.  Tek Kisilik Sehir
Monday 6th September, 2010. Vashet Tanrisi
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September, 2010. Testo Teron
Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th September, 2010. Kerem Gibi
Monday 20th September, 2010.  Tarla Kusuydu Juliet
Thursday 23rd September, 2010.  Intiharin Genel Provasi
Saturday 25th September, 2010. Matmazel Julie
Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th September, 2010.  Kralice LearTickets cost 15TL (Combi 100TL), and can be purchased from Lefkosa Belediyesi Public Relations OR Lefkosa Deniz Plaza.
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BRS Blood Donor Day, Saturday 18th September.
10am - 1pm, Yenierinkoy. Details tba.
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Gourmet Evening, Thursday 16th September.
7.30pm, Guido’s, Alsancak. A gourmet Spanish themed evening, in aid of the Cheshire Homes. Tickets cost 35TL, and can be booked on 0533 873 0156.
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Arman Ratip, Tuesday Weekly.
8pm, The Old Grapevine, Girne. Pianist composer Arman Ratip plays a selection of classical and jazz music for patrons, much of which he has composed or arranged . Arman is a Turkish Cypriot who  started playing piano at the age of five. He studied music and pianoforte with his mother Jale Dervis, one of the most famous music and piano teachers on the island. He  started composing at the age of seven, fascinating audiences as a child prodigy. Later, his musical career took off in London when he recorded two albums of his own compositions and arrangements for EMI, and performed extensively in the United Kingdom. He is hailed by music critics as one of the most outstanding and captivating virtuosos of our times. Entrance is free to customers of the Old Grapevine.
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5th International Carob Festival, 14th to 19th September.
Provisional dates. Held at Tatlisu. Events during the week include a parade, Folklore dancing, a kite flying contest, concerts, a cycle race, a football tournament, beach wrestling, and a spear fishing contest.
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Lambousa Auction, Saturday 18th September.
12.30pm, Chateau Lambousa. Viewing  Friday and Saturday from 10am.
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Amanda's Auction, Ozankoy, Alternate Sundays.
10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday.
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