Agios Epiktitos
Agios Epiktitos
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| Coordinates: 35°19′18″N 33°23′18″E / 35.32167°N 33.38833°E | |
| Country (de jure) | Cyprus |
| • District | Kyrenia District |
| Country (de facto) | Northern Cyprus |
| • District | Girne District |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Mehmet Hulusioglu |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,110 |
| • Municipality | 5,652 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | Turkish Cypriot municipality |
Agios Epiktitos (Greek: Άγιος Επίκτητος; Turkish: Çatalköy) is a village in Cyprus, located 6 km (4 mi) east of Kyrenia. Agios Epiktitos, is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus.The village was named after an ascetic monk who fled the Saracens in Palestine in the 9th Century and was a colleague of Saint Ambrose of Kyrenia who gave his name to a village close by.
The Turkish Cypriot Agios Epiktitos Municipality was founded in 1980.