Stretching from Ayios Lazaros almost to the fishing port, the extensive Turkish quarter has retained its old street names, but is now home to Greek Orthodox refugees from Famagusta and the Karpas villages. Judging from some impressive houses and bungalows, the Turks here seem to have been wealthier than in Pafos -but there are "chicken shacks" as well. Originally the late medieval church of the Holy Cross, the porticoed, flying-buttressed Buyuk Cami (Carni Kebir), at the north end of the quarter, now sees regular use by the local Egyptian/Syrian/Iranian population. Bowing to the demands of tourism, the mosque is open in daylight hours, except during services, allowing you a glimpse of its arcaded, three-aisled interior, complete with wooden gallery. One could formerly climb the minaret, but this is now visibly cracked and scaffolded against imminent danger of collapse. The nearby fort June-Aug Mon-Fri 9am-7.30pm; Sept- May Mon-Fri 9am-5pm;C£0. 75), a 1625 Turkish refurbishment of a Lusignan casde, stands mosdy empty at the south end of the Finikoudhes, but its upper storey hosts a small museum of oddments from Hala Sultan Tekke and ancient Kition. The place is also the occasional venue for evening functions, when you can inspect the courtyard, and ponder the fact that before World War II the British used the fort as a prison.
