Köşklüçiftlik

Köşklüçiftlik
View from Dereboyu area
A point from Köşklüçiftlik, location in North Nicosia
Coordinates: 35°10′59″N 33°21′20″E / 35.18306°N 33.35556°E / 35.18306; 33.35556Coordinates: 35°10′59″N 33°21′20″E / 35.18306°N 33.35556°E / 35.18306; 33.35556
Country	Cyprus
• District	Nicosia District
Country (controlled by)	Northern Cyprus
• District	Lefkoşa District
• Municipality	Nicosia Turkish Municipality
Government
• Muhtar	Hüseyin Ergök
Population (2011)
• Total	2,939

Köşklüçiftlik is a quarter of North Nicosia in Northern Cyprus. In 2011, it had a population of 2,939.

It is bordered by the Pedieos River in the west, the Kumsal Park separating it from Kumsal in the north, the Green Line in the south, the city walls and the Bedrettin Demirel Avenue, separating it from Yenişehir in the east. It is home to a part of the Dereboyu region, the center of business and entertainment in North Nicosia, along with Kumsal, and is home to a number of cafes, restaurants, banks and shops. It hosts the Turkish Cypriot Assembly of the Republic, the legislative body of Northern Cyprus and the Central Bank of Northern Cyprus. The Ledra Palace checkpoint is also in the quarter. A new park was unveiled in the quarter in 2014 by the Nicosia Turkish Municipality.

Its old name was Tabakhane or "Tabana", meaning "tannery", which originated from the relocation of the old traditional tannery to the area in the 1890s by the British administration. The tannery was located at the site of the current site of the plantation of the Department of Forestry.

The quarter was one of the first residential areas built around the walled city of Nicosia. Before residential development, it was a farm (hence the name "the farm with a manor"), and the manor was located near the present-day Ledra Palace checkpoint. The area reportedly belonged to the Turkish Cypriot merchant Mustafa Efendi in the 19th century, with his estate extending as far as Ortaköy and Omorfita. The first residential development occurred in the 1910s. From 1930 onwards, the area saw significant development and began to be populated by Turkish and Armenian Cypriots. The population of the Tabakhane quarter was recorded as 757 in 1946, but this figure is not the total population of Köşklüçiftlik at the time as some of it was incorporated in the Arabahmet neighborhood and some of Tabakhane was located within the walled city. Large and imposing houses were built in the area; these houses, mainly built of ashlar, still characterize the quarter and are present in every street. In the 1950s, the tannery was moved to another area by the colonial government as the quarter had grown by this time to incorporate this area. By the 1960s, it was considered a diverse neighborhood with coexisting Armenian, Greek and Turkish Cypriot populations, but the Armenian and Greek Cypriots fled following the beginnings of the Cypriot intercommunal violence in 1958. The houses were then purchased by Turkish Cypriots.