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Louroujina Mosque and its minaret |
| Louroujina
Mosque was built in about 1890. The builder in charge was Mustafa Yusuf
Musko, from our village, renown for his building skills. The mosque was without a minaret until 1932. In 1925, Münür Bey
(Sir Münür) was a member of the Legislative Assembly (Kavanin). Sir Münür
promised to build a minaret for the mosque on the condition that the
villagers support him in the next election for the Kavanin.
Unfortunately though, Sir Münür, broke his promise even he won the
elections. In the 1930 elections, Necati Özkan ran against Sir Münür
and this time Necati Özkan promised a minaret to the people of
Louroujina. Necati Özkan won the elections. He kept his promise,
and in 1932, a minaret was built for The Louroujina Mosque. N. Özkan
arranged that the funding for the building of the minaret was provided
by Evkaf. The minaret was built under the formanship of
Karakanna, a famous Greek Cypriot builder from Kaimakli.
The above information was provided by Arifbillahi (Arif Bubuyi, Necmi Arif's father) |