Bairaktar Mosque
The Bairaktar Mosque is dedicated to the flag bearer (Bayraktar) who fell while placing the Ottoman flag on the walls of Nicosia, at the Konchantza Gate, on 9 September 1570 during the Ottoman occupation of Cyprus. The grave of the flag bearer is located next to the mosque, but the name of the person remains unclear. The mosque was bombed three times during intercommunal violence in the early 1960s. In September 1975, the building was repaired, except for the minaret. In 1990 the mosque was completely repaired and in 2003 it was opened.