Nebethane, Nicosia
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Nebethane | |
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| Nebethane | |
 Traditional houses in Nebethane neighbourhood | |
  Nebethane Location in Cyprus | |
| Coordinates: 35°10′27″N 33°21′35″E / 35.17417°N 33.35972°E | |
| Country |  Cyprus |
| District | Nicosia District |
| Municipality | Nicosia |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 155 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Nebethane is an historic neighbourhood, quarter, Mahalla, or parish of central Nicosia, Cyprus.[1][2][3] Its name inherited from the Ottoman period is Turkish for police station or the guard room of the Turkish patrol.[4] Nebethane Mesjid (small mosque) in this quarter was the place where the police patrol of the city assembled for changing the guard each day, accompanied by drums and pipes.
The name is spelled Νεμπετχάνε in Greek, while the modern Turkish spelling is Nöbethane. The English spelling has varied. George Jeffery's survey referred to Neubetkhane Quarter.[4] It was Nubetkhane in the 1881 census, Nebet Khane (1891-1931, and 1982), Nebethane (1992-2001) and more recently the Greek spelling (itself a transliteration from English) rendered in Latin characters.[1][2][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
The quarter is situated in the centre of the old city of Nicosia within the walls. It lies between Paphos Street and Alexander the Great Street. Its western border runs along Alexios Komnenos and Artemis Streets, and in the east along Pericles and Ledra Streets.[14]
Nebethane quarter is bordered on the north by the quarters of Karamanzade and Iplik Bazar–Korkut Effendi, to the east by Phaneromeni, to the south by Tabakhane, to the west by Ayios Andreas (Tophane).
Demographics
Nebethane Mesjid
Nebethane Mesjid, the mosque for the neighbourhood (currently closed), was at the junction of Artemis Street and Grammos Street. The mesjid, a one-room structure, was formerly in the middle of a large courtyard, with a fountain in the garden for ablution. The fountain is dated 1867/68, around the time the mosque was built.[16][17] It was outside the mosque that the changing of the guard ceremonies took place.[4]
At present the mesjid is hidden from the street by buildings.[18]
In 2014 Mufti Talip Atalay accompanied by the EVKAF Foundation's Chairperson Rauf Ersenal visited the mosque, after a religious ceremony at nearby Taht el Kale mosque.[19][20]