Louroujina Salient
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The Louroujina Salient (Turkish: Lurucina, official name after 1974: Akıncılar) marks the southernmost extent of the Turkish Occupation of Northern Cyprus. It is named after the Turkish Cypriot village of Louroujina.
When the Turkish military invasion took place in 1974, this village was secured so as to place it within a contiguous Turkish Cypriot zone, which later became in 1975, the Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus, then in 1983, the TRNC. It is accessible only by one road from the rest of the de facto TRNC. The United Nations Buffer Zone separates the salient from the Republic of Cyprus.
On some Greek Cypriot maps, the village is spelt as Loyroykina, or Lurucina.
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