Following the battle, John of Beirut, with funds from Henry of Cyprus, hired thirteen Genoese galleys to aid in the siege of Kyrenia.
On the Greek side, the National Guard's High Command had noticed the inability of the 3rd Tactical Group (responsible for Kyrenia sector) to coordinate its forces and eliminate the Turkish beachhead, and gave the command of all Greek forces west and east of the beachhead to Colonel Kobokis (commander of the Greek-Cypriot Special Forces).
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The 316th reserve battalion from Morphou (west of the beachhead) was ordered to send the first two companies to be mobilized to Kyrenia, without knowing of the Turkish beachhead.
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At arrival, Demirel, who knew of the cease-fire agreement, which would start at 17.00, sought to begin the attack against Kyrenia immediately.
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Realizing that the road to Kyrenia was cut, the battalion assumed defensive positions.
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The elements of 251st and 306th battalions on the flank of the Turkish advance, had no ability to change the outcome of the battle, also retreated to Kyrenia.
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It initially missed the designated beach of Pentemili, and approached the unsuitable rocky beach of Glykiotissa, 3 km west of Kyrenia.
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Gen. Demirel, after leaving about half the Turkish force in Kyrenia to clear the town of Greek forces, ordered the rest of the force southwards to the direction of Bogaz, in order to unite the beachhead with Gönyeli enclave.
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The 33rd commando was ordered to disband and retreat in groups to Kyrenia.
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Fighting continued after the cease fire, both in the town of Kyrenia and around the beachhead.
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Objective of the landed forces was the port-town of Kyrenia, some 8 km to the east of the beach.
The 1.78 m beauty won the Miss Globe International when it was held in Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus in 2000.
From there local Caïques, Greek owned, Turkish owned and even Turkish-Greek owned, conducted a thriving trade.
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The earliest reference made to the town of Kyrenia is found, together with that of the other seven city kingdoms of Cyprus, in Egyptian scripts dating from the period of Ramesses III, 1125-1100s (decade) BC.
Having lost the exact position Cariolou carried out more than 200 dives until he re-discovered the wreck in 1967 close to Kyrenia in Cyprus.
After subduing Karykes's revolt, they headed to Cyprus, where Kyrenia fell quickly.
Middle aged, she moved to Cyprus and founded her own small school in Kyrenia, inviting former colleagues to visit as guest teachers.
In 1945 the Police School was founded at the Kyrenia Castle and in 1951 the School moved from Kyrenia to Strovolos at the location where the Nicosia District Divisional Headquarters was housed until October 2008 and currently the Nicosia Traffic Department is located at.
The mitigated proportional representation system in use for legislative elections obligates each party to cross the 5% of the total vote election threshold in order to be seated in the 50-member parliament, which is chosen from five electoral districts, Lefkoşa (Nicosia), Gazimağusa (Famagusta), Girne (Kyrenia), Güzelyurt (Morphou) and İskele (Trikomo).
Pileri, a village in district of Kyrenia (Girne), Cyprus, also known as Göçeri in Turkish
In 1460, with support from the Egyptian Mamluk sultan Sayf ad-Din Inal, James challenged her right to the throne, blockading her and her husband in the castle of Kyrenia for three years.
Though only half the height of the Troodos Mountains, the Kyrenia Mountains are rugged and rise abruptly from the Mesaoria plain.
After completing his studies at a private school in Kyrenia, Türkay went to London where he read philosophy and studied journalism, after which he was employed on the staff of several magazines and newspapers.
Kazafani, a village in the Kyrenia District, Cyprus, known in Turkish as Ozanköy
Templos, a village in the Kyrenia district of Cyprus, whose Turkish name is Zeytinlik