Gastria

Gastria (Greek: Γαστριά, Turkish: Kalecik) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, located on the Karpas Peninsula.

The Alaas site, located 3 km from the village, contains 19 tombs that have been studied, dated to the Late Bronze Age, between 1090-1050 BC.

[7] During the 1974 conflict, the village was captured by the Turkish army and thus became a de facto part of Northern Cyprus.

Most inhabitants fled in the wake of the advancing Turkish army, but 29 people tried to stay in the village, only to be displaced in September 1976.

In their place, the village was repopulated with settlers from Turkey in 1976 and 1977, particularly from the Feke and Kozan districts of Adana Province.