It is bordered by the Pedieos River in the west, the Kumsal Park separating it from Kumsal in the north, the Green Line in the south, the city walls and the Bedrettin Demirel Avenue, separating it from Yenişehir in the east.

The area reportedly belonged to the Turkish Cypriot merchant Mustafa Efendi in the 19th century, with his estate extending as far as Ortaköy and Omorfita.

[6] From 1930 onwards, the area saw significant development and began to be populated by Turkish and Armenian Cypriots.

[6] With its well-planned and elegant houses, the quarter was looked up to as a symbol of well-being and a center of the Turkish Cypriot bourgeoisie and upper classes.

This was followed by a period of intensive building, when the internally displaced Turkish Cypriots were resettled at the area in the 52 houses that were built between 1968 and 1972, providing accommodation to 154 households.

[11] In 2013, an average plot of land without any further construction was reported to cost around 150,000 British pounds in the area, considered a high and unaffordable value for Northern Cyprus.