Kokkina

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Kokkina Κόκκινα (Greek) Erenköy (Turkish)
Kokkina
Coordinates: 35°10′45″N 32°36′42″E / 35.17917°N 32.61167°E / 35.17917; 32.61167
Country (de jure)	Cyprus
• District	Nicosia District
Country (de facto)	Northern Cyprus[1]
• District	Lefke District

Kokkina (Greek: Κόκκινα, locally [ˈkot͡ʃːʰina]; Turkish: Erenköy or Koççina) is a coastal exclave (pene-exclave) of the de facto Northern Cyprus, and a former Turkish Cypriot enclave in Cyprus. It is surrounded by mountainous territory, with the Morphou Bay on its northern flank. Kokkina sits several kilometres west of mainland Northern Cyprus and is a place with symbolic significance to Cypriots,^{[citation needed]} because of the events of August 1964 (cf. Battle of Tillyria). In 1976, all Kokkina inhabitants were transferred to Gialousa (renamed Yeni Erenköy or "New Erenköy" in Turkish) and the enclave has since functioned as a North Cyprus Defence Force military camp for the Turkish forces.^[2]