About Ismail Veli Kirlapo

When Ismail initially started the research into the village history and roots in around 2009, he never imagined that it would eventually lead to uncovering original historical and census archive documents dating from the 16th century to the 1750’s.

The research began in August of 2011 and the first families of Lurucina website launched soon after. After 14 years of research the massive archive information recorded on our village family trees has now been consolidated.

The success of this research would not have been possible without the sheer amount of help and information provided by hundreds of people and it is right to respect to all the people that helped.

It is our duty to evidence all the historic, cultural and family tree information with as much historic archive documents that could possibly be found and this could only be done by locating original Ottoman census information from the Istanbul and Kyrenia National archives.

At times arduous, tiring and often frustrating, the final results were a massive success. Our genetic roots have links to the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, Northern Greece and even the Caucasus. Personal DNA, taken 11 years into the research has confirmed that the research was on the whole accurate.

Special thanks to the original support, material information and personal support of people like

Alper Mehmet, Hüseyin Koca Ismail & Veli Çuffo who shared some old village records of İbrahim Tahsildar ’Horolo’ and Yusuf Yusuf ’Ku’. Yusuf Yusuf’s children Ibrahim Yakula and Aysan Özakıncı Sasetti have also done an amazing job in trying to complete where their father left off.

The following individuals in particular often wrote and provided details of village families for which I’m eternally grateful

Tina Kemran, Hayal Mehmet Kavaz, Şerife ’Şheri’ Çarta her husband Hasan Yusuf, Hüssein Selim, Celal Kavaz, Kemal and Behice ’Ado’Mehmet and Sevilay Çarman ’Çarta’. Leman and Bekir Mehmet ’Bekircik’, Zühtu and Füriye Ramadan ’Götsa,, Yusuf and Feridun Toz ’Tozzi’. Eren Nasip Senior, Ramadan İsmail ’Fesa’. Hasan Avezer, Deniz Hüssein, Lisa Sev Dawson, Osman Bekir ’Bihigo’ and his friend Ekrem Cavit Öztürkler, Soner Karagözlü ’Tay, Hüsseyin Koca-İsmail and his mother Raziye Koca-İsmail, Emine İbrahim Çuffo, Veli and Arzu Çufoğlu, Mehmet Kavaz, Mustafa İbrahim Denizer ’Culli’, Serpil Memet ’Gatsura’, Hicran Alaz ’Hijjy’, Feride and Hüseyin Paça, Gürsoy didem Savim, Gönül Salih, Mustafa Gelener, Martyn Ahmet ’Minnoş, Meltem Kemal Yakula, Barkın Alaçam, Ayshe Fadel ’Gondozi’, Seval & Münevver Osman ‘İsmaileda’ , Özkan Hasan ‘Barbaros’ , Osman Kara-Ali, Tüncay Tülün, Michael or Danelle Mustafa, Nevzat Hüseyin ‘Gato’, Mehmet Gazi, Hasan Yusuf Gazi, and many many more

A special thanks to the translators on Greek and Turkish plus internet technical assistance Ertanç Hidayettin, Anthony Georgiou, Yiannis Komodromos, Fanis Patsalides, Ersu Ekrem, Ekrem Ersu, Artun Gökşan, Photis Loizou, Yusuf Toz, Feridun ’Fred’ Toz

Special thanks to his parents Mehmet Veli ’Kirlapo’ and Fatma ’Phsillu’ who initially helped me with an immense number of names and nicknames to lay the original foundation.

Last but not least thanks to his infinitely patient wife whose support made it all possible.