Ledra Street Crossing.

What to see at Ledra Street Crossing

• The crossing joins the two halves of Lefkoşa on foot, in the middle of the walled city.
• Only pedestrians use it, with identification, and photography is prohibited at the checkpoint.
• It is known in Turkish as Lokmacı Kapısı.

History of Ledra Street Crossing

1963–64

The crossing is shut during the 1963–64 events.

2005

The Turkish Cypriot side pulls down its own barrier on the night of 24 November.

3 April 2008

The crossing reopens to pedestrians, after forty-four years.

Visiting Ledra Street Crossing

Allow about an hour. The crossing lies in the walled city of Lefkoşa (Nicosia). A car park is mapped about 100 m away, and intercity buses stop at Kyrenia Gate, about 650 m on foot. Bring identification.

Monuments near Ledra Street Crossing

• Büyük Hanabout 150 m north-eastAn Ottoman caravanserai built in 1572, around a courtyard with a mosque.
• Kumarcılar Hanabout 200 m north-eastThe smaller Ottoman han, recorded in 1748 as Han-ı Kumarî.
• Bedestenabout 250 m eastA Gothic church the Ottomans turned into the city's covered market.