Editing Turkish Cypriots (section)

===Religion===
[[File:Larnaca 01-2017 img30 Salt Lake.jpg|thumb|right|250px|upright|The [[Hala Sultan Tekke]] was built by the Ottomans in the 18th century.]]

The majority of Turkish Cypriots (99%) are [[Sunni Muslims]].<ref name="Boyle and Sheen 1997 loc=290">{{Harvnb|Boyle|Sheen|1997|loc=290}}.</ref> However, the [[Secularism|secularizing]] force of [[Kemalism]] has also exerted an impact on Turkish Cypriots.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nevzat|Hatay|2009|loc=928}}.</ref> Religious practices are considered a matter of individual choice and many do not actively practice their religion.<ref>{{Harvnb|Darke|2009|loc=10}}</ref> Alcohol is frequently consumed within the community and most Turkish Cypriot women do not cover their heads.<ref name="Boyle and Sheen 1997 loc=290"/> Turkish Cypriot males are generally [[Religious male circumcision|circumcised]] at a young age in accordance with religious beliefs, although, this practice appears more related to custom and tradition than to powerful religious motivation.<ref>{{Harvnb|Nevzat|Hatay|2009|loc=911}}.</ref>

The social/religious phenomenon of [[crypto-Christianity]] was observed in Cyprus, as in other parts of the Ottoman Empire. The crypto-Christians of Cyprus were known as Linobambaki (= ''of linen and cotton''). They are mentioned by foreign travellers as Turks who are secretly Greeks, observing the Greek Orthodox [[fasting]] (Turner 1815), drinking wine, eating pork and often taking Christian wives.<ref>Άντρος Παυλίδης, "Η Κύπρος ανά τους αιώνες μέσα από τα κείμενα ξένων επισκεπτών της" (Antros Palvlides, "Cyprus through the centuries in the texts of her foreign visitors), ed. Φιλόκυπρος (Philokypros), Cyprus 1994, vol. 2, pp. 1098 (William Turner 1815), 1141 (Luis Salvator 1873), 1163 (Hepworth W. Dixon 1878). In Greek language.</ref>