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İsmail 'Karaganna'

The Settari, Skitsa, Bili, Zambari, & Galliga form part of this family group

MUSTAFA İSMAIL 'Karaganna' came from Dali  to get married and stayed in Lurucina. [1]


The Settari, Skitsa, Bili, Zambari, & Galliga form part of this family group


İSMAIL 'Karaganna' married ZELİHA HÜSEYİN born 1798. [2]

their children

1  Veli  İsmail Mustafa  'Karaganna' born 1829

2  Hüseyin İsmail Mustafa  'Karaganna' 'Zambari' born 1839. [3] married Dudu-Rahme İbrahim ’Çamuri’ born 1849

3  Halil Ismail Mustafa  'Karaganna' 'Settaris' born 1844

4  Mehmet  İsmail  Mustafa 'Karaganna' Killos' born 1846

5   ?           İsmail  Mustafa 'Karaganna' 'Galligas'. Had no children 


VELİ Mustafa 'Karaganna' born 1829 married RAHME MUSTAFA born 1837. They married in 1858. [4]

their children

1  Emine Veli   'Karaganna' born 1860

2  Hatice   Veli  'Karaganna'  born 1862 married Yusuf 'Malaga'

3  Fatma Veli   'Karaganna' born 1865

4  Dudu   Veli  'Karaganna'   married Seid-Ali 'Gurio' then Yusuf 'Çavus'

5  Ramadan Veli  'Karaganna' born 1872 married Emine İsmail 'Kullo'

6 Yusuf  Veli  'Karaganna' 'Skitsa'  born 1884. [5] Moved to Celya where he got married


RAMADAN VELİ 'Karaganna'  born 1872 married EMİNE İSMAİL 'Kullo'

their children

1  İsmail Ramadan Veli  'Karaganna'  married Raziye Arif 'Habi'

2  Dudu   Ramadan Veli  'Karaganna' married Murat Emir-Ali 'Porto' born 1892

3  Razgeli  Ramadan Veli 'Karaganna' 1901-1986  married Ahmet 'Minnoş' 1903-1995

4  Hatice  Ramadan Veli  'Karaganna/Kuru'   married Ramadan Yusuf 'Mavri'

5  Hüseyin Ramadan Veli  'Karaganna'  born 1894 died young.

6  Meryem Ramadan Veli  'Karaganna' married Veli, they moved to Celya


İSMAİL RAMADAN 'Karaganna' married  RAZİYE ARİF 'Habi'

their children

1  Ramadan İsmail  'Karaganna' married Emine İbrahim  'Aspri' in the UK

2 Hüseyin İsmail  'Karaganna'  married Hatice İsmail from Köfünye in the UK

3  Arif   İsmail  'Karaganna'. married Elmaziye Hasan 'Debreli' in Lurucina

4  Şerife  İsmail  'Karaganna'  married Kemal 'Mulatta'in Lurucina


RAMADAN İSMAİL 'Karaganna' married EMİNE İBRAHİM 'Aspri'.

their children

1  İsmail Ramadan İsmail

2  Raziye Ramadan İsmail


HÜSEYİN İSMAIL RAMADAN married HATİCE (or EMİNE) İSMAIL (from Köfünye) in the UK

their children

1  İlkşen Hüseyin born in UK

2  Emine Hüseyin born in UK

3  İsmail Hüseyin born in UK


ARİF İSMAIL RAMADAN ’Karaganna’ married ELMAZİYE HASAN 'Debreli' in Lurucina

their children

1  Suzan İsmail ’Karaganna’ born in the UK married Muharrem Mahmut.

2  Raziye İsmail ’Karaganna’ born in the UK

3  İlken İsmail  ’Karaganna’ born in the UK

4  Ayşe İsmail ’Karaganna’ born in the  UK


SUZAN İSMAİL ’Karaganna’ married MUHARREM  MAHMUT

their children

1 Mahmut Muharrem

2 Arif Muharrem 


ŞERİFE  İSMAIL 'Karaganna'  married KEMAL İBRAHİM 'Mulatta' 

their children

1  İsmail Kemal Mustafa born in Cyprus

2  İbrahim Mustafa born in UK


DUDU RAMADAN 'Karaganna'  married MURAT EMIR-ALİ 'Komurci/Porto'born 1892

their children

1  Şerife Murat ’Gunditsa/Muradi’

2  Ali Murat ’Muradi’ 1923-1995

3  Hüseyin Murat ’Mastro/Muradi’ died in 2003

4  Emine Murat ’Muradi’

5  Hasan  Murat ’Muradi’


RAZGELİ RAMADAN VELİ  'Karaganna'  1901-1986 married AHMET YUSUF 'Minnoş/Üçokka’ 1903-1995

their children

1  Yusuf  Ahmet ’Minnoş’ born 1929 

2  Emine Ahmet  ’Minnoş’

3  Hatice  Ahmet ’Minnoş’

4  Nidayi  Ahmet ’Minnoş’ 


HATİCE RAMADAN VELI 'Buppa/Larbina/Karaganna'  married RAMADAN YUSUF ‘Larba/Mavri'

their children

1 Melek Ramadan ’Larba/Nalbant’ sadly she was disabled and died as a result of a fire


MEYREM RAMADAN VELİ ‘Karaganna’ married VELİ YUSUF ’İskit/Skitsa’ they lived to Celya

their children  

1 Mehmet Veli ’İskit/Skitsa’  

2 Yusuf  Veli ’İskit/Skitsa’

3 İsmail Veli ’İskit/Skitsa’

4 Şerife Veli ’İskit/Skitsa’


YUSUF VELİ  ’İskit/Skitsa’  born 1884 married Zehra from Celya

Yusuf moved to Celya after getting married. [6]

their children

1 Hüseyin Yusuf  ’İskit/Skitsa’

2 İbrahim Yusuf  ’İskit/Skitsa’

3 Mehmet Yusuf ’İskit/Skitsa’

4 Veli Yusuf  ’İskit/Skitsa’

5 Emine Yusuf ’İskit/Skitsa’


HÜSEYİN YUSUF  ’İskit/Skitsa’ married SULTAN from Celya

their children

1 Zehra Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’

2 Osman Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’

3 Meyrem Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’

4 Ülviye Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’

5 Hülya Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’

6 Nalan Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’

7 İbrahim Hüseyin ’İskit/Skitsa’


İBRAHİM YUSUF  ’İskit/Skitsa’ married ZALİHE RAİF ’Seferu’ 1934-2004

their children 

1 Yusuf İbrahim ’İskit/Skitsa’

2 Osman İbrahim ’İskit/Skitsa’

3 Hüseyin İbrahim ’İskit/Skitsa’

4 Raif İbrahim ’İskit/Skitsa’

5 Zehra İbrahim ’İskit/Skitsa’

6 Imral İbrahim ’İskit/Skitsa’


YUSUF İBRAHİM  ’İskit/Skitsa’ married HAYAL MEHMET ALİ LİMAN

their children

1 İbrahim Yusuf  ’İskit/Skitsa’ 

2 Aytunç Yusuf ’İskit/Skitsa’ 


OSMAN İBRAHİM  ’İskit/Skitsa’ married SELMA MEHMET ’Şık Salih’

their children 

1 Elif Osman  ’İskit/Skitsa’ 

2 İmral Osman  ’İskit/Skitsa’ 


HÜSEYİN İBRAHİM  ’İskit/Skitsa’ married İNCİ CEMAL ’Işıklar’

their children

1 İbrahim Hüseyin ’İskit’

2 Çağri  Hüseyin ’İskit’

3 Ayten  Hüseyin ’İskit’


RAİF İBRAHİM  ’İskit/Skitsa’ married  AYSEL RAMADAN ’Kerlo/Tai’

their children

1 İbrahim Raif ’İskit’

2 Osman Raif ’İskit’

3 Hasret Raif ’İskit’


İBRAHİM RAİF ’İskit/Skitsa’ married  SIDIKA ÖZUĞURLU from Stavrogonno

their children

1 Arife İbrahim ’İskit’


OSMAN RAİF ’İskit/Skitsa’ married  SEÇİL ÖZKAN from Pafos

their children

1 Doruk Osman ’İskit’


HASRET ’İskit/Skitsa’ married  MEHMET GÖKTEPE from Arçoz

their children

1 Ekrem Mehmet Göktepe

2 Fatma Mehmet Göktepe


ZEHRA İBRAHİM ’İskit’ RAMADAN MEHMET ’Bigoli/Gaşaoli’

their children

1 Hacer Ramadan ’Bigoli/Gaşaoli’

2 İbrahim Ramadan ’Bigoli/Gaşaoli’


İMRAL İBRAHİM ’İskit’ married GÜRSEL MUSTAFA HOROZCULAR from Limassol

their children

1 Mustafa Gürsel Horozcular

2 İbrahim Gürsel Horozcular

3 Zalihe Gürsel Horozcular


MEHMET YUSUF ’İskit/Skitsa’ married ZALİHA OSMAN ’Gitimiri’

their children

1 Zehra Mehmet ’İskit’ married Hasan Kadir from Nicosia

2 Yusuf Mehmet ’İskit’ married İffet from Famagusta

3 Cemaliye Mehmet ’İskit’ married Üzeyir from Bulgaria

4 Osman Mehmet ’İskit’ married Ülfet 

5 Salih Mehmet ’İskit’ married Yasemin from Turkey


ZEHRA MEHMET ’İskit married HASAN KADİR from Nicosia

no information on children


YUSUF MEHMET ’İskit married İFFET from Famagusta

no information on children


CEMALİYE MEHMET ’İskit married ÜZEYİR from Bulgaria

no information on children


OSMAN MEHMET ’İskit married ÜLFET 

no information on children


SALİH MEHMET ’İskit married YASEMİN from Turkey

no information on children


VELİ YUSUF ’İskit/Skitsa married MERYEM RAMADAN ’Karaganna’

their children

1 Mehmet Veli ’İskit/Skitsa 

2 Yusuf Veli ’İskit/Skitsa 

3 İsmail Veli ’İskit/Skitsa 

4 Şerife ’İskit/Skitsa 


DUDU VELİ  ’Karaganna’ 1st marriage SEİD ALİ HASAN  ’Gurio/Arap’ born 1858. 2nd marriage YUSUF MUSTAFA ’Çavuş Zavli’ born 1869

children from 1st marriage

1 Şerife Seid Ali ’Gurio’

2 Hatice  Seid Ali ’Gurio’

3 Hasan  Seid Ali ’Gurio’ 1882-1891

no children from 2nd marriage


HATİCE VELİ ’Karaganna’ born 1862 YUSUF MUSTAFA ’Mattaga Musdi’ born 1866 

their children

1 Hasan Yusuf ’Mattaga/Musdi’ 1893-1974

2 Emine Yusuf ’Mattaga/Musdi’


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HÜSEYİN  İSMAIL MUSTAFA  'Karaganna/Zambari' was the 2nd  son of  İSMAIL  'Karaganna'


HÜSEYİN  İSMAIL MUSTAFA 'Karaganna/Zambari'  born 1839 married RAHME İBRAHİM ’Çamuri’ born 1849

their children

1  Mehmet Hüseyin  'Kega' born 1869 had no children

2  Zeliha Hüseyin Kega  married Sefer from Dali no information on children

3  Şerife Hüseyin moved to Şirovitya No other information has been found


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HALİL MUSTAFA 'Karaganna'  'Settari'  was the 3rd  son of İSMAİL MUSTAFA 'Karaganna' and  ZELİHA HÜSEYİN born 1798.


HALİL İSMAİL MUSTAFA 'Karaganna/Şettari’ born 1844 married ŞERİFE İSMAİL ’Kullo’ born 1856

their children

1  İsmail Halil 'Şettari' born 1881 married Hanım Mustafa ’Çavuş/Zavli’

2  Dudu Halil  'Şettari' married Kadir/Abdulkadir Mehmet 'Gatsura' born 1872


İSMAİL HALİL 'Şettari' born 1881 married HANIM MUSTAFA  ’Çavuş/Zavli’

1  Mustafa İsmail 'Bili' (Öztem) married Dudu İbrahim 'Yallitsi/Parıdak’

2  Derviş İsmail  'Bili' 1923-2014

3  Emine İsmail 'Bili' 1920-2002 married Ramadan İsmail Kara-Mustafa

4  Şerife İsmail 'Bili' married Mustafa 'Geleo


MUSTAFA İSMAIL ’Bili’ (Surname now Öztem) DUDU İBRAHIM 'Yallitsi/Parıdak married their children

1 İsmail Mustafa Öztem ’Bili’ married Safiye Mehmet ’Habi’

2 Halil Mustafa Öztem ’Bili’ married Rahme Mustafa Davut ’Kafa’

3 İbrahim Mustafa Öztem ’Bili’ married Özkaniye İbrahim ’Mullata’

4 Hansel Mustafa Öztem ’Bili’

5  Şerife  Mustafa 'Bili' married Yusuf Mehmet 'Bedasi' (Yanako)1917-1996

6  Zalihe/Zeliha Mustafa 'Bili' married Osman Reymen from Aytotoro

7  Neriman  Mustafa  'Bili'   married Hüseyin Hasan 'Cangi'


İSMAIL MUSTAFA ÖZTEM 'Bili' married SAFİYE MEHMET ’Habi’

their children

1  Mehmet İsmail Öztem 'Bili' in the UK

2  Metin İsmail Öztem 'Bili' in the UK

3  İbrahim İsmail Öztem 'Bili' in the UK

4  Derya İsmail Öztem 'Bili' in the UK


HALİL MUSTAFA  ÖZTEM 'Bili' married RAHME MUSTAFA DAVUT ’Kafa’ 

their children

1  Mustafa Halil Öztem 'Bili' married Emine Velettin Tuna

2  Emine/Mine Halil Öztem 'Bili' married Tengiz Süleyman Özmındık ’Munduko’

3  Özgür Halil  Öztem 'Bili' married Şeniz from Kilitkaya


MUSTAFA HALİL ÖZTEM 'Bili' married  EMİNE VELETTİN TUNA

their children

1 İzel Mustafa Öztem 'Bili' 

2 İzbel  Mustafa Öztem 'Bili' 


EMİNE/MİNE HALİL ÖZTEM 'Bili' married TENGİZ SÜLEYMAN ÖZMINDIK’Munduko’

their children

1 Meliz Tengiz Özmındık ’Munduko’

2 Ediz  Tengiz Özmındık ’Munduko’


ÖZGÜR HALİL ÖZTEM 'Bili' married ŞENİZ from Kilitkaya

their children

1 Deniz Özgür Öztem 'Bili' 


İBRAHİM  MUSTAFA 'Bili' Born 17.02.1943 married ÖZKANİYE İBRAHİM ’Mullatta’ born 12.12.1942 (8)

their children

1  Mustafa İbrahim 'Bili' born 1963 married Gil in the UK

2  Reyhan Ibrahım 'Bili' born 1964 married Altan Maşera from Yeşilırmak/Limnitis in the UK


MUSTAFA İBRAHİM ’Bili’ born 1963  in the UK married GIL from the UK

their children

1 Meran Mustafa ’Bili’ married Gil


REYHAN İBRAHİM ’Bili’ born 1964 in the UK married ALTAN MAŞERA from Yeşilırmak/Limnitis in the UK

their children

1 Alarâ Altan Maşera. they have 2 children Narin and Hakan.


HANSEL MUSTAFA 'Bili' married BEYHAN from Nicosia

their children

1 Fisun Beyhan 

2 Birtan Beyhan


ŞERİFE MUSTAFA 'Yannaku/ Bili' married YUSUF MEHMET  now ÖZUÇAR ’Yannako/Bedasi’ 1917-1996

their children

1 Mehmet Yusuf  Özuçar 'Yannako/Bedasi' (mother was Yusuf’s 1st wife Refide H Riala)

2 Aziz Yusuf ’Yannako/Bedasi' Özuçar 

4  Ayla Yusuf 'Yannako/Bedasi'   married Mehmet İbrahim Psafya'

5  Aydın Yusuf 'Yannako/Bedasi'

6  Mustafa Yusuf  Özuçar  'Yannako/Bedasi' 


ZİLİHA or ZELİHA MUSTA ’Bili’ married OSMAN REYMEN from Aytotoro

their children

1 Abdulla Reymen married İlay Hasan ’Gunetti’

2 Dudu Reymen married Mustafa bekir Cannur ’Bohurlu’

3 Hayriye Reymen married İrfan from Aytotoro

4 Ayşe Reymen married Cuma from Turkey

5 Nermin Reymen married Nidai from Aytotoro

6 Mustafa Reymen married Canan Yusuf Kurt ’Sguluga’


ABDULLAH OSMAN REYMEN married İLAY HASAN ’Gunetti 

their children

1 Altan Abdullah Reymen 

2 Erhan Abdullah Reymen 


DUDU OSMAN REYMEN married MUSTAFA BEKİR CANNUR ’Bohurlu’

their children

1 Şenel Mustafa Cannur ’Bohurlu’

2 Deran Mustafa Cannur ’Bohurlu’


HAYRİYE OSMAN REYMEN married İRFAN from Aytotoro

their children

1 Kâmil İrfan

2 Osman İrfan

3 Cem İrfan


AYŞE OSMAN REYMEN married CUMA from Turkey

no information on children


NERMİN OSMAN REYMEN married NİDAİ from Aytotoro

their children

1 Esin Nidai married Duysal Yusuf ’Sguluga’

2 Eser Nidai

3 Ersen Nidai


ESİN NİDAİ married DUYSAL YUSUF KURT ’Sguluga’

their children

1 Nidai Esin Nidai

2 Kayan Esin Nidai


MUSTAFA OSMAN REYMEN married CANAN YUSUF KURT ’Sguluga’

their children

1 Osman Mustafa Reymen

2 Erdem Mustafa Reymen

3 Ediz Mustafa Reymen


NERİMAN MUSTAFA ’Bili’ married HÜSEYİN HASAN ’Cangi’ 1926-1981

their children

1  Hansel Hüseyin married   Ramadan Rifat their children Nermin & Fayze in the UK

2  Hasan Hüseyin married Aynur their children Akcen & Aycan. in the UK

3  Duyal Hüseyin  married Zafer Akıl their children Hüseyin & Ayşen.  in the UK (9)


DERVİŞ İSMAİL 'Bili' 1923-2014 married ARZU 'Baturi'1928-2014

their children

1 Aysel Derviş  in the UK

2 İsmail Derviş  in the UK


AYSEL DERVİŞ ’Bili’ married VELİ İBRAHİM ’Turabi’

1 Suzan Veli ’Turabi’

2 Erol Veli ’Turabi’


EMİNE İSMAIL 'Bili' 1920-2002 married RAMADAN MUSTAFA ’Karamustafa’. 1909-2000 (10)

their children

1 Mustafa Ramadan married Selma Süleyman 'Mudra'

2 İsmail Ramadan married Arzu Kemal 'Lautaci'

3 Şerife Ramadan married Hilmi 'Guşa' from Dali


ŞERİFE İSMAIL 'Bili' married  MUSTAFA SÜLEYMAN 'Geleo' born 1906

their children

1  Neriman Mustafa ’Geleo’

2  Raziye Mustafa ’Geleo’

3  Emine Mustafa ’Geleo’


DUDU HALİL ’Şittari’ ABDÜLKADİR MEHMET 'Gatsura' born 1872 

their children

1 Mehmet Abdülkadir Kadiri/'Gatsura'

2 Dudu Kadir Kadiri/Gatsura' 2nd wife of Süleyman Osman  'Munduko'

3 Halil Kadir Kadiri/Gatsura'


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MEHMET  İSMAİL MUSTAFA  'Karaganna' 'Gillos' born 1846 was the 4th son of  İSMAIL 'Karaganna


MEHMET  İSMAİL MUSTAFA  born 1846  'Karaganna' 'Killos' wife’s name not found

their children

1 İbrahim Mehmet  'Killos/Karaganna/Sinesteri' moved to Dillirga  (Kserovuno)

2 Dudu Mehmet  'Killos/Karaganna/Sinesteri' married Ali 'Vrango'

3  Keziban Mehmet 'Killos/Karaganna/Gezu/Sinesteri' moved to Nicosia

4  Mustafa Mehmet  'Killos/Karaganna/Sinesteri'  married  Mustafa 'Zurfani'


Unfortunately no further information has been discovered on this family

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First name not known İSMAIL MUSTAFA KARAGANNA 'Kalligos' was the 5th son of   İSMAIL 'Karaganna may have died young as no information has been discovered other than he had no children 


(1) Records of İbrahim Tahsildar. Family of İsmail Karaganna pages 193-195

(2) Ottoman census 1879, Doc No; 164-a-3 page 327.

(3) Ottoman census 1879 Doc No; 164-a-3 page 327.

(4) Ottoman census 1879 Doc No; 163-a-1 page 325.

(5) Ramadan & Yusuf's dates of births are from the Milli arşiv ve araştırma dairesinde 67 numarada kayıt.  1889,1890,1893,1897,1906 kayıtlar.  page 165 family, No; 88.

footnote 6 has been deleted due to an error

(6) Records of İbrahım Tahsildar, Family of İsmail Karaganna pages 193-195

(7) Many of the 'Bili' younger generations were added by Veli & Arzu Cufoğlu in personal interviews.

(8) İbrahim Mustafa Öztem ’Bili’ married Özkaniye İbrahim ’Mullata’

(9)  Information in personal interviews with Behice  İbrahım ’Kerlo/Sglinigo and  Kemal Yusuf ’Ado/Bududa' 

(10)  Information in personal interviews with Veli & Arzu Cufoğlu.


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