 The Turkish-Cypriot population had retreated into enclaves, each comprising several villages, and having its own armed force.The biggest Turkish-Cypriot enclave was the Nicosia – St.Hilarion enclave, also called Günyeli enclave, with a 25,000-strong population, out of a total of 117,000 Turkish-Cypriots on the island, and included the northern district of Nicosia and spanned north to the Pentadaktylos mountain range, but had no access to the sea.In 1964 Turkish-Cypriot fighters from Agirdag had occupied the Bogaz pass without a fight.