Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris Postasi (27.11.14) reports that goats and lambs have been decreased in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus due to the fact that 2,500 goats were sold to Libya. For this reason, there is lack of goat and sheep milk and the Turkish Cypriots will not be able to produce halloumi according to the standard of using goat and sheep milk with a ratio of more than 50%.
Ali Cirali, chairman of the “chamber of industry”, speaking to the paper, said that in order to be able for the production of halloumi – hellim, the use of 20% of goat and sheep milk should be gradually increase to 50% in a ten-year transitional period. He added that they should develop the breeding of goats and sheep and they should give importance to the ration of goat and sheep milk in the production of halloumi – hellim.
A lack of goat and sheep milk in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus
