LALA MUSTAFA PASHA FOUNDATION, Which Has an Important Role in Charity Activities in Cyprus
It was founded on January 1, 1589 by Lala Mustafa Pasha in order to carry out charity works with the wealth he obtained, including a booty share in the conquest of Cyprus.
Having important social and cultural influences, Lala Mustafa Pasha played an important role in the charity work on the island by establishing the first and most comprehensive foundations of Cyprus.
There are two primary schools in the charter of Lala Mustafa Pasha. The first of these is the Ömerge Sıbyan School, which was built adjacent to the Ömerge Mosque. Lala Mustafa Pasha ordered that orphans who study here should be bought clothes at the beginning of each year.
Lala Mustafa Pasha had a primary school with the same name built next to the Akkule Masjid, which he had built in the place called Barracks in Famagusta, the other important city of the island, next to the Ömerge Sıbyan School in Nicosia. ordered it to be given.
The teacher, who is busy with education and training in Akkule Primary School in Famagusta, stipulated in the charter that he should buy clothes and shoes for his students and forty students a year, and to give a penny for each year to the students during the holidays.
Lala Mustafa Pasha is a pasha, also known as the conqueror of Cyprus, who used most of his wealth for charity, established foundations and left many works. Pasha's grave is located in the Eyüp Sultan Mosque outbuildings. There is the expression "Conqueror of Cyprus" on the tombstone written in Latin letters.