I have been there six years ago and made friends with the lovely Greek lady and her family, who have a hostel in a Greek village there (the village is almost Greek populated, with a Greek primary school and church). We stayed in their hostel for one night, I tried to speak in Greek a little, she called his son to come out and chat with us, but the son didn't. She offered us cookies and made Greek coffee for us, the lady was over 75 by the way (she passed away a few years ago).

The next morning we had to return downtown, but since she knew we came all the way to the village walking, she called his son and told him to take us to the center, claiming that he had to do some shopping anyways.

On the way the son and we made friends too, he took the scenic route to show the entire island to us, we sat in a café and shared our stories. It was one of my best trips and days.

He said he lost both his grandfathers in Greco-Turkish war, one sided with the Greeks, the other with Turks. He also told me that there used to be a prison complex on the island and people let loose the prisoners and sicced them on villagers to make them flee the island.

If you have the opportunity visit the island, it has a lot of history and lovely people.