A casino resort named for a daughter, built for a father.
Canababim Casino Resort sits along the old harbour road in Kyrenia, where whitewashed arches face the Mediterranean and the terracotta roofline steps down toward the water. The name folds two people into one word — Cana, and babam, "my father" — and the casino resort itself still reads like a promise kept: forty-eight tables, a citrus-grove dining terrace, and an arcaded casino floor open to the sea air on three sides.
A Citrus Family's Casino Resort
Canababim takes its name from its founder, Necati Aydemir, a third-generation citrus grower from the Güzelyurt orange groves who opened a small card room in a converted fruit-packing warehouse on the Kyrenia harbour in 1998, naming the casino resort for his daughter, Cana, and dedicating it — in the same breath — to his own father, whom he still calls "babam." The building's original arched loading doors, wide enough for a fruit cart to pass through, remain the entrance to the casino floor today.
Today the casino resort spans three arcaded halls facing the harbour, connected by a colonnade of whitewashed arches that step down toward the water, each one framing a slightly different angle of the sea. Canababim Resort remains privately held by the Aydemir family, and Necati's original packing-house office — arched doors intact — now serves as a private card room for the resort's highest-tier members.
Forty-Eight Casino Resort Tables Beneath Three Arcades
The floor runs along the harbour in three connected arcades, each opening onto a covered terrace facing the water. This casino resort operates under the applicable casino licensing framework of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, with an independent compliance office reporting directly to ownership.
The Blackjack & Baccarat Hall
Named for the harbour itself ("liman"), this is the casino resort's original hall, with the fruit-warehouse's arched doors still standing at the entrance and a warm terracotta light held low through the evening.
The Roulette Hall
Sixteen wheels, including three American double-zero tables, arranged around a sunken courtyard bar shaded by potted citrus trees, where spectators can watch play without crowding the rail.
The Slot Hall
Three hundred and thirty machines from penny reels to a linked progressive network, housed beneath the arcade's central dome ("kubbe"), the tallest room on the property.
Casino Resort Table Minimums, for Planning Your Evening
Standard limits at this casino resort apply between 18:00 and 04:00 daily. Liman Hall's two private alcoves may be booked in advance at bespoke limits — ask your host at check-in or through the Portakal Club desk.
| Game | Tables | Minimum | Standard Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Roulette | 13 | ₺400 | ₺400,000 |
| American Roulette | 3 | ₺800 | ₺400,000 |
| Blackjack (6-deck shoe) | 15 | ₺800 | ₺800,000 |
| Baccarat | 5 | ₺2,000 | ₺2,000,000 |
| Punto Banco | 4 | ₺1,600 | ₺1,200,000 |
| Three Card Poker | 5 | ₺400 | ₺320,000 |
| Texas Hold'em (Poker Room) | 8 | ₺4,000 buy-in | No-limit cash games |
| Liman private alcove | 2 | By reservation | Negotiated |
Casino Resort VIP Tiers, and the Old Packing-House Office
The Portakal Club — named for the orange blossom groves the Aydemir family still tends outside Güzelyurt — is Canababim's membership programme. Members are recognised at three levels, each granting deeper access to the casino resort's private spaces.
Entry Membership
Open to guests averaging ₺32,000 or more per session across two visits. Includes priority seating in the Roulette Hall, complimentary courtyard bar entry, and a dedicated host during your stay.
The Liman Terrace
A private casino terrace adjoining Arcade One, reserved exclusively for members, with its own shaded courtyard and a small cellar of Cypriot wine and raki served chilled through the evening.
The Packing House
Our top membership: access to Necati Aydemir's original 1998 office, now a single-table private card room beneath the same arched doors, choice of dealer, and bespoke limits.
Canababim Points
Every machine beneath the Kubbe dome enrols play automatically — no separate card needed beyond your room key. Points convert to dining credit, spa treatments, or a discounted future stay.
Aydemir, Our Casino Resort's Flagship Dining Room
Named for the resort's founding family, Aydemir serves a tasting menu built around the citrus groves of Güzelyurt and the day's catch off the Kyrenia harbour, designed by chef Elmas Kaya, previously of a seafront kitchen in Girne's old town. Reservations are recommended several days ahead for guests not staying at the casino resort; house guests may reserve at check-in.
Beyond Aydemir, the casino resort operates three additional venues: Bahçe Café, a casual all-day dining room in the courtyard near the casino entrance, shaded by the family's own citrus trees; The Liman Bar, an open-air harbour lounge with heated seating through the winter months and unobstructed views of the arcade at sunset; and The Late Terrace, a shorefront snack lounge open until 5am for guests coming off a long session at the tables.
176 Casino Resort Rooms and Suites, Facing the Harbour
Standard rooms at the casino resort occupy the two lower wings, each with a partial or full harbour view. The uppermost wing holds our named suite collection, bookable directly through the casino resort's reservations desk.
The Orange Grove Suite
From ₺58,000 / night- 56 m², full-height harbour glass
- Private outdoor plunge pool
- Dedicated Portakal Club host
The Harbour Loft
From ₺96,000 / night- Duplex, west-facing arched terrace
- In-room single blackjack table
- Priority Aydemir reservations
The Kubbe Penthouse
From ₺165,000 / night- 150 m², domed private terrace
- Private plunge pool & citrus garden
- Butler service & private chef on request
The Sahil Theatre at Our Casino Resort
Named for the shore it stands on ("sahil"), the 460-seat Sahil Theatre sits at the harbour end of the arcade and hosts a rotating calendar of Mediterranean jazz, touring cabaret, and Canababim's own late-night residency, Fener, a lantern-lit dance and percussion performance staged six nights a week through the summer season. Tickets can be added to any room reservation, and Harbour and Kubbe Tier members receive complimentary seating in the front rows, subject to availability.
The theatre's courtyard entrance is framed by the same whitewashed arches as the casino floor, and its lobby bar, The Lighthouse Room, opens ninety minutes before curtain and stays open through last call at the tables.
The Casino Resort Named for a Daughter, Kept for a Father
Reserve a room at our casino resort, request Portakal Club membership, or ask our concierge team what the harbour looks like tonight.
Contact ReservationsA daughter's name, a father's word, on a harbour warehouse
Corporate information current as of July 2026
Our story
Canababim Resort Ltd was founded in 1998 by Necati Aydemir, a third-generation citrus grower from the orange groves near Güzelyurt, who converted a harbourside fruit-packing warehouse in Kyrenia into a two-table card room. He named the casino resort Canababim — folding together his daughter's name, Cana, and the Turkish word for "my father," babam — as a single word meant to honour both at once. The building's original arched loading doors, wide enough for a fruit cart, remain the entrance to the casino floor today.
Today Canababim Resort Ltd operates the casino resort, theatre, and four dining venues along a single arcaded harbour frontage, employing just over nine hundred staff across casino operations, hospitality, and entertainment. The company remains privately held by the Aydemir family, with Necati's daughter, Cana Aydemir-Solak, currently serving as Managing Director.
Licensing & oversight
Canababim Resort operates under the applicable casino licensing framework of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for resort-class tourist casino operations, with an on-site compliance office reporting independently of hotel and casino management. All casino equipment is tested and certified by an accredited third-party laboratory on a rolling annual schedule, and the resort maintains a dedicated Responsible Gambling office staffed during all operating hours.
Karakum Mahallesi, Sahil Yolu No. 14
Girne (Kyrenia)
Northern Cyprus, via Mersin 10, Turkey
Company No. NC-118432
Registered with the Kyrenia Companies Registry
Karakum Mahallesi, Sahil Yolu No. 14, Girne, Northern Cyprus
Telephone: +90 392 815 22 40
Email: post@canababim.com
Reservations, Portakal Club, and general enquiries
Reservations
+90 392 815 22 41 — daily, 08:00–23:00 EET
reservations@canababim.com
Portakal Club Membership
+90 392 815 22 43 — Monday–Saturday, 10:00–20:00 EET
portakalclub@canababim.com
Guest Relations & General Enquiries
+90 392 815 22 40
post@canababim.com
Responsible Gambling Office
+90 392 815 22 50 — available 24 hours
care@canababim.com
Registered Address
Canababim Resort Ltd, Karakum Mahallesi, Sahil Yolu No. 14, Girne (Kyrenia), Northern Cyprus
Send us a message
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Responsible Gambling at Canababim Resort
Last reviewed: June 2026
Canababim Resort exists to provide entertainment, hospitality, and a memorable evening on the harbour — not to place any guest in financial or personal difficulty. Gambling should always remain a form of leisure, chosen freely and enjoyed within limits set in advance. This page explains the tools, support, and safeguards available to every guest, and how to reach independent help if you or someone you know needs it.
Know the signs
Gambling can become harmful when it starts to affect finances, relationships, work, or mental health. Common warning signs include chasing losses with larger bets, gambling with money set aside for essentials, hiding the extent of play from family or friends, feeling irritable or anxious when not gambling, and borrowing money to fund further sessions. If any of this feels familiar — to you or someone close to you — we encourage you to speak with our Responsible Gambling Office or an independent support service listed below.
Tools available at Canababim Resort
- Self-exclusion: Guests may request voluntary self-exclusion from the casino floor for six months, one year, or permanently. Once registered, re-entry is refused at all casino entrances, and the request cannot be reversed early by the guest's own request alone.
- Deposit and loss limits: For guests enrolled in Canababim Points or the Portakal Club, we can apply a daily, weekly, or monthly loss notification threshold that triggers a check-in from a host.
- Time-out periods: A short cooling-off period (24 hours to 30 days) can be requested at any casino reception without providing a reason.
- Session reminders: On request, floor staff will discreetly notify a guest after a set number of hours of continuous play.
- Restricted marketing: Guests who self-exclude are automatically removed from all promotional communication and Portakal Club invitations for the duration of their exclusion.
Our commitments
- We do not knowingly serve alcohol to a visibly intoxicated guest at the casino tables, and floor supervisors are trained to pause play with a guest showing signs of distress.
- All dealers and pit staff complete annual responsible gambling training, including how to make a respectful, non-judgmental welfare check.
- No clocks are withheld and no guest is denied a request for a break, a glass of water, or a quiet room away from the floor.
- Guests must be 18 years of age or older to enter the casino floor at any time, without exception, and valid photographic identification is checked at every casino entrance.
Independent support
GamCare
Independent charity offering free information, support, and counselling for anyone affected by gambling harm, including friends and family.
Gamblers Anonymous
International peer-support fellowship with regular meetings, including groups meeting across Northern Cyprus and mainland Turkey.
Green Crescent (Yeşilay)
Turkish non-profit offering counselling and support for gambling and other behavioural dependencies, reachable by phone across Turkey and Northern Cyprus.
If you would like to arrange any of the tools above, speak confidentially with our Responsible Gambling Office at +90 392 815 22 50 (available 24 hours) or care@canababim.com. All conversations are handled discreetly by staff outside of the casino floor's reporting line.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: 1 June 2026
1. Who we are
This Privacy Policy explains how Canababim Resort Ltd ("Canababim Resort", "we", "us", "our"), registered at Karakum Mahallesi, Sahil Yolu No. 14, Girne (Kyrenia), Northern Cyprus, collects, uses, and protects personal information relating to guests, prospective guests, website visitors, and Portakal Club members. By making a reservation, visiting the resort, or using this website, you acknowledge the practices described here.
2. Information we collect
We collect information you provide directly, such as your name, contact details, date of birth, government-issued identification for age and identity verification, payment information, and any preferences shared with reservations or concierge staff. We also collect information generated through your stay, including casino activity relevant to loyalty programmes and responsible gambling monitoring, dining reservations, and any correspondence with our Guest Relations or Responsible Gambling Office. When you use this website, we may collect limited technical information such as browser type, approximate location, and pages visited, as described further in our Cookies Policy.
3. How we use your information
- To create and manage reservations for rooms, suites, dining, and the Sahil Theatre.
- To verify age and identity prior to granting access to the casino floor, as required by applicable casino law.
- To operate the Canababim Points and Portakal Club loyalty programmes, including tracking qualifying play where a guest is enrolled.
- To administer responsible gambling tools, including self-exclusion registers and loss notification thresholds, where requested.
- To respond to enquiries submitted through our contact channels or website form.
- To send marketing communications where you have opted in, which you may withdraw consent for at any time.
- To meet legal, tax, anti-money-laundering, and casino compliance obligations.
4. Legal bases for processing
Where the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") applies to you as a visitor from the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases: performance of a contract with you (such as a room or dining reservation), compliance with a legal obligation (such as age verification and anti-money-laundering checks), our legitimate interests (such as fraud prevention and improving our services), and your consent (such as marketing communications), which you may withdraw at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
5. Sharing and disclosure
We do not sell personal information. We may share information with payment processors, identity verification providers, IT and hosting providers, and regulators or law enforcement where required by applicable casino, tax, or anti-money-laundering law. Any third party processing personal information on our behalf does so under a written agreement requiring appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
6. Data retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above, including any statutory retention periods applicable to casino, financial, and identity records under Northern Cyprus law, which can extend for several years after your last visit. Self-exclusion records are retained for the duration of the exclusion and a reasonable period afterward to prevent circumvention.
7. Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or restriction on the processing of your personal information, to object to certain processing, and to request a portable copy of information you have provided to us. California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, described in our GDPR/CCPA & Cookies Policy. To exercise any right, contact us using the details below; we may need to verify your identity before responding.
8. Security
We maintain administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction, including restricted access to identity and casino records and encryption of payment data in transit. No system is completely secure, and we encourage guests to safeguard their own login and account credentials where applicable.
9. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy can be directed to Canababim Resort Ltd, Karakum Mahallesi, Sahil Yolu No. 14, Girne (Kyrenia), Northern Cyprus, or by email to privacy@canababim.com.
Terms of Use
Last updated: 1 June 2026
1. Acceptance of terms
These Terms of Use govern your access to this website and your use of the facilities, casino floor, dining venues, theatre, and accommodation at Canababim Resort. By browsing this website, making a reservation, or entering the resort premises, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use this website or visit the resort.
2. Eligibility & age requirement
You must be at least 18 years of age to enter the casino floor, to gamble at Canababim Resort in any form, or to register for the Canababim Points or Portakal Club programmes. Valid government-issued photographic identification is required at every casino entrance without exception, and Canababim Resort reserves the right to refuse entry to any individual unable to provide satisfactory proof of age.
3. Reservations
Room, suite, dining, and theatre reservations are subject to availability and the specific cancellation policy communicated at the time of booking. Rates displayed are illustrative and subject to seasonal variation, applicable taxes, and currency fluctuation. A valid payment method is required to guarantee most reservations, and no-show or late-cancellation charges may apply as disclosed at booking.
4. Conduct on the casino floor
All casino activity is conducted in accordance with the house rules posted at each table and applicable Northern Cyprus casino regulations. Canababim Resort reserves the right to refuse service, void a wager, or remove any guest from the premises for conduct that is abusive, fraudulent, disruptive to other guests, or in violation of house rules, table limits, or applicable law. Decisions of the pit supervisor on matters of table procedure are final, subject to the resort's internal dispute process.
5. Website use
This website is provided for informational purposes and to facilitate enquiries and reservations. You agree not to use this website to transmit unlawful, defamatory, or harmful content, to attempt unauthorised access to any part of the site or its underlying systems, or to scrape or systematically extract content without our prior written consent.
6. Intellectual property
All content on this website, including text, graphics, the Canababim Resort name and logo, and the overall design, is the property of Canababim Resort Ltd or its licensors and is protected by applicable intellectual property law. Nothing in these terms grants you any right to use our trademarks or branding without prior written permission.
7. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Canababim Resort Ltd shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from your use of this website or your visit to the resort, except where such liability cannot be excluded under applicable consumer protection law. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for fraud.
8. Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, and any dispute arising from them shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Kyrenia (Girne), save where mandatory consumer protection law provides otherwise.
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our operations or applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised, and continued use of this website or the resort following any update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.