Morphou Teacher Training College (Omorfo Öğretmen Koleji) was established as a two-year institution by the ruling British, offering teacher training in English both for Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypiots, with graduates qualifying as primary teachers, in 1937. The college was not popular amongst the Orthodox Church since they preferred to handle the education of Greek Cypriot teachers by themselves. In 1943, a new institution was formed to train Greek Cypriot women, however Turkish Cypriot women were also admitted after 1948. Following the intercommunal violence in 1958, Greek Cypriots withdrew from the institution and moved into a new college in Nicosia, the Teacher Training College.