8 h. ago Tatar: I have been working for years to open Mia Milia crossing point

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said he has been working for four and a half years to open a new crossing point in Nicosia’s eastern suburb of Mia Milia. Speaking to Turkish Cypriot news agency Tak, he said the opening of such a crossing point would ease traffic congestion in and around Ayios […]

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19 h. ago Netanyahu ‘convinced Anastasiades to collapse Crans Montana talks’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced then president Nicos Anastasiades to collapse Cyprus problem negotiations at Crans Montana in 2017, former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said. The talks at Crans Montana, a small town in southeastern Switzerland, were the most recent formal negotiations to be held with the aim of solving the Cyprus […]

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34 h. ago Expanded Cyprus problem meeting to assess progress since Geneva

Next week’s expanded informal meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is expected to set the tone for further negotiations and assess the progress made since the Geneva meeting in March, sources told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) on Thursday. As part of preparations for the July 16–17 meeting, United Nations […]

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4 d. ago UN envoy Holguin set for meetings with Christodoulides and Tatar

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin is set to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday art of the preparations for the informal expanded meeting in New York from July 16 to 17. The first meeting on Holguin’s schedule for the day is with Tatar, […]

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4 d. ago Holguin hopes for ‘significant developments’ in next week’s talks

The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin said she had a good meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday morning, following which she was scheduled to meet with President Nikos Christodoulides at 11am. “We hope that there will be significant developments in the measures decided in March”, she said, referring […]

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8 d. ago ‘Do not yield to threats’: Tatar urges MEP Panayiotou to publish interview

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has urged MEP Fidias Panayiotou to not yield to threats and go ahead and publish their two-hour interview, media in the north reported on Thursday. Speaking from Baku, Azerbaijan, Tatar was reported by Star Kibris as saying that Panayiotou is an MEP and youtuber “with a huge number of followers”. […]

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9 d. ago Controversy erupts in Greek Cyprus over lawmaker’s interview with Turkish Cypriot leader Tatar

Controversy erupts in Greek Cyprus over lawmaker’s interview with Turkish Cypriot leader Tatar  Türkiye Today

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9 d. ago Strong criticism of MEP Panayiotou over interview with Tatar

The government has criticised MEP Fidias Panayiotou for giving an interview to the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, saying the move risks helping the narrative of the authorities in the north. A tsunami of reactions and harsh criticism has been triggered by Panayiotou’s decision. Political parties have joined the condemnation, with Diko stating Panayiotou is […]

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9 d. ago Cyprus slams MEP Fidias Panayiotou for interview with Turkish Cypriot leader

Cyprus slams MEP Fidias Panayiotou for interview with Turkish Cypriot leader  eKathimerini.com

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1 week ago ‘Both leaders committed to finding solution to Cyprus problem’

Outgoing UN envoy in Cyprus Colin Stewart on Tuesday said both leaders remain committed to fresh talks in New York aimed at breaking the island’s long stalemate. Speaking after meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar in the north, Stewart confirmed that both Tatar and President Nikos Christodoulides are eager to attend a planned 5+1 meeting […]

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2 w. ago Letymbiotis: Tatar’s refusal to meet Hahn sends message to EU

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Wednesday said Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s refusal to meet European Union envoy for the Cyprus problem Johannes Hahn “sends a message to both the European Union and to Turkish Cypriots”. “It is known that the Republic of Cyprus has joined the European Union, is a member state of the […]

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2 w. ago Tatar likens Republic to Israel in online post, warns of global war risk

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has warned of “arrogant behaviour” that has brought the world to the brink of a third world war, while comparing what he called “South Cyprus” to Israel. In a social media post published across Turkish Cypriot media, Tatar said the recent strikes by the US and Israel on Iran’s nuclear […]

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3 w. ago Tatar calls Israel’s Sa’ar ‘impudent and hostile’ over Erdogan and Cyprus comments

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday described Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s comments on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Cyprus problem as “deliberate, impudent, and hostile”. As Sa’ar and Erdogan engaged in a spat on Wednesday evening, Sa’ar had said Erdogan “illegally holds northern Cyprus”, prompting Tatar’s ire. “This statement is an […]

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3 w. ago Tatar says opposition ‘turned their backs on unity’ over ‘parliament’ address

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday said opposition politicians had “turned their backs on unity” in their disapproval of his behind-closed-doors address to the north’s ‘parliament’ the previous day. Tatar had given his address to ‘parliament’ in light of the recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek […]

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3 w. ago Property arrests ‘a lifebuoy’ for Tatar’s election prospects

The recent arrests made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek Cypriot-owned property in the north are a “lifebuoy” for Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s prospects of re-election, former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay said on Tuesday. Speaking to Kibris Postasi TV, Ozersay, who also served […]

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3 w. ago Tatar say Christodoulides’ polices put Cyprus in regional crosshairs

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will brief the ‘parliament’ in the north on Tuesday on the Cyprus issue and the Israel-Iran war as he accused President Nikos Christodoulides of putting the island in danger with his policies. Tatar is to speak about regional developments, which he said had reached a critical stage. He will also […]

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4 w. ago Man ‘faces five years in jail’ for calling Tatar a circus monkey

A man is facing up to five years in jail in the north for “insulting the president” after referring to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar as a “circus monkey” in a social media post, according to reports on Thursday. Newspaper Yeniduzen wrote that 57-year-old Erol Baycan will appear in court on Friday over the post, […]

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