3 h. ago Christodoulides meets selection of Turkish Cypriots ahead of Geneva meeting

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday welcomed a selection of Turkish Cypriots to the presidential palace to speak about next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which is set to take place in the Swiss city of Geneva. The group, which among others included the leaders of minor Turkish Cypriot political parties, the YKP’s Murat […]

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4 h. ago Return of former north ‘PM’ exiled in Turkey may be on the cards

A return to politics and to Cyprus may be on the cards for Huseyin Ozgurgun, the former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ who fled the north to Istanbul in 2019 after 16 million TL (around €2m at the time) which he had not formally declared was found in his bank account. In the five and a […]

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6 h. ago Basceri formally retakes reins as Turkey’s ambassador to north

Ali Murat Basceri on Friday formally recommenced his duties as Turkey’s ambassador in the north, submitting his credentials to Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Tatar’s official residence in northern Nicosia after a three-year absence from the role. There, he said he will do his best to “further strengthen the exceptional relations between the two […]

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36 h. ago Geneva ‘not the end but the beginning’, says deputy spokesman

The government had secured the foundation for any efforts to resolve the Cyprus issue, which must be carried out within the framework of the UN security council agreement, deputy government spokesman Giannis Antoniou said on Thursday. Meanwhile, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot negotiators Menelaos Menelaou and Güneş Onar are set to meet in the course […]

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55 h. ago Tatar meets Erdogan in Ankara ahead of enlarged Geneva meeting

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, completing the round of Cypriot leaders’ meetings with representatives of the island’s three guarantor powers ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in Geneva. The meeting was held behind closed doors at Turkey’s presidential palace, and no […]

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59 h. ago Turkish Cyprus does not consider UK as a neutral guarantor: Tatar

Turkish Cyprus does not consider UK as a neutral guarantor: Tatar  Hurriyet Daily News

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4 d. ago Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector may be jailed for fourth time

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu on Monday announced that he had been informed by the police that he is once again to be charged with failing to complete his military service, having not attended a military refresher day last year. If found guilty, he may go to prison for conscientiously objecting for a third […]

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4 d. ago UK Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty to meet President Ersin Tatar ahead of key Cyprus negotiations

UK Foreign Office Minister Stephen Doughty to meet President Ersin Tatar ahead of key Cyprus negotiations  BusinessMole

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6 d. ago Turkish Cypriot side will act ‘in constructive manner’, Tatar tells Doughty

The Turkish Cypriot side will act “in a constructive manner” at the forthcoming enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem to be held in the Swiss city of Geneva, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told the United Kingdom’s minister of state for Europe Stephen Doughty on Friday evening. Doughty visited Tatar at his official residence in […]

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6 d. ago UK’s stance deepens inequality in Cyprus: TRNC President Tatar

UK’s stance deepens inequality in Cyprus: TRNC President Tatar  turkiyetoday.com

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7 d. ago Former north ‘education minister’ bailed in fake diploma scandal case

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Kemal Durust was on Friday given bail ahead of his trial for his alleged part in the ongoing “fake diploma scandal”. In court in Morphou on Friday, he was charged with preparing forged documents and inciting others to prepare forged documents. According to newspaper Yeni Duzen, police representative Gultekin Sancar […]

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7 d. ago UN meeting will lead nowhere: Turkish Cypriot Minister | Daily Sabah

UN meeting will lead nowhere: Turkish Cypriot Minister | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

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1 week ago North’s authorities ‘have blood on their hands’ over ‘nightclub’ worker death

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Dogus Derya said on Tuesday. Speaking in ‘parliament’, she stressed the likelihood that the woman was a victim of human trafficking, given that it is known […]

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2 w. ago Kirdag: I will be a candidate if I get financial sponsorship

Turkish Cypriot perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag on Friday said he will once again stand to be Turkish Cypriot leader in October if he can garner financial sponsorship to do so. Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, he said the north’s ruling coalition’s plans to require candidates to amass 1,500 signatures to get their name on […]

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2 w. ago Erhurman leads Tatar in latest Turkish Cypriot leadership poll

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish Cypriots who they plan to vote for in October’s leadership election. The poll was carried out by polling firm Rudex and published on news website Star Kibris, […]

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2 w. ago Lawyer threatens Turkish opposition leader over ‘slander’ of ambassador in north

Omer Faruk Karaguzel, the lawyer of Turkey’s ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim, on Wednesday threatened to “use our legal rights against baseless news and slander” after Turkish opposition party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel had drawn links between Serim, his father Maksut Serim, Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was assassinated in 2022, and […]

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2 w. ago “Cyprus can no longer afford to wait for a solution,” says Tatar

Tatar has reiterated on Tuesday his dedication to the two-state solution for Cyprus during a recent meeting with Turkish House vice president of the foreign affairs committee, Mustafa Canbey, and the accompanying Turkish delegation. In a clear message to the international community, Tatar emphasised his efforts to increase the visibility of the Turkish Republic of […]

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2 w. ago Turkish Cypriot leader Tatar rules out attending Geneva negotiations

Turkish Cypriot leader Tatar rules out attending Geneva negotiations  in-cyprus

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2 w. ago Chairman of suspended north football club in court for money laundering

Facing charges of laundering the proceeds of crime and operating illegal gambling websites, chairman of Kythrea-based Turkish Cypriot football club Miracle Degirmenlik Hakan Torehan, appeared in court in Kyrenia on Tuesday. He stood in the dock alongside two others, with Tuesday’s court date the latest in a series of events in recent weeks which have […]

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2 w. ago Mortar shell discovery briefly closes Ayios Dhometios crossing point

The finding of an unexploded mortar shell on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios caused the adjacent crossing point to close for 20 minutes on Tuesday afternoon. Reports began to surface at around 2pm that the crossing point had been closed by the Turkish […]

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