North’s largest party to be absent from New York amid rumours of rift with Tatar
The UBP, the north’s largest political party, will not send a delegation to this week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem in New York, amid rumours of a ...
Tatar doubles down on opposition to EU envoy Hahn’s role
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar doubled down on his opposition to the appointment of Johannes Hahn as the European Union’s envoy for the Cyprus problem.
“Following the Greek Cypriot ...
Our View: Another round in the Cyprus talks parody
July has arrived and in three days the second, so-called ‘informal five plus one’ conference under the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will be held in New York. The venue is ...
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 ...
Tatar tells Fidias he is not Erdogan’s puppet
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar told member of the European Parliament Fidias Panayiotou that he is not Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s “puppet” during an interview spanning over an ...
‘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.
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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 ...
Tatar meets UK’s Doughty in London
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday met the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty in London.
He is carrying out a visit to the UK ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tatar vows to not ‘remain silent’ over ‘hostile’ property arrests
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday said that it is “out of the question for me to remain silent” amid the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Tatar kicks off re-election campaign
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar formally kicked off his campaign to win re-election on Monday evening, bringing together the three political parties which have endorsed his campaign for his first ...
Tatar renews call for crossing points in Mia Milia and Louroujina
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday renewed his call for crossing points to be opened in the eastern Nicosia suburb of Mia Milia, and in the village of Louroujina, ...
Tatar: healthy dialogue not possible amid property arrests
It is “not possible to talk about a healthy dialogue” between Cyprus’ two sides amid the arrests being made by the Republic of Cyprus of people accused of selling Greek ...
Holguin to meet Tatar in ongoing re-engagement effort
The UN chief’s personal envoy on Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, is set to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday at 10am.
On Friday she will meet ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Tatar wins third party’s endorsement for re-election
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s campaign to be re-elected to the role on Wednesday night won the endorsement of a third political party, ruling coalition party the DP.
The ...
‘MP’ from Tatar’s party calls on him to meet Christodoulides
Ali Pilli, a Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ from the UBP, the party to which Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar belonged, and which has endorsed him again ahead of this year’s ...
Tatar rejects tripartite meeting, slams Greek Cypriot property arrest ‘terrorism’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday ruled out the prospect of a tripartite meeting involving himself, President Nikos Christodoulides and United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin while the latter ...
Second political party endorses Tatar for re-election
A second political party in the north, ruling coalition party the YDP, on Friday endorsed incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to be re-elected to the role when elections are ...
Tatar: Non-invite to Budapest summit ‘does not overshadow’ north’s role in Turkic world
The Turkish Cypriots’ non-invite to this week’s summit of the Organisation of Turkic States “does not overshadow” the north’s role within the Turkic world, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin ...
Tatar: Christodoulides’ intention is to make us sit on his lap
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Monday said that President Nikos Christodoulides wants to “make us sit on his lap”.
“I look into the man’s eyes, and I see ...
Tatar says European parliament’s Turkey report is a ‘biased document’
The report on Turkey approved by the European parliament on Wednesday is a “biased document” which “ignores the will of the Turkish Cypriot people”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said.
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Tatar pours cold water on idea of new crossing point in central Nicosia
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday poured cold water on the idea of opening a new crossing point in central Nicosia, saying that President Nikos Christodoulides had requested the ...