New Turkish ambassador pledges to work for ‘sunlit uplands’
New Turkish ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim on Tuesday pledged to “try my best to bring the Turkish Cypriot people and Turkish citizens living here to the sunlit ...
Portacabins as classrooms ‘cannot be our destiny’
Concerns were raised on Tuesday over the continued use of portacabins as makeshift classrooms in the north’s schools.
Cyprus Turkish teachers’ trade union (Ktos) leader Burak Mavis insisted after ...
North telecoms dept doubles internet fees
The fees levied on internet and telecommunications service providers by the north’s telecommunications department were all doubled, the north’s internet service providers’ association said on Tuesday.
The association ...
‘Govt’ and union disagree over whether north power station is fixed
All five faulty generators at the Teknecik power station outside Kyrenia have been repaired as of Friday morning, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said.
Speaking to reporters, Ustel ...
Level of E. coli at Ayfilon beach off the scale
The level of E. coli at Ayfilon beach near Rizokarpaso is off the scale, according to analysis published by the north’s ‘health ministry’ on Tuesday.
The figures given stated ...
Greek Cypriot handed jail sentence in north over fake passport scam
A Greek Cypriot was sentenced in the north on Thursday to 60 days in prison for attempting to help an accomplice cross to the Republic from the north with a fake ...
Turkey to open military hospital in Cyprus, replacing those closed after coup
Turkey is to open a military hospital in Kyrenia, as it begins to attempt to replace the 32 across Turkey which were either closed or repurposed following the failed coup d’é...
New ‘presidential’ palace in north ‘to be complete by December’
The new ‘presidential’ palace and ‘parliament’ buildings in the north, which are under construction in Ayios Dhometios, are to be completed by November or December at the latest, Turkish Vice ...
Turkey changes ambassador in north
Turkey on Saturday removed its ambassador in the north Metin Feyzioglu and swiftly appointed now former Deputy Foreign Minister Yasin Ekrem Serim in his place.
Feyzioglu was announced as the ...
British man’s death in north being treated as suspected murder
The death of a British national in the north is being treated as a suspected murder, the Turkish Cypriot police said on Friday.
57-year-old Andrew Cullen was found dead at ...
North media says Turkish embassy ‘interfering’ in local politics
Media in the north have throughout this week alleged that the Turkish embassy in the north, and by proxy the Turkish government, has been interfering in local politics ahead of ...
Number of British tourists in north ‘halved’ since 2003
The number of British tourists travelling to the north has halved since 2003, according to reports published on Wednesday.
Newspaper Yeni Duzen’s columnist Cenk Mutluyakali wrote on Thursday that he ...
Turkish invasion: 50 years
North ‘education ministry’ upset over children’s drawings of invasion
The north’s ‘education ministry’ on Tuesday reacted with “deep sorrow and concern” over images drawn by children depicting Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974.
The images appeared on ...
Police get tough on those selling property in north
Cyprus’ authorities are getting tough on people found to be selling Greek Cypriot property in the north, with a 49-year-old German woman recently remanded the latest incident, it emerged on ...
Man arrested in north says he got fake money from Republic
A man arrested in north Nicosia for attempting to use a counterfeit €50 note at the Saray casino said on Tuesday he had obtained the money from a bureau de change ...
Govt taking ‘all diplomatic steps’ against Turkey’s efforts to have north recognised
Cyprus will wield its diplomatic tools over Turkey’s attempts to have the north recognised, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday amid controversy surrounding the Organisation of Turkic States (...
Woman arrested at Larnaca airport for allegedly promoting property sales in north
Police arrested a 49-year-old woman on Sunday, as a suspect for promoting property sales in the north on Greek Cypriot land.
The woman, from an EU country, was arrested at ...
Nicosia condemns ‘Turkish attempts to promote north at OTS’
Nicosia condemned on Saturday Turkish attempts to promote the breakaway regime, in violation of international legality, noting that the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) is once again being used by ...
Other countries ‘expected’ to recognise north
Other countries are “expected” to recognise the north, Turkish presidential foreign policy advisory board member Aygun Attar said on Friday.
Attar was speaking to the Turkish Anadolu Agency ahead of ...
North to make young people pay more to drive
The north is set to increase the cost of car insurance and road tax for young people, ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Thursday.
Speaking to Gundem Kibris TV, he ...
Child kidnapped to the north, govt monitoring case
A woman has reported her husband for kidnapping their three-year-old child and fleeing to the north, it emerged on Friday.
The child’s mother Martina Malikzada, 27, an asylum seeker from ...
‘Cyprus targeting north’s economy’ by detaining businessman
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called a meeting to discuss the Cyprus problem and the recent reman of Turkish-Israeli businessman Simon Mistriel Aykut, in custody for developing on Greek Cypriot ...
Turkish Cypriot teachers back in court over case of ‘battering’ police
A total of 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Thursday in the latest hearing of a case into an alleged “battering” of police officers during a ...
‘Turkish Cypriots go on holiday instead of sacrificing animals’
Falling revenue for Turkish Cypriot farmers was put partly down to the fact that people now elect to spend their savings on holidays instead of traditional sacrificial animals by the ...