#Turkey

Foreign Affairs Minister Constantinos Kombos is traveling to London and Brussels for several engagements to discuss Cyprus and the Cyprus issue as well as EU-Turkey relations, an announcement from the ...

The Cyprus problem did not get a mention at the eagerly awaited meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, which set the agenda for the ‘...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Thursday welcomed the UN security council’s commitment to a sustainable and just solution to the Cyprus problem, along with its move to support appointing ...

Greece and Turkey agreed on Wednesday to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new “positive climate” in ties after more than a year of tensions between the ...

Turkish Parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus visited the north on Tuesday and met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, ‘Prime Minister’ Unal Ustel, and the north’s ‘Parliamentary’ speaker Zorlu Tore. ...

The 3+1 Mechanism is the key to expanding the agenda and ensuring the acceleration of the cooperation process, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said at the Eastern Mediterranean Business Summit in New ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis visited Cyprus on Tuesday where he warned of “significant challenges” but also of major opportunities. His first official visit abroad since taking office saw him ...

Turkey’s central bank is expected to raise its policy rate sharply on Thursday in a strong signal that re-elected President Tayyip Erdogan has accepted some steps toward economic orthodoxy ...

Newly appointed Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz used his visit to the north to speak about the creation of a new electricity cable link to Turkey on Sunday. The visit ...

Turkey’s direct interventions in the north of Cyprus are putting at risk the prospects for the resumption of Cyprus talks, European Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola was quoted as ...

By Dr Andrestinos Papadopoulos As the date of the Nato summit on July 11 in Vilnius approaches, the question of Sweden’s accession to the alliance is gaining currency because of ...

The new Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yilmaz, will make a one-day visit to the north on Sunday. Turkey’s Vice-Presidential office announced that Yilmaz will visit memorials to Cyprus’...

Rauf Alp Denktash, grandson of former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Raif Denktash, was named Turkey’s Ambassador to Poland on Friday. File photo: Rauf Alp Denktash with his grandfather The ...

Turkey’s expected return to orthodox economic policies may not be enough to secure longer-lasting international investments, with a restoration of predictability and the rule of law still needed to ...

Τurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday made the north of Cyprus the destination of his first overseas visit following his reelection last month. He arrived on the island ...

Cyprus has taken the necessary steps at all levels, the foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday after Turkish Cypriots took part in the Turkish Phoenix of Anatolia international military exercise. It ...

Cyprus’ foreign ministry has already made demarches to countries taking part in a military exercise with Turkey and the north, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Saturday. Christodoulides said that these ...

Turkish security forces seized $1 billion of counterfeit money in Istanbul and arrested six people involved in the operation, including one Ghanian and three Swedish nationals, the governor’s office said ...

Turkey’s lira weakened 0.8 per cent to a record low on Thursday, extending losses after a heavy selloff in the previous session that was seen as a sign of the ...

Tayyip Erdogan was set to be sworn in as Turkey’s president on Saturday after winning re-election last weekend and will later name his cabinet, which is expected to signal ...

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday he would soon travel to Turkey to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership, in a bid to close a process that has been delayed ...

Turkey can be part of a network of friendship in the Eastern Mediterranean, the chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, Harris Georgiades, said on Wednesday. His comments came after ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has congratulated Turkey’s president Recep Tayyp Erdogan following his victory in the presidential elections on Sunday. Erdogan ended up with just over 52 per cent ...

For the first time this year, Turkey is reserving areas for ‘illegal’ exercises very close to the coast of Turkish-occupied Famagusta, the Cyprus News Agency reported on Sunday. According to ...