#turkish cypriot

Five people were on Tuesday found guilty for the death of Turkish Cypriot Tansu Cidan, who died in the central prison in 2022. The five included two of his fellow inmates ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday met a selection of Turkish Cypriots at the presidential palace to “exchange views” ahead of next week’s enlarged meeting on the Cyprus problem, which ...

Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) council of elders chairman and former Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim on Thursday insisted there is no “new development” in relations between central Asian states ...

Children wearing hijabs should be escorted into Turkish Cypriot schools by the police, the north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Friday, as what some in the media have ...

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 ...

Two of the three Turkish Cypriots who were declared wanted by the Republic of Cyprus’ police in relation to the shooting of a 24-year-old Pakistani national on Wednesday publicly denied ...

School students from all over Cyprus staged protests to mark the 41st anniversary of the north’s unilateral declaration of independence on Friday. The largest protest of the day took ...

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new EU-funded initiative aimed at promoting sustainable energy practices in Turkish Cypriot local communities. The contract amounts to €245,000 and will be ...

Turkish Cypriot high jumper Buse Savaskan qualified for the Olympic final by finishing in joint fourth place in her heat at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. Savaskan, who competes ...

A Turkish Cypriot who was held captive in Limassol by Greek Cypriots for 93 days after Turkey’s invasion of the island has opened up about his experience on the eve ...

Three buses departed from towns in the north to take Turkish Cypriots to the Republic to vote in the European parliament elections on Sunday morning. The buses departed at 9am ...

Turkish Cypriot participation in Sunday’s European parliament elections will play a critical role in who will get elected to fill the six seats allocated to Cyprus although the community ...

By Robert Morgan Some 103,269 Turkish Cypriots are registered to vote in the 2024 EU parliamentary elections despite residing in areas not controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, though Turkish Cypriot voter ...

A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday. They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled ...

A total of 14 applications for granting Cypriot citizenship to children of mixed marriages between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish citizens have been approved so far, and more applications are gradually being ...

Akinci calls for transparency after Cypriot refused entry to Turkey By Tom Cleaver Former Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci called for transparency after Turkish Cypriot opposition figure Evrim Hincal was ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday there is “no common ground” between Cyprus’ two sides. “The isolations, embargoes, and restrictions imposed on the Turkish Cypriot people must be ...

Without a recognised nationality all her life, one woman welcomes the government’s decision to re-evaluate citizenship “I’ve been alive for 21 years, but I actually don’t exist… Nobody ...

The 14-point package of measures announced by President Nikos Christodoulides are an “admission of guilt”, Serdar Denktash said. “The Greek Cypriot side did not prepare these proposals for us; they ...

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances under which arrested Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat managed to obtain a Republic of Cyprus passport while a warrant was out for ...

Arrest of Turkish Cypriot lawyer shakes up sales of Greek Cypriot properties in north The arrest of a Turkish Cypriot lawyer in Italy over exploitation of dispossessed Greek Cypriot property ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Wednesday dropped the largest hint yet that he will run for the Turkish Cypriot leadership next year. In a televised interview with the ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ and head of the north’s ‘parliamentary’ justice committee Oguzhan Hasipoglu made an extraordinary intervention to reporters on Friday regarding the trial of those held responsible for ...

Police on Wednesday confirmed reports of the arrest in Rome of a Turkish Cypriot lawyer over the illegal sales of Greek Cypriot properties in the north. Police spokesman Christos Andreou ...