Turkish Cypriots
Turkish Cypriot leader wants new direction for Cyprus talks
Dec. 1, 2020
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Tuesday efforts to resolve Cyprus' ethnic division should start fresh and aim to achieve a two-state...
Suspect in Murder of Cypriot Protester Proudly Poses Next to Erdogan
By Tasos Kokkinidis
Nov 17, 2020
The man accused in the killing a Cypriot protester in August of 1996 was seen standing proudly next to Turkish...
Erdogan visits divided Cyprus, calls for two-state solution
Erdogan visits divided Cyprus, calls for two-state solution
Nov. 15, 2020
Drawing a rebuke from the international community, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called for...
Nationalist candidate Ersin Tatar wins Turkish Cypriot leadership vote
By Michael Daventry
19/10/2020
Nationalist candidate Ersin Tatar has secured a narrow victory in North Cyprus's 'presidential election'.
The Turkish Cypriot "prime minister" secured 51.7% of the vote...
UN condemns Turkish actions in Cyprus
The U.N. Security Council called on Turkey and Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus on Thursday to close a beach in uninhabitated Varosha
Oct 10, 2020
The U.N. Security...
Cavusoglu attacks Akinci after comment on ‘horrible’ Turkey-north annexation
Feb. 10, 2020
Turkish Foreign Minister Melvut Cavusoglu described Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci as "unreliable," after the later said the prospect of Crimea-style annexation...
UK, US and Israel spy on Middle-East from Cyprus
Sept. 5, 2014
Telecommunications in Turkey and the entire Middle-East are being monitored from listening stations based on the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, a...
Ankara furious at Turkish-Cypriot leader Akinci criticizing Syria Operation
October 13, 2019
Turkey’s vice president condemned Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci for having criticized the operation in Syria. In a post on his Facebook account...
Under-threat newspaper owner living in reality
By Theo Panayides
February 5th, 2018
The owner of a newspaper attacked in the north last week for defying Turkey says he is the freest person...
The Divisions of Cyprus, by Perry Anderson
24 April 2008
Enlargement, widely regarded as the greatest single achievement of the European Union since the end of the Cold War, and occasion...