Turkey has submitted a letter to the United Nations, relaying claims that the Republic of Cyprus and Greece violated the airspace over northern Cyprus, it emerged on Friday.

The letter, delivered by Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Ahmet Yıldız, requests its circulation as an official document of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

The claims were put forward by Mehmet Dana, the self-proclaimed ‘representative of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’.

In the letter, Dana alleges that in 2024, aircraft from Cyprus and Greece entered air space over the north of Cyprus without authorisation. He described these actions as a “provocation and a violation of sovereignty,” asserting that they could compromise flight safety.

The letter specifically mentions flights that reportedly did not respond to calls from the air traffic control centre at Ercan airport in northern Cyprus. However, Ercan operates outside the framework of the international civil aviation organisation as the Republic of Cyprus is the sole recognised authority managing the island’s airspace under international aviation regulations.

Dana’s letter asserted that Cyprus consists of “two independent, self-governing states,” each with authority over its own territory.

There has been no official response from the UN regarding the letter.

The Republic of Cyprus has previously dismissed similar claims, stating that its airspace is governed in accordance with international law.