Plan to rename Paphos’ Kemal Ataturk street put on hold
Paphos municipality has put on ice a prior decision to rename Kemal Ataturk street while trying to pass the buck to the interior ministry, reports said on Tuesday.
The street ...
Ustel bemused by plans to rename Paphos’ Kemal Ataturk Street
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Sunday expressed bemusement at plans to rename Paphos’ Kemal Ataturk Street, saying that the move “clearly reveals the true face of the Greek ...
Paphos’ Kemal Ataturk Street to be renamed
Kemal Ataturk Street in Paphos’ Moutallos neighbourhood will be renamed “Nikos Kapetanidis Street” after the town’s council voted to approve the change, Disy councillor Nina Gkaraklidou said on Thursday.
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Turkish Cypriots commemorate anniversary of Ataturk’s death
Turkish Cypriots on Monday commemorated the 87th anniversary of the death of the Republic of Turkey’s founding president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Events centred on the Ataturk monument at Nicosia’...
Turkish ruling party criticises reported decision not to stream Disney+ ‘Ataturk’ series
Turkey’s ruling party has criticised a reported decision by Walt Disney Co’s DIS.N Disney+ not to broadcast a documentary about modern Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk ...
Kizilyurek to raise English textbook issue at European parliament
Turkish Cypriot MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said on Wednesday he will table a discussion at the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education about the education ministry’s handling of ...
President recommends more effective procedures for screening schoolbooks
President Nicos Anastasiades suggested more effective procedures to be put in place at the education ministry after teachers were told to “tear out” a page from a textbook with a ...
‘No censorship in Cyprus’ minister says amid book furore
There is no censorship in Cyprus, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Saturday when asked to comment on the issue of an English textbook that was withdrawn over a reference ...
Anastasiades will meet Prodromou on Tuesday amid ‘Ataturk’ furore (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades will on Tuesday discuss with Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou the issue of the ‘Ataturk reference’ debacle, it was announced after discussion on the issue at the cabinet ...
President to raise Ataturk book ban with Prodromou
President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he will be discussing with Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou whether there was any other way to handle the issue of an English textbook that was ...
Our View: Why did education ministry act so illiberally?
It was truly shocking to hear that the ministry of education ordered teachers of English at lyceums to tear a page out of a text book before it was given ...
Ministry withdraws textbook over Ataturk reference (update 3)
The Education ministry on Wednesday announced it will withdraw an English textbook following strong reactions to instructions issued earlier in the day to tear out a page on Kemal Ataturk, ...