Turkey vows reciprocal response to new Greek Cypriot drilling
If Greek Cypriots start drilling in the eastern Mediterranean Turkey will too, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay announced. Oktay had a meeting on Friday in...
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Tatar says Anastasiades’ 1960 comments shows he’s ‘lost all credibility’
President Nicos Anastasiades, with his proposal that the two sides in Cyprus return to the 1960 constitutional arrangement, has “lost all credibility”, Turkish Cypriot leader...
Our View: Passport move nothing more than a gesture for home consumption
The council of ministers decided on Monday to revoke or not renew 14 passports of the Republic held by Turkish Cypriot ‘officials’, 10 of whom...
Varosha and the IPC: to apply or not
Following the announcement made by President Erdogan and the Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on July 20, about the opening-up (on a “pilot” basis) of...
Turkish side says no point to new Cyprus conference
The Turkish side on Thursday seemed to flatly reject the convening of a new informal conference on Cyprus, saying there was no point to it...
Tatar to meet UN chief on Friday
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will travel to Brussels for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday, it was announced on Wednesday. According...
Tatar to tell Lute: no recognition, no formal negotiations
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar says he will tell the UN Secretary-General’s envoy Jane Holl Lute at their upcoming meeting that formal negotiations on Cyprus...
‘Shocking’ interference by Turkey in north election – report
An investigation on allegations of Turkey’s interference in the 2020 elections for the Turkish Cypriot leader has revealed alarming details of the pressure put on...
Tatar sends letter to EU and UN on ‘how he sees the way forward’
Turkish Cypriot Ersin Tatar has sent a letter to the UN Secretary General laying out his side’s approach to the Cyprus issue and how he...
Easy to draw parallels between Denktash and Tatar
With the chance of negotiations again becoming a reality, who is the man who leads the Turkish Cypriots? Agnieszka Rakoczy says he is seen as...
