Tatar is ‘running away from the fight’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is “running away from the fight” for Turkish Cypriots’ rights, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday.
“The Turkish Cypriot side, which has ...
Christodoulides and Holguin to hold second meeting
President, Nikos Christodoulides is to hold a meeting on Monday with UN secretary general personal envoy Maria Angela Holguin.
The meeting will take place at 10.30 am at the Presidential Palace.
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Our View: Pinning hopes on civil society is an act of desperation
The UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Maria Angel Holguin has still to find the common ground that would lead to new talks on the Cyprus problem. Her comments, after last ...
Tatar and Akinci at loggerheads over Cyprus problem stance
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and his predecessor Mustafa Akinci exchanged barbed statements over their respective stances on the Cyprus problem on Friday and Saturday.
Akinci began the tit-for-tat, making ...
Christodoulides ‘cannot understand’ why Tatar refused meeting
President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday said he “cannot understand” why Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar declined the chance of a tripartite meeting with himself and United Nations Envoy Maria Angela ...
Tatar rejects trilateral with UN and Christodoulides
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday he rejected a UN proposal suggesting a trilateral meeting with UN secretary-general envoy Maria Angela Holguin and President Nikos Christodoulides.
According to ...
Polish MEP from Elam’s Euro group meets Tatar
Polish member of the European Parliament Tomasz Poreba met with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar at Tatar’s official residence in northern Nicosia on Wednesday.
After meeting with Tatar, he ...
Tatar meets Gambian president (Update)
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar met with Gambian President Adama Barrow on Saturday night.
Tatar told Barrow about latest developments regarding the Cyprus problem and asked for his support on ...
UN Envoy to meet Cyprus leaders next week
UN Secretary-General Personal Envoy for Cyprus, Maria Holguin, will meet with President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar next Wednesday, it emerged on Thursday.
According to a Cyprus ...
Tatar to travel to the Gambia
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is to travel to the Gambia on Thursday ahead of the 15th Islamic summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The summit is set ...
Tatar’s new palace a ‘symbol of strength of north’s democracy’
The new official residence being constructed for Ersin Tatar is a “symbol of the strength of the TRNC’s democracy”, Turkish Ambassador in Nicosia Metin Feyzioglu said on Tuesday.
Speaking ...
EU should ‘stop being a slave to Greek Cypriots’
The European Union should “stop being a slave to the Greek Cypriot side”, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday evening.
Tatar was reacting to the outcome of this ...
Tatar marks Eid al-Fitr in Nicosia
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar attended Eid prayers at the Hafiz Ebubekir mosque in northern Nicosia on Wednesday morning.
“I wish for patience to my brothers and sisters who are ...
Tatar: “no common ground” between Cyprus’ sides
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 ...
UNSG to meet with Tatar
The United Nations secretary general António Guterres will meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday at the headquarters of the international organisation in New York.
According to ...
Christodoulides hopes for Tatar’s positive response to UN
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday he hopes Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar will respond positively to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ proposals on the Cyprus problem.
Speaking after a church ...
Guterres invites Tatar to New York meeting
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invited Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to meet him in New York, the Cyprus Mail learned on Friday.
High-level sources confirmed that the meeting ...
Tatar: Israel not our enemy
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday that Israel “is not our enemy”.
Reactions to the issue of property sales to third country nationals in the north have been “...
Electricity cable from Turkey ‘will mark a new era’
The construction of an electricity cable between Turkey and the north will “mark a new era”, Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Wednesday evening.
He was speaking following an ...
Tatar’s bodyguard ‘lost phone on way to police station’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil claimed to have “lost his phone on the way to the police station”, police sergeant Bilger Koral said in court on ...
Tatar’s bodyguard arrested in fake diploma scandal
Ersin Tatar’s bodyguard Serif Avcil appeared in court on Saturday after having been arrested on Friday night in connection with investigations into the north’s ongoing “fake diploma scandal”.
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Turgay Avci resigns as Yodak chairman
Turgay Avci, chairman of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak), resigned on Friday.
Avci visited Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar to hand in his resignation, as he did ...
Tatar calls for higher education chief to resign
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Wednesday called for the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s chairman Turgay Avci to resign.
Scandal has engulfed the north’s higher ...
Tatar moves to fire education chief
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar filed a case with the ‘supreme court’ in the north to have the head of higher education committee (Yodak) Turgay Avci fired, it emerged on ...