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 ...
Tatar: No one can stop the Turkish Cypriots from achieving their own state
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Friday that “no one can stop” the Turkish Cypriots from achieving their own state.
Speaking to Kibris Postasi, he said the process for ...
Tatar decries UN Resolution 186 on Unficyp anniversary
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday decried the United Nations Security Council Resolution 186 on the anniversary of its passage.
The resolution, which passed through the Security Council on March 4, 1964, ...
Tatar meets Tatarstan head
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday evening met with Tatarstan head Rustam Minnikhanov.
The pair met at the Antalya diplomatic forum in Turkey, with Tatar and Minnikhanov emphasising “historical ...
Unficyp ‘continues to injustice Turkish Cypriot people’
The United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) “is continuing to injustice the Turkish Cypriot people,” Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Saturday.
Speaking to the Anadolu Agency ahead ...
Carer who ‘beat’ 100-year-old man released on bail
A carer who allegedly beat a 100-year-old man who resided at the care home at which she worked in Famagusta was released on bail on Monday.
In court in Famagusta, ...
UN envoy Holguin to return in March
UN envoy Maria Holguin is scheduled to return to Cyprus in March following her visit to London, as announced in her statement on Friday. This comes after the completion of ...
Top Turkish Cypriots congratulate Azerbaijan’s Aliyev on election win
High-level Turkish Cypriot politicians on Wednesday evening congratulated Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev on his victory in the Caucasian nation’s Presidential elections.
Initial results show Aliyev having won over 92 per ...
‘Less talk, more work’ Christodoulides says after UN envoy meeting
Talks with the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin, are very substantial, President Nikos Christodoulidis said on Friday evening.
Answering journalists’ questions during an event in ...
Time to think of the future UN envoy says after meeting leaders (update 3)
The most important thing is to listen, not just to leaders, but to society, the UN secretary general’s personal envoy to Cyprus Maria Angela Holguin said on Tuesday following ...
Tatar meets disgruntled Turkish Cypriot taxi drivers
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Monday met with taxi drivers in light of a planned clampdown on Turkish Cypriot taxis operating in the Republic.
Those in attendance discussed “possible ...
Tatar calls meeting of Turkish Cypriot politicians
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar on Friday evening called a meeting of the north’s political leaders, with the meeting believed to have been held in advance of United Nations ...
Cuenderellar: Cyprob actors putting on new farce
A new announcement by Special Representative Colon Straightup of Ununited Nations Farce Institute of Cyprus (UNFICYP)
By Fahri Zihni
Cypriots have a proud history of extraordinary théâtre de la ...
‘Students from 144 different countries in north’
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Tuesday there are students from 144 different countries studying at the north’s universities.
He was speaking to Turkish online television channel OdaTV and ...
Tatar: No expectations for Cyprob resolution in 2024
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar stated on Friday that he has no expectations for progress on the Cyprus problem in the new year.
In an interview with Kibris newspaper, Tatar ...
Oktay goes on defensive over bribery scandal, says he is clean
Turkey’s former Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Thursday he has nothing to do with bribery allegations linking him to Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was murdered in 2022.
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Tatar denies involvement in bribery scandal
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said he had nothing to do with a slew of allegations implicating him in a $50 million bribery scandal, it emerged on Wednesday, as he ordered ...
Christodoulides to choose Cyprob negotiating team in January
President Nikos Christodoulides said on Thursday that in January he will hold a national council meeting and decide on his negotiating team for the Cyprus problem.
“At the beginning of ...
Reports of Cyprob division between Tatar and Erdogan
If Turkey’s stance on the Cyprus problem has changed it will be determined in practice, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday, commenting on the impromptu visit of Turkish ...
Tales from the coffeeshop: Tatar proves he is a political big shot
ARRIVING at the Ledra Palace hotel for the end of year reception given by the UNSG’s Special Representative Colin Stewart, at the same time as the Turkish Cypriot leader, ...
Tatar: We are ready to share water with the Greek Cypriots
Turkish Cypriot Leader Ersin Tatar said on Thursday that the north is “ready to share water with the Greek Cypriots should needs arise.
Tatar was speaking at the Near East ...
British diplomat Peter Wilson meets Tatar at official residence
British diplomat Peter Wilson, the Director General for Europe at the United Kingdom’s Foreign Office, met Ersin Tatar at the latter’s official residence on Wednesday evening.
In a ...