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President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that “some Turkish Cypriots” had sought to prevent the traditional Eid al-Fitr pilgrimage to the Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca from taking place. “Apparently, ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman criticised the republic over the apparent prevention of a planned Eid al-Fitr visit to the Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca. In statements issued on social ...

Two tombs and evidence of human activity dating back to the late bronze age, 1400 BC, were discovered during excavations carried out at the Dromolaxia-Vyzakia Hala Sultan Tekke, the antiquities department ...

Larnaca’s Hala Sultan Tekke will be closed on Tuesday to the general public to allow hundreds of pilgrims expected to make their way to the Islamic monument. The Antiquities ...

A pilgrimage to the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque in Larnaca will take place ahead of Mawlid, the birthday of the prophet Mohamed, on September 12. Mawlid will be celebrated on September 15 ...

A reported 620 people made a pilgrimage on Wednesday to the Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca to mark Eid al-Adha. Pilgrims travelled from the north on 12 buses, being accompanied by a ...

The Hala Sultan Tekkesi in Larnaca is closed to visitors on Thursday due to the traditional pilgrimage taking place at the site to mark the second day of Eid al-Fitr. ...

The electricity supply of the north’s public broadcaster Bayrak and the Hala Sultan Mosque in Mia Milia were cut off on Monday, according to the north’s electricity authority (...

The work of bicommunal technical committees is an important confidence-building measure and powerful tool for reconciliation, European Commission Structural Reform Support chief Mario Nava said on Thursday. He was speaking ...

Efforts to build a taverna on the grounds of Larnaca’s Hala Sultan Tekke mosque ignited a backlash from animal welfare activists and the Turkish Cypriot religious endowment foundation, Evkaf. ...