Greek Cypriots should ‘welcome Erdogan with flowers’
Greek Cypriots should welcome Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with flowers when he visits northern Cyprus next week, the head of the National Unity Party...
HUSEYIN OZGURGUN
Coalition in north almost inevitable, but difficult (Update 5)
The National Unity Party (UBP) took first place in the elections in the north on Sunday, but failed to win a majority making some form...
Turkish Cypriots ‘ready for change’
WITH the Cyprus talks now in suspension for a potentially long period, Turkish Cypriot main opposition parties will focus their campaigns in the early parliamentary...
Power struggle to sack mufti in north
Community leader Mustafa Akinci has challenged the north’s “Prime Minister” Huseyin Ozgurgun to provide legitimate grounds and solid evidence to back up the latter’s demand for the...
Özgürgün asks for Mufti Atalay to be removed
The ‘prime minister’ in the north has asked Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to remove the head of the religious affairs Mufti Talip Atalay, without...
Ozgurgun says ‘Enosis Day’ move a ‘severe blow’ to Cyprus talks
Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Huseyin Ozgurgun on Sunday blasted parliament’s decision on Friday to introduce 1950 ‘Enosis Day’ in schools calling it a “most severe...
The ‘other’ hardliners
By Tahsin Eroglu AS THE Switzerland meetings draw closer, it appears that hardliners on both sides of the divide are intensifying their efforts to turn...
Akinci hits back at claims he is ‘weak’ on Cyprus issue
The leadership in the north is at loggerheads as Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and ‘prime minister’ Huseyin Ozgurgun, crossed swords publicly over criticism by...
Morphou not a bargaining chip, says the Turkish-occupied city’s mayor
Morphou “is not and will never become a bargaining chip” says the Mayor of the Turkish-occupied city, Charalambos Pittas, in reply to statements from the...
Visa-free entry to Turkey for Greek Cypriots not ‘tantamount to RoC recognition’, north says
Turkey’s decision to lift the visa requirement for all EU citizens, including Greek Cypriots, as part of its migrant deal with the EU has caused...