#kyrenia

Sunat Atun has been selected by the Turkish Cypriot legislature to lead its investigation into whether there is political culpability to be apportioned following the sinking of a ferry off ...

The final person who remained in hospital following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the coast of Kyrenia last week has been discharged, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

The fire at the landfill site near the Kyrenia village of Koutsoventis may continue to burn for weeks, bicommunal technical committee on the environment co-chairman Michalis Loizides said on Tuesday, ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel and Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Tuesday discussed the “next steps” to be taken regarding the salvage operation of the passenger ferry that ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said that a total of nine ships and 11 aircraft are participating in efforts to recover the bodies of the 14 people who remain unaccounted ...

A fourteenth body has been recovered from the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Sunday. He said ...

No bodies could be recovered from the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last week, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Sunday, promising ...

The application platform for emergency financial support for the families of the dead and missing from the Kyrenia ferry sinking is now open, the Stelios Foundation said o Sunday. “We ...

There were two tragedies at sea in Cyprus last week. August is a most dangerous month in the sea around Cyprus, known in Greek as kakavgusties when the sea is ...

A single person remains in hospital six days after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Sunday, confirming that 131 of ...

A thirteenth body has been recovered from the wreck of a passenger ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia last week, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on ...

The two bodies which were recovered on Friday from the wreck of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia were identified as Serife Ozdemir and Nazmiye Ozbolat, Turkish ...

Ozdemir Berova was on Friday named Turkish Cypriot acting ‘transport minister’, temporarily replacing the dismissed Erhan Arikli, while three top officials from inside the same ‘ministry’ were also relieved of ...

The funeral of Ismail Kurt, the first Cypriot confirmed to have died as a result of the sinking of a ferry off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, was held ...

Turkish Cypriot far-right political party YDP leader Erhan Arikli on Friday said his party has officially withdrawn from the north’s ruling coalition, two days after he was dismissed from ...

Two more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia, bringing the total number of confirmed dead to 12, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime ...

The crew of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday “locked the doors” to the boat’s passenger cabin as it began to take on water ...

More bodies are now visible to rescue teams working at the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...

A tenth body was recovered on Thursday from the wreckage of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said.  “We have learned that ...

A small number of relatives of the families of the 19 people who remain missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday were on Thursday afternoon taken ...

Mustafa Oz, the captain of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia, bought his Honduran captain’s licence for $3,500, a police representative said in court on Thursday, with ...

The ninth body which was pulled from the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia was late on Wednesday night identified as Ismail Kurt, one of ...

Erhan Arikli has been relieved of his duties as the north’s ‘transport minister’, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel announced on Wednesday evening. “In order to ensure that our police and ...

A ninth body has been found by rescuers searching at the wreck of the ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel ...