#Mehmet Harmanci

Athienou mayor Kyriakos Kareklas on Tuesday said he “regrets” that the announcement of new crossing points following a meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman, and United ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Monday spoke of a “major disappointment” after the announcement of new crossing points following a meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides, Turkish Cypriot leader ...

President Nikos Christodoulides “has become a prisoner of rising ultranationalism”, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Thursday, as he reflected on his decision to withdraw from last month’...

Akel has announced that it will withdraw from the Cyprus Forum, joining a growing list of figures who have done so, citing “hysterical right-wing rhetoric”, after the forum’s organisers ...

Mehmet Harmanci on Friday thanked Nicosia Mayor Charalambos Prountzos for withdrawing from next week’s Cyprus Forum in solidarity with him, saying it was Prountzos’ decision, rather than his own ...

The request that Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci not be referred to as a mayor at the Cyprus Forum came directly from “Republic of Cyprus officials”, the forum’s ...

Nicosia mayors Mehmet Harmanci and Charalambos Prountzos led a mass withdrawal from next week’s planned Cyprus Forum, with would-be attendees pulling out after the forum’s organisers ceased referring ...

Nicosia mayors from both sides of the divide have called for the revival of the bicommunal peace education initiative Imagine. A recent event by the Association for Historical Dialogue and ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday night denied telephoning Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan during last week’s tripartite meeting on the Cyprus problem, saying that he had instead ...

Nicosia’s two mayors, Turkish Cypriot Mehmet Harmanci and Greek Cypriot Charalambos Prountzos, met the European Union’s envoy for the Cyprus problem on Wednesday night. The pair met Hahn ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Wednesday told United Nations envoy Maria Angela Holguin that the idea of a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem is an “illusion” and “...

Supporting opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman at October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election is “the right thing to do”, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Wednesday. Speaking to Genc ...

Plans are afoot to build two new reservoirs in Nicosia, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Sunday. Speaking to Tak, the north’s news agency, he said plans ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Friday said it is his “ideal” for Nicosia to be brought “to a point where it can be opened to unlimited and mutual ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar and Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Friday visited Mia Milia in a show of support for the idea of opening a crossing point ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Thursday said he plans to “bring onto the agenda” the possible opening of a second crossing point in the capital’s old town. ...

Efforts to open new vehicle crossing points in Nicosia will continue with determination, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. He was speaking after a meeting with Turkish ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Thursday called for the capital’s Ledra Palace crossing point to be opened to civilian road traffic. At present, only pedestrians and diplomatic ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday night said the north is “ready” to transition to the new common Turkic alphabet. Addressing the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) summit in ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Friday that a fight which broke out in the old town’s popular Zahra Street on Thursday night was a “mafia exercise”. ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Wednesday dropped the largest hint yet that he will run for the Turkish Cypriot leadership next year. In a televised interview with the ...

Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci has reacted furiously after the north’s ‘labour ministry’ removed the Istanbul convention from northern Nicosia’s violence against women protocol. The Istanbul convention ...

Half of the official population of northern Nicosia are university students, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia Mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. Harmanci was speaking at the “100th Anniversary Ankara Urban Development ...

‘The ruling coalition has offended Turkish Cypriot voters’ Local elections in the northern part of Cyprus, branded as a competition between the “pro-Turkey and the pro-Europe,” and “pro-sovereignty and the ...