Akel MEP pledges legal action over disputed university post
Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said on Wednesday he will legally challenge the constitution, which he was accused of violating by holding an unpaid teaching post...
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House spat over MEP who still holds university post
Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek’s unpaid position at a public university while simultaneously serving public office is a violation of the constitution, according to arguments heard...
Akel MEP says Turkish Cypriots discriminated against at airport
Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek took to social media on Tuesday to decry what he said was discriminatory behaviour faced by Turkish Cypriots at Larnaca airport. He...
Kizilyurek calls for monument to Turkish Cypriots killed in Tochni
Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek on Friday called for a monument to be set up in Tochni for the around 80 Turkish Cypriot residents of the...
Rift forms between Cypriot MEPs over closure of crossings (Updated)
Disy’s MEPs said on Wednesday they were not convinced by moves from Akel colleagues at the European Parlaiment to submit an urgent question to the...
Furore over MEP’s decision to open an office in the north
Main opposition Akel on Wednesday defended the decision by one of its MEPs to open an office in the north arguing that the Republic...
Cypriot MEP Kizilyurek pressing EU to make Turkish an official language
Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek is pressing the EU to expedite procedures for the introduction of Turkish as an official EU language, it emerged on Tuesday....
Kizilyurek says his election is an opportunity for two sides to work together
Turkish Cypriot MEP-elect Niyazi Kizilyurek said Thursday he was a candidate in last Sunday’s elections as a European citizen living on the island and not...
New faces, new worries in wake of Euro vote
Cyprus is sending three new faces to Brussels, one of them the first-ever Turkish Cypriot MEP but the main takeaways from Sunday’s Euro elections were...
Turkish Cypriot MEP hails bicommunual cooperation
The first Turkish Cypriot MEP, Niyazi Kizilyurek, has described his victory as hugely important because it was a result of cooperation between members of both...
