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...
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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...
Daughter of Disy founder defends Akel Turkish Cypriot candidate
Katie Clerides, the daughter of ruling Disy founder Glafcos Clerides, entered the election fray over the weekend in support of Akel’s Turkish Cypriot candidate Niyazi...
Our View: Disy madness over TC candidate shows lack of judgement
We know that in an election campaign things often turn nasty but Disy has shown a staggering lack of political judgment in cynically targeting the...
Disy-Akel war of words over Turkish Cypriot candidate
Academic and EU parliament hopeful Niyazi Kizilyurek on Tuesday demanded an apology from ruling Disy chief Averof Neophytou for disparaging comments made by a party...
A new paradigm for the Turkish Cypriot community
By Esra Aygin There is unprecedented interest among Turkish Cypriots to vote in the upcoming European Parliament elections THE unprecedented interest by Turkish Cypriots in...
Turkish Cypriot on Akel ballot for EU elections
Main opposition party, Akel, announced on Saturday their candidates for the European parliamentary elections to be held in May and have included Turkish Cypriot academic...
When lives were changed forever
On one level, Elias Pantelides’ new book ‘Laconic Tales – Cyprus 1974’ is a local variation on everyone remembering what they were doing the day...
Family photos returned as friends separated by division find each other after 42 years
Greek Cypriot Dinos Kilaniotis and Turkish Cypriot Mehmet Civa, once close friends who were violently separated 42 years ago, reunited on Tuesday when Kilaniotis was...
A fascinating primer for Cyprob novices and junkies alike
By Jean Christou As we find ourselves in the middle of yet another Cyprus talks hiatus, the past may be no bad thing to delve...
‘A most devoted couple’
GLAFCOS Clerides’ lost his wife of 60 years, Indian-born Lila Irene in June 2007 at the age of 86. Lila’s marriage to former RAF wireless...
