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Turkish Cypriots must be included in decisions concerning the island, and their views and interests must be communicated internationally, Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said on Friday. “I have made ...

A man who was sentenced to 300 years in prison in Turkey for forgery and fraud was arrested in the north on Tuesday, Turkish Cypriot media reported on Wednesday. According to ...

The editor in-chief of the north’s Ozgur Gazete newspaper, Pinar Barut, on Monday said that she has received death threats targeting both herself and her family, allegedly as part ...

A 41-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash in the north after colliding with a car carrying three Greek Cypriots, who were later released to return home after it was ...

United Nations special representative Khassim Diagne on Friday met Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu for the first time, as his contacts continue after arriving on the island to take ...

Salih Cansec, the chief of the north’s tender commission, appeared in court on Thursday after having been arrested late on Wednesday night on suspicion of taking bribes. According to ...

Turkish Cypriots on Monday commemorated the 87th anniversary of the death of the Republic of Turkey’s founding president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Events centred on the Ataturk monument at Nicosia’...

The civilian case against two of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July will continue next Tuesday after the conclusion of this week’s hearings ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel was on Thursday called upon to sack his ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek by opposition political party the CTP’s secretary-general Erkut Sahali, following ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday repeated his demand for a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem during a speech to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)’s standing ...

A donkey has died after being hit by two cars on the main road on the Karpas peninsula, Cyprus wildlife research institute director Kemal Basat said on Sunday night. He ...

Cenk Tosunoglu, the son of Turkish Cypriot independent ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu, was on Thursday arrested, standing accused of crimes related to the possession and circulation of child sexual abuse material, ...

Turkish Cypriot left wing media outlets on Friday offered harsh criticism for opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman over his attendance of Thursday’s groundbreaking ceremony for the new ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday said a coup is being carried out against the north’s ‘parliament’ as the ‘government’ ploughed ahead with procedures to ...

Turkish Cypriot farmers smashed the gate of the ‘prime minister’s’ office on Tuesday on their second day of protest. Farmers from across the north had descended on northern Nicosia ...

The north’s minimum wage was raised to a gross figure of 34,070TL (€975) per month late on Monday night, bringing the figure up to just €25 lower than that of the ...

But an exception is made if the buyers are Turks The Turkish Cypriot administration is working on a set of legal amendments to limit the number of properties that foreigners ...

The north is to begin importing meat from the Netherlands with the aim of reducing the cost for consumers, ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel announced on Friday. He said offers to ...

Turkish Cypriot doctors on Saturday warned of unlicenced individuals performing hair transplants in the north. According to the Cyprus Turkish medical association (KTTB), police on Friday carried out a raid ...

Two high-profile suspects in the north’s fake diploma scandal investigation appeared in court in Morphou again on Thursday. Investigations are still centring around the town’s now infamous Cyprus ...

A total of 30 kilograms of smuggled lamb meat was seized at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point by Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday. They explained on Wednesday that they had pulled ...

The population in the north could be as high as 825,000, the ‘mayor’ of Kyrenia Murat Senkul was reported as saying on Tuesday, basing his calculations on domestic waste production. Turkish ...

The government on Tuesday announced it had simplified the criteria for Greek Cypriots and Maronites wishing to resettle in villages in the north. The criteria cover the villages of Rizokarpaso ...

The ‘government’ in the north has secured £68 million sterling (€79 million) to pay compensation to Greek Cypriots who applied to the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) and whose claims were processed by ...