#north cyprus

Teachers and opposition political figures in the north reacted with outrage after the ruling coalition amended regulations regarding schools’ dress codes to allow pupils to wear hijabs from Monday onwards. ...

A return to politics and to Cyprus may be on the cards for Huseyin Ozgurgun, the former Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ who fled the north to Istanbul in 2019 after 16 million ...

The north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday resolved to create a committee to examine a request filed by the north’s chief public prosecutor’s office to lift the immunity of ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu on Monday announced that he had been informed by the police that he is once again to be charged with failing to complete his ...

One suspect was released without charge and the other three were bailed on Wednesday in the case of the fatal shooting of 16 donkeys in Karpasia. All four men were brought ...

The north’s authorities “have blood on their hands” over the death of a 25-year-old worker at a “nightclub” in the village of Yerolakkos, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ ...

Serhat Akpinar, the founding rector of Kyrenia’s Girne American University and current Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ for ruling coalition party the DP, on Thursday defended the legality of the studies ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar by five per cent in the latest poll asking Turkish ...

An investigation has been launched in Turkey into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegations that documents related to his transfer from a university in northern Cyprus to one in Turkey ...

The decision to suspend football club Miracle Degirmenlik from the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) will be made permanent on Monday, association Hasan Sertoglu said on Friday. Speaking at the ...

Turkish Cypriot football club Miracle Degirmenlik, based in the Nicosia district village of Kythrea, on Wednesday had their membership of the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) suspended over concerns relating ...

The Cyprus Turkish educators’ union (Kibtes)’ chairman Himmet Turgut on Wednesday defended his demand that more religion classes be taught in the north’s schools, while also issuing a wholehearted ...

Serdal Gunduz, the secretary-general and 30-per-cent shareholder of Morphou’s Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University (KSTU), on Wednesday pointed the finger at ‘MPs’ from the north’s largest party ...

Huseyin Tufekci, the director of Turkish Cypriot construction company the Tufekci Group, was arrested on Wednesday, accused of forging documents to win a tender for the construction of the north’...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Monday said his ‘government’ is to begin “serious work” to allow Turkish Cypriots abroad to vote in the north’s elections. Speaking during ...

The north’s ‘finance ministry’ is using stolen cars for official purposes, former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator for the Cyprus problem Kudret Ozersay said on Sunday. In a post on ...

The north’s energy supply may be in peril after a boat carrying fuel oil to power its power stations was seized by the Turkish authorities as part of a ...

The north on Tuesday night announced it would remain in a period of mourning until sunset on Wednesday following the deaths of 76 people in a fire in a hotel at ...

Renovations at northern Nicosia’s central Selimiye mosque will be complete by the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was informed on Tuesday. He ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Tuesday called for construction on the planned road which would link the buffer zone village of Pyla with Arsos in the north to restart. ...

Trade union leaders and opposition figures in the north on Friday night expressed fury at the new minimum wage, which was announced following a meeting of the minimum wage determination ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader and former ‘prime minister’ Tufan Erhurman leads the way in the first poll of the year to ask Turkish Cypriots who they plan ...

A Greek Cypriot taxi driver appeared in court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday after having crossed to the north at the Ayios Dhometios crossing point with two women in the ...

The head of the north’s citrus export company Cypfruvex, which is accused of having trafficked hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals and left them to live in squalid conditions in camps ...