Old prison in north to house female refugees
The old central prisons in the north will be converted to a refugee reception centre for women, the Turkish Cypriot ‘interior minister’ Ziya Ozturkler said on Monday.
Speaking to Kibris, ...
Driving in the north to switch to the other side of the road
Driving in the north will switch to the right hand side of the road as part of an effort to bring it in line with Turkey and put an end ...
North deports 4,000 irregular migrants in seven months
In the last seven months, a total of 4,000 irregular migrants have been deported from the breakaway state in the north, according to the “minister of the interior”, Ziya Ozturkler, Turkish ...
Turkish Cypriots hit by medicines shortage
Turkish Cypriot pharmacies are the latest victims of the Turkish lira crisis as medicine shortages in the north have spiked in recent weeks, dangerously affecting patients who depend on certain ...
Intervention in north’s Famagusta elections
The fight for mayor is not simply a local election, it is about Varosha and Turkish control
Two Famagusta mayor candidates simultaneously withdrew from the upcoming municipal elections 24 hours after ...
Monkeypox case detected in the north
A case of monkeypox has been diagnosed in the north, the Turkish Cypriot ‘health ministry’ announced on Sunday.
The person who has fallen ill is being treated in isolation at ...
‘Turkey faced strong reactions’ in its attempt to induct north into OTS
Turkey was forced to fold over strong reactions it faced from members of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) after Ankara attempted to gain membership or observer status for the ...
Russians living in the north push for direct flights
Russians living in the north of the island on Thursday called for direct flights to Russia.
The president of the ‘Northern Cyprus Solidarity Association of Russian Speakers’, Marina Kocadal, told ...
Kyrenia port undergoing revamp
Restoration works have begun on the ancient port of Kyrenia, Turkish Cypriot news sources announced on Friday.
According to the news sources water supply, sewage, electricity and telephone infrastructure will ...
North reacts to ‘unacceptable’ references to the Cyprus problem
The ‘foreign ministry’ in the north reacted on Tuesday to the references to the Cyprus problem in the decisions of the International Francophone Organisation.
The organisation ignores the rights of ...
Restaurant owners in north call for meat imports from Republic
Restaurant owners and butchers in the north called for the liberalisation of meat imports on Tuesday saying that due to the reduced livestock, meat is being smuggled from the south.
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Noose is tightening around Turkish Cypriots
Fears that worse is yet to come in north in protest over Erdogan’s policies
By Esra Aygin
Northern Cyprus is slipping out of the hands of the Turks, warned ...
Case filed against Islamic complex in north thrown out of court
A case filed by the Turkish Cypriot municipality of Nicosia against the unlawful construction of the Islamic ‘presidential’ complex in the Ayios Dometios (Kermia) area was rejected by the court ...
Yellow fever mosquito found in the north
The Asian tiger mosquito, which was found in Limassol last month, has also been detected in the north, the Turkish Cypriot association of biologists announced on Monday.
Authorities in the ...
New quarry in occupied Kantara
A Turkish quarry company started operations in the mountains of Kantara a few weeks ago, after being given the go-ahead by authorities in the north, according to the newspaper Ozgü...
Mother of murdered inmate said north ‘government’ has done nothing
The mother of murdered Turkish Cypriot inmate, Tansu Cidan, said on Thursday the north’s ‘government’ failed to do anything to show support for her family’s suffering over her ...
Turkish Cypriot side slams Cyprus-UK strategic partnership
The UK is encouraging ‘south Cyprus’ to continue is provocative actions and destabilise the island and the region, the north’s ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said on Thursday, a day ...
‘Observer status’ at Turkic States for north is ‘meaningless’, foreign ministry says (Updated)
The Organisation of Turkic States has accepted the ‘TRNC’ as a member state with an observer status, as it kicked off its summit in Uzbekistan on Friday.
The move sparked ...
‘Pressure’ for direct flights to the north from Russia
The north is pushing for direct flights from Russia, despite uncertainty, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said from the World Travel Market in London on Tuesday.
Tatar, who visited the ...
‘Recognition through the backdoor’
Recent back and forth involving Unficyp has raised tensions
It appears recent tensions between the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) and both sides on the island have subsided ...
Greek Cypriots keeping north afloat
‘The only reason there is some life in the market is because of the money flowing from the south’
By Esra Aygin
As Turkish Cypriots go through one of the ...
Two airlines to begin non-direct flights from Russia to the north in March
Flights from Moscow to Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north of the island will start in March 2023, the Turkish Cypriot ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli said on Friday, and insisted that ...
EU’s tolerance of Turkey risks war, disaster, president says
As long as the international community, including the EU turns a blind eye to Turkey’s belligerence, it rewards the aggressor, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday, warning that this ...
Erdogan hints at creation of new military base in north
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan implied on Friday that a military base like the drone base in Lefkoniko could be established in Karpasia, reports from the north said.
Asked about a ...