Tatar heads election polls with 41.8 per cent of vote
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is leading the current polls at 41.8 per cent, compared to opponent Tufan Erhurman’s 40.1 per cent, ahead of elections in the north on October 19, Turkish ...
Soundtracks from the Turkish Cypriot election
One Turkish Cypriot election tradition which is little known outside of the Turkish Cypriot community is the prevalence of election music.
Typically, each major candidate will come out with a ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Arikli: Erhurman would win by a long way if he supported a two-state solution
The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Friday said that opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman would win next month’s election “by a long way” if ...
North ‘education minister’ says teachers should apologise to him over hijab saga
The north’s ‘education minister’ Nazim Cavusoglu on Friday said teachers should apologise to him over the months-long saga which enveloped the north’s education system over the ruling coalition’...
Entry records examined as Greek Cypriots’ case in north goes on
The entry and exit records of the Strovilia crossing point, through which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July had entered the north, were the ...
North ruling coalition heads meet Turkish VP Yilmaz in Ankara
The heads of the three political parties which make up the north’s ruling coalition on Wednesday met Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz in Ankara.
The delegation, made up of ‘...
Driver of car testifies in Greek Cypriots’ case in north
The case regarding the alleged illegal entry of five Greek Cypriots into the north in July continued at northern Nicosia’s military court on Thursday, with the defendant who was ...
Greek Cypriots still held in the north, foreign minister confirms
Five Greek Cypriots who tried to visit their properties in northern Cyprus remain illegally detained by the Turkish-controlled authorities, the country’s Foreign Minister, Konstantinos Kombos, said on Tuesday.
He ...
Over 250 portacabins still used as classrooms in north
A total of 252 portacabins are to be used as classrooms when Turkish Cypriot children return to school at the end of the summer holiday on Monday, the north’s ‘education ...
North slams EU resolution on arrested Greek Cypriots as ‘slander’
The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday night decried the resolution passed by the European parliament earlier in the week on the arrests of five Greek Cypriots in the north, ...
North to be without Turkish water for four days due to malfunction
The north will be cut off from Turkish water for four days from Tuesday due to a fault at the pumping station in the Kyrenia district village of Panagra, where ...
Court rules remand of arrested Greek Cypriots in north illegal
The north’s supreme court on Friday ruled one of the remand orders handed down to the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north in July to be ...
Erhurman, others incensed by arrest of Greek Cypriots’ lawyer
Opposition Turkish Cypriot leadership election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Thursday expressed his distaste at the arrest of Murat Metin Hakki, the lawyer of the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested ...
Committee mulls new fund to pay Greek Cypriots for property in north
The House refugees committee on Tuesday discussed the creation of a new national fund to reimburse Greek Cypriots who lost access to their immovable property as a result of being ...
Arrested Greek Cypriot taken to hospital in north
One of the five Greek Cypriots arrested in the north in July was taken to hospital on Tuesday at the end of the day’s court hearing.
The five appeared ...
Trial of Greek Cypriots arrested in the north to continue on Tuesday
The five elderly Greek Cypriots who were arrested for alleged espionage in the north on July 19 are due to appear before court in the north for the proceedings of their ...
Defence grills crossing point police in Greek Cypriots’ case in north
The police officer who was working at the crossing point booth at which the five Greek Cypriots who were arrested in the north last month crossed before being arrested, appeared ...
Turkish Cypriot elections
Erhurman responds to Tatar’s ‘angry’ statement, invites him to TV debate
Turkish Cypriot opposition election candidate Tufan Erhurman on Friday responded to his opponent and incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s late-night attack on him, describing the statement as “angry ...
Cult figure Kirdag announces Turkish Cypriot election candidacy
Cult figure and perpetual candidate Arif Salih Kirdag on Tuesday announced that he will once again stand for election as Turkish Cypriot leader when the election takes place on October 19.
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Plans unveiled for Dubai-style artificial islands off north
Plans were unveiled on Sunday for artificial islands to be constructed off the coast of the Karpass peninsula and the Kyrenia district.
The plans were presented by Emrullah Turanli, chairman ...
Yilmaz holds private impromptu meetings with ‘ministers’ in north
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz held a series of closed-door meetings with ‘ministers’ in the north during his visit to the north on Saturday, according to reports in the Turkish ...
Cyprus Olympic Committee set to go to IOC over GCs’ detention in north
The Cyprus Olympic Committee (COC) is set to escalate efforts at the international level for the release of four members of the Keravnos Strovolou sports club, who remain detained by ...
‘Pre-election restrictions’ begin in the north ahead of October vote
The ‘pre-election restrictions’ came into effect in the north on Sunday, officially marking the beginning of the process ahead of the upcoming ‘elections’, scheduled to take place on October 19.
According ...
North coop strike over as ruling coalition backs down over austerity measures
The strike called on by employees of the north’s Koop Bank and its subsidiaries last week was brought to an end on Friday as a deal was struck by ...