Erdogan expected in north on Saturday afternoon
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to arrive in the north at 1pm on Saturday to formally inaugurate the new ‘presidential’ complex by Ayios Dhometios in northern Nicosia.
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General strike in the north announced for Friday
Trade unions in the north on Monday announced a general strike for Friday, with “almost 100” unions and civil society organisations set to be partaking in the strike.
Workers are going ...
Turkish opposition leader calls out ‘bad smell’ of Erdogan’s alleged corruption in Cyprus
Turkish opposition political party CHP leader Ozgur Ozel has decried the “bad smell” of an alleged corruption scandal linked to northern Cyprus involving the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
Erdogan decries ‘impudence’ over headscarves
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced his frustration at Turkish Cypriot “impudence” over ongoing protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...
New north ‘government’ buildings see first official use
For the first time since their construction, the newly built “presidential” and “parliamentary” complexes in northern Cyprus have been put into operation, hosting school events ahead of Turkey’s national ...
Turkic states’ council of elders ‘to visit northern Cyprus’
The Organisation of Turkic States’ (OTS) council of elders is to meet in northern Cyprus, according to reports in Turkey.
The council, which comprises representatives of the governments of Azerbaijan, ...
Trikomo teachers strike over ‘pressure’ amid headscarf crisis
Teachers at Trikomo’s Bekirpasha high school went on strike on Friday over “pressure” being put on them by the north’s ‘education ministry’ in the midst of the “headscarf ...
Top Erdogan advisor insinuates north ‘PM’ is a Greek Cypriot
Oktay Saral, one of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s top advisors, on Thursday attacked the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel over his handling of the ongoing “headscarf crisis” ...
Usurpation of property trial postponed
The Nicosia criminal court has rescheduled the “trial within a trial” procedure of the German real estate agent accused of usurping Greek Cypriot properties in the north to May 2 after ...
Tatar overtakes Erhurman in Turkish Cypriot election polling
Incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar has overtaken his main challenger, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman, in polling for October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election, according to the latest ...
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev promises to ensure north gains international recognition
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday evening promised to ensure that the north will gain international recognition.
Addressing a diplomatic forum in his country’s capital Baku, he began by ...
Tatar’s wife attacks north ‘govt’ for second time over headscarf crisis
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s wife Sibel Tatar on Wednesday night issued a second condemnation of the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs ...
Court amends charges against developer of Greek Cypriot land in north
Nicosia Criminal Court approved on Wednesday an amended charge sheet, during the trial of Simon Aykut, the businessman accused of unlawfully exploiting Greek Cypriot properties in the north.The approval ...
Greek Cypriot parties hail Turkish Cypriot mass protest
Greek Cypriot political parties Disy and Akel on Wednesday hailed the gathering of 13,000 Turkish Cypriots on Tuesday night to protest against the legalisation of hijabs in public schools in the ...
North’s largest party’s congress endorses Tatar for re-election
The north’s largest political party the UBP’s party congress on Friday night officially endorsed Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to be re-elected to the role when elections are ...
Hungarian woman admits guilt in property seizure case
A Hungarian woman on Wednesday admitted to illegally advertising Greek Cypriot-owned properties for sale in northern Cyprus, marking the first guilty plea in the high-profile case. The admission was made ...
Regulation to legalise hijab in schools cancelled in the north
Following protests and a ‘supreme court’ appeal by the teachers’ unions Ktoeos and Ktoes, Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel has announced that the regulation allowing headscarves in schools has ...
Restoration work complete at Famagusta’s Saint Paraskevi church
Restoration work at Famagusta’s Saint Paraskevi church has been completed, bicommunal technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said on Wednesday.
He explained that the church was built ...
Phantom surrogate clinic investigations continue
No office was found at the registered address in Limassol of an agency of the surrogacy clinic linked to surrogate births in the north, police spokeswoman Kyriaki Lambrianidou said on ...
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British same-sex couple departs from Cyprus with surrogate twins
After a delay of two months due to UK passport issues, the British fathers left Cyprus on Thursday with their surrogate-born twins who were born in the north.
Pasan and ...
Istanbul mayor Imamoglu testifies over Cyprus studies
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu on Wednesday gave testimony that his transfer from a university in the north to a university in Turkey was legal and that his studies in Cyprus ...
Two arrested after restaurant owner shot in leg in north
Two men have been arrested after a restaurant owner in northern Nicosia was shot in the leg on Saturday.
The shooting occurred at around 3.15pm on Saturday, with Ahmet Keskin ...
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Man in north found guilty of fatally stabbing woman 33 times
A 48-year-old man was on Tuesday found guilty in the north of having fatally stabbed 40-year-old Vietnamese national Dam Thi Hop 33 times.
Later on Tuesday afternoon, he was sentenced to 39 ...
Pakistan ‘fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus’
Pakistan “fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus”, the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday.
“Turkey has always stood by the just cause of the people of ...