#occupied north

The Turkish government on Tuesday announced that it had decreased the rate of import tax on goods entering the country from the north to 30 per cent – the same rate paid ...

The Turkish Cypriot police on Tuesday launched an investigation into the death of a Russian national in Kyrenia, characterising the man’s death as “suspicious”. The man lived in Kyrenia ...

Only 19 schools across the north have been renovated to become earthquake-resistant in the last 22 months, despite funds having been allocated to renovate a total of 127, opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Feliz ...

The chamber of mechanical engineers in the north slammed Turkish Cypriot authorities on Thursday for failing to address the Takata airbags defect even after a fatality linked to the faulty ...

Twenty-seven unions are holding a demonstration outside the Turkish Cypriot ‘finance ministry’ in northern Nicosia on Monday as they continue their protests against inflation. The protest against the high cost ...

Turkish language professor Oguz Karakartal was called as a witness on Friday as the trial of Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who stands accused of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed ...

The widow of Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was assassinated in 2022, was one of 250 people indicted in Turkey on Thursday following a large-scale investigation into money laundering and illegal ...

Unexploded mortar shells which were found on the grounds of what will soon be Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s official residence in Ayios Dhometios were detonated on Wednesday morning. ...

Improving the quality of life for Greek Cypriots living in areas of the north is a priority, government spokesman Konstatinos Letymbiotis said on Wednesday. “Upgrading the living conditions for Greek ...

The north’s ‘transport minister’ Erhan Arikli on Tuesday night called for ‘parliamentary’ elections to be held “as soon as possible”. Speaking to Genc TV, he built on earlier comments ...

The families of the 35 Turkish Cypriots who were killed when the Isias hotel in the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman collapsed during earthquakes in February last year departed for Adiyaman ...

Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised a ...

The issue of the north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) “must be resolved” before a scheduled ...

A group of 39 United States congressmen have penned a letter to the country’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking to clarify, among other things, whether Hamas is operating in ...

A large amount of contraband items, including banned pesticides, were intercepted and seized by authorities in a coordinated operation, police reported on Thursday. The seizure happened on November 20 when police ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Hasan Tosunoglu on Wednesday announced that he had left his party, the ruling coalition’s DP, bringing the ruling coalition’s ‘parliamentary’ majority down to six. Tosunoglu ...

The north’s higher education accreditation authority (Yodak)’s membership of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Enqa) expired on Wednesday, with Enqa confirming that they had ...

Turkish Cypriot police chief Kasim Kuni on Monday night denied the north’s ‘health minister’ Hakan Dincyurek’s claims that the police had ordered him to not immediately disclose that ...

The number of people in prison in the north has fallen to 840, ‘interior minister’ Dursun Oguz said on Friday night. Addressing the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee, where his ‘ministry’s’ budget ...

The north is to import 200 tonnes of potatoes on Monday or Tuesday as the price of local potatoes soars to 140TL (€3.89) per kilogram. ‘Agriculture minister’ Huseyin Cavus announced the planned ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition figures and trade union leaders on Friday reacted with fury after the north’s ‘government’ submitted a new bill to ‘parliament’ which would give itself new powers ...

Turkish Cypriot left-leaning political parties the CTP and the TDP traded blows on Wednesday night after the latter’s leader Zeki Celer alleged that CTP ‘MPs’ may have voted for ...

The north’s ‘state’ budget for 2025 has been forecast at 136.28 billion TL (€3.75bn) worth of ‘government’ spending, as deliberations begin in the ‘parliamentary’ finance committee this week. The committee had ...

Turkey is on Thursday to open a new military hospital in Kyrenia, with the country’s Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz set to formally open it. The hospital is being built ...