#occupied north

In the UK, where there is no ban on the hijab for girls and women in public institutions including schools, we see an increasing number of successful, popular and respected ...

The village of Elia, near Lefka, on Saturday night lit its own fire in protest against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by ...

Turkey’s presidential communications directorate on Saturday night slammed “fictitious” and “unfounded” allegations levelled against the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and others regarding reported ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Saturday said opposition movements in the north are “betraying the TRNC”. He told Turkish newspaper Sabah of how opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman “...

The first week of nightly protests against the north’s ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools drew to a close on ...

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 ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar maintained the slender lead he holds over challenger and opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman in polling for this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership ...

Fires were lit outside the north’s ‘parliament’ for a fourth day in a row on Thursday in protest against the ruling coalition’s decision to legalise the wearing of ...

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” ...

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘education minister’ Ahmet Derya took to the stage outside the north’s ‘parliament’ to condemn the incumbent ruling coalition as fires were lit for the third day ...

The first hearing of a defamation lawsuit Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar had filed against pro-opposition Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzenwas heard at court in northern Nicosia on Wednesday. Tatar is ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, and former prime minister Binali Yildirim were all accused of partaking in “filthy” corruption in northern Cyprus, linked to assassinated Turkish ...

The latest hearing in the case against 22 Turkish Cypriot teachers who stand accused of “battering” police officers during a protest in 2022 took place in northern Nicosia on Wednesday. Little progress ...

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 ...

Erkut Sahali was on Tuesday night elected as secretary-general of the north’s largest opposition party the CTP, unseating Asim Akansoy. At the first meeting of the party’s new ...

The YDP, one of the three political parties which make up the north’s ruling coalition, has changed its name following a meeting of its party congress. The party’s ...

The north’s ruling coalition was described as “Ankara’s parrot” by one speaker as fires were lit outside ‘parliament’ for the second day in a row in protest against ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar called on central Asian Turkic states to “be more careful”, amid a wave of anger in Turkey after five central Asian countries signed a joint ...

Control of northern Nicosia’s Ataturk cultural centre may be handed over to the Turkish embassy, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Tuesday. Speaking to television channel Kanal ...

An estimated 2,000 Turkish Cypriots gathered outside the north’s ‘parliament’ on Monday evening for the first of the planned nightly lighting of fires to protest against the ruling coalition’s ...

A child who was turned away from a school in northern Nicosia when attempting to go to class wearing a hijab on Monday officially left the school. The girl had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...