North left parties trade blows over ‘speaker’ vote allegations
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 ...
North ruling party up in arms over ‘Turkish intervention’ in local politics
By Tom Cleaver
Oguzhan Hasipoglu, the secretary-general of the largest party in the north’s three-party ruling coalition, the UBP, on Tuesday expressed his fury at Turkish intervention in local ...
Argument over north ‘speaker’ gets physical in ‘parliament’
The ongoing argument over whether ruling coalition party UBP ‘MP’ Ziya Ozturkler is or is not the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ became physical in ‘parliament’ on Monday, as he once ...
Erhurman is ‘causing chaos’, Tatar says, amid ‘coup’ claims
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Friday said opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman is “causing chaos”, at the end of a third week of political wrangling in the north ...
Erhurman challenges Tatar to TV debate over Cyprus problem
Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Thursday night challenged Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to a television debate, as their back-and-forth disagreement over the Cyprus problem ...
Tatar ‘makes Christodoulides look as if he wants to solve the Cyprus problem’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar allows President Nikos Christodoulides to be “unfairly portrayed as the party who wants a solution” to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader ...
Erhurman to step down as CTP leader after elections
Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman on Friday said he will step down as the party’s leader after the Turkish Cypriot leadership elections which are set ...
Tatar is ‘running away from the fight’
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is “running away from the fight” for Turkish Cypriots’ rights, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday.
“The Turkish Cypriot side, which has ...
‘Perhaps there will be no Turkish Cypriots left’
Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday there may be “no Turkish Cypriots left” in some areas of the north in five or ten years’ time ...
North’s ‘govt’ is ‘like a bad joke’
The north’s ‘government’ is “like a bad joke”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday.
Erhurman was reacting to the establishment of a traffic and transport services ...
‘Turkish Cypriots’ future lies in European values’
The Turkish Cypriots’ future “lies in European values”, opposition party CTP leader Tufan Erhurman said on Monday.
Erhurman was speaking in ‘parliament’ about the north’s relationship with international law, ...
North must ‘drain the swamp’ of education sector
Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP Leader Tufan Erhurman said on Friday the north must “drain the swamp” of its education sector.
Speaking to Bagimsiz Web TV, he said that as ...
Demetriou meets Turkish Cypriot parties and Akinci
House President Annita Demetriou on Wednesday met with delegations of two Turkish Cypriot political parties, the CTP and the TDP, as well as former Turkish Cypriot Leader Mustafa Akinci.
Demetriou’...
Erhurman joins calls for ‘intentional killing’ charges for Isias hotel operators
Tufan Erhurman, leader of the north’s largest opposition party the CTP, on Wednesday joined calls for those responsible for the collapse of the Isias hotel to be charged with ...
Erhan Arikli trebles down on ‘mentally ill’ comment, blames Tufan Erhurman
Erhan Arikli, the north’s ‘transport minister’ on Saturday repeated for a third time controversial comments wherein he branded people criticising him on social media as “mentally ill”, hitting out ...