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Turks in north can vote in Turkish elections Cyprus

Turks in north can vote in Turkish elections

June 15th, 2018 Turkish passport holders in the north will be able to begin voting in the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections starting from Saturday. They will have three days to cast their votes between 9am and 9pm where voting booths have been set up in a primary school close to the Turkish ‘embassy’ in northern Nicosia. Both...
Turkey to drill for gas off Cyprus, Cavusoglu says (updated) Cyprus

Turkey to drill for gas off Cyprus, Cavusoglu says (updated)

June 14th, 2018 Cyprus will not be dragged into the climate of tension created by Turkey, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said on Thursday, responding to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu who said Ankara was preparing to drill for hydrocarbons around the island after procuring its own drillship. Prodromou said the Cypriot government...
Erdogan ‘to end state of emergency’ if re-elected, support wanes Turkey

Erdogan ‘to end state of emergency’ if re-elected, support wanes

June 14th, 2018 Tayyip Erdogan is seen falling short of a first-round victory in Turkey's presidential election, with his support dipping 1.6 points in one week, according to a survey by pollster Gezici published on Thursday. The poll also showed his ruling AK Party was forecast to lose its parliamentary majority in the June 24 vote. Gezici's...
Turkey will drain 'terror swamp' in Iraq's Qandil, Erdogan says Turkey

Turkey will drain 'terror swamp' in Iraq's Qandil, Erdogan says

June 11th, 2018 Turkey will drain the "terror swamp" in northern Iraq's Qandil region, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, a day after the military said it hit more than a dozen Kurdish militant targets in air strikes. Turkey's army has ramped up operations in northern Iraq, with the aim of destroying Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases in the...
Peaceniks march on Akrotiri airbase, Kyprianou slams government Cyprus

Peaceniks march on Akrotiri airbase, Kyprianou slams government

June 10th, 2018 Akel leader Andros Kyprianou on Sunday accused the Anastasiades government of being complicit in the deaths of thousands of people in the region, from Gaza to Syria, by remaining silent on the role of the British bases. Kyprianou was one of the main speakers at a protest march on Akrotiri RAF base, organised by the Cyprus Peace...
East Med drilling ‘a milestone in Turkish energy history’ Opinion

East Med drilling ‘a milestone in Turkish energy history’

June 10th, 2018 By Charles Ellinas Turkey’s first drilling rig is currently at Antalya being loaded with drilling equipment waiting to start deep-water drilling operations in the East Med. Formerly known as DeepSea Metro-II, it has been named Fatih, meaning ‘conqueror’, after Istanbul’s conqueror Ottoman Sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet. It is 229...
Turkish troops ‘30km inside Iraq, could move on PKK stronghold’ Middle East

Turkish troops ‘30km inside Iraq, could move on PKK stronghold’

June 8th, 2018 Turkish forces are stationed 30 km inside northern Iraq and could advance further to target Kurdish PKK militants in their Qandil Mountains stronghold,Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Stepping up Turkish warnings about expanding its military presence in Kurdish-controlled areas of Iraq, Yildirim told Reuters that Ankara...
Neophytou: US-Cyprus ties have entered a new level in field of energy   Energy

Neophytou: US-Cyprus ties have entered a new level in field of energy  

June 7th, 2018 The US and Cyprus have entered a new level of relations in the field of energy, especially after the third licensing round with ExxonMobil signing an exploration and production sharing contract for block 10 of the island’s EEZ, Disy leader Averof Neophytou said Neophytou was speaking at the 4th Washington Oil & Gas Forum...
Turkey and north to carry out joint rescue exercise near Famagusta Cyprus

Turkey and north to carry out joint rescue exercise near Famagusta

June 6th, 2018 Turkey will be carrying out a joint search and rescue exercise with the north near Famagusta between June 18 and 22. According to reports from the north on Wednesday, an announcement by the ‘security forces’ said the exercise, both on the ground  and in international waters, will include military forces from Turkey and the...
Greek Cypriot refugee asks ECHR not to close her property case yet Cyprus

Greek Cypriot refugee asks ECHR not to close her property case yet

June 6th, 2018 Titina Loizidou, a Greek Cypriot refugee who won a case against Turkey in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding her property in the north has sent a letter to Strasbourg asking the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to adjourn consideration of closing here case as she has not been given back her property...
Cyprus opposed EU-Turkey co-operation in law enforcement Cyprus

Cyprus opposed EU-Turkey co-operation in law enforcement

June 6th, 2018 Cyprus has voted against a European Commission proposal to negotiate a deal with Turkey on the exchange of personal data by law enforcement agencies, according to Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou. According to a written statement from Luxembourg where he attended the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting, the minister has again...
Turkish drillship close to Antalya Cyprus

Turkish drillship close to Antalya

June 5th, 2018 The Turkish drillship Fatih, formerly DeepSea Metro II, is close to Antalya in Turkey on with the intention of heading at some point soon for the Eastern Mediterranean to begin deep-sea drilling, possibly close to or inside Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Observers expect the drillship to remain in Antalya until after the...
When politics trumps justice Cyprus

When politics trumps justice

June 3rd, 2018 By Elias Hazou To date there have been four instances of fugitives who’ve managed to elude justice due to the lack of cooperation between the two sides on the island or between Turkey and the Republic of Cyprus. The Sunday Mail tried to track the status of these cases. The verdict: situation unchanged. And it does not look like...
Turkish air strikes 'neutralise' 15 Kurdish militants Turkey

Turkish air strikes 'neutralise' 15 Kurdish militants

June 2nd, 2018 Air strikes by Turkish warplanes "neutralised" at least 15 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq as well as in Turkey's eastern provinces of Tunceli and Siirt, the military said on Saturday. The strikes were carried out on Friday and Saturday, it said on Twitter. Turkey regularly carries out air...
Uber's 'business is finished' in Turkey, Erdogan says Turkey

Uber's 'business is finished' in Turkey, Erdogan says

June 2nd, 2018 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan has said ride hailing app Uber is finished in Turkey, following pressure from Istanbul taxi drivers who said it was providing an illegal service and called for it to be banned. About 17,400 taxis operate in Istanbul, home to about a fifth of Turkey's population of 81 million people, and since Uber...
Turkish drillship sets sail Cyprus

Turkish drillship sets sail

May 31st, 2018 Turkey’s first drillship set off to the Mediterranean on Thursday, as the country’s energy minister announced that Ankara would spud an offshore well this summer. The drillship, dubbed Fatih (‘Conqueror’ in Turkish), formerly known as DeepSea Metro II, left a port in the gulf of Izmit, plotting a destination in the...
Turkey to look elsewhere for jets if US blocks F-35 sale Turkey

Turkey to look elsewhere for jets if US blocks F-35 sale

May 30th, 2018 Turkey will buy jets elsewhere if the United States stops it buying Lockheed Martin F-35s, Ankara's foreign minister was quoted as saying amid tensions between the allies over defence and the fate of a jailed U.S. pastor. NATO member Turkey has caused unease in Washington with its decision to buy S-400 surface-to-air missiles from...
Turkey pays Greek Cypriot refugee who sought compensation Cyprus

Turkey pays Greek Cypriot refugee who sought compensation

May 25th, 2018 Turkey has paid the compensation and legal expenses awarded to a Greek Cypriot refugee by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in a land case in which it also ruled that a property commission in the breakaway state was ineffective. Achilleas Demetriades, the lawyer who represented Andriani Joannou, said Turkey paid through the...
US senator introduces bill to end arms embargo on Cyprus Cyprus

US senator introduces bill to end arms embargo on Cyprus

May 25th, 2018 Robert Menendez, top Democrat in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has introduced a bill to end the Cyprus arms embargo imposed by the US in 1987. A similar bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives by David Cicilline. Cyprus has been proven a credible ally and strategic partner of the United States, both in...
Lira weakness reflects quick-fix government measures Turkey

Lira weakness reflects quick-fix government measures

May 24th, 2018 The Turkish government's quick-fix economic packages has called the continued health of the economy into question and this is reflected in the recent slide in the lira, the head of Turkey's main business lobby group TUSIAD said on Thursday. The ruling AK Party government has introduced a series of incentive packages for certain...
Turkish national and accomplice remanded for five days in Paphos Crime

Turkish national and accomplice remanded for five days in Paphos

May 24th, 2018   A Turkish national who escaped prison in the north on May 1, but was arrested on Wednesday in Paphos, was remanded by the court for five days on Thursday, along with a childhood Turkish Cypriot friend who provided him shelter. Yilmaz Gumus, 45 had been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a British court in 2005 for setting an...
Japan, Russia, Turkey bring potential US tariff retaliation to $3.5bn Americas

Japan, Russia, Turkey bring potential US tariff retaliation to $3.5bn

May 22nd, 2018 Japan, Russia and Turkey have warned the United States about potential retaliation for its tariffs on steel and aluminium, the World Trade Organization said on Tuesday, bringing the total U.S. tariff bill to around $3.5 billion annually. The three countries detailed their compensation claims in notifications to the world trade body,...
Turkish Cypriot press reports probe into laundering of $5 billion in 13 casinos Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot press reports probe into laundering of $5 billion in 13 casinos

May 22nd, 2018 The Turkish Board of Investigation on Financial Crimes (MASAK) has launched an investigation into money laundering of $5 billion in 13 casinos in the north and the 20 firms involved in their operation, Turkish Cypriot press reported on Tuesday. Havadis newspaper said prosecutors ordered the confiscation of $100 million linked to...
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