Posts tagged with "turkey"

Government may renegotiate deal with Noble Energy, spokesman says Energy

Government may renegotiate deal with Noble Energy, spokesman says

August 20th, 2018 By Stelios Orphanides Government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said that the cabinet may decide to renegotiate the revenue sharing agreement for the 4.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) Aphrodite gas finding, the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Monday. The cabinet, which is meeting on Tuesday at the presidential summer residence...
Erdogan invokes patriotism as lira still under pressure (Update) Turkey

Erdogan invokes patriotism as lira still under pressure (Update)

August 20th, 2018 President Tayyip Erdogan appealed to Turks' religious and patriotic feelings ahead of a major Muslim holiday on Monday, promising they would not be brought "to their knees" by an economic crisis that has battered the lira currency. The lira has tumbled some 40 percent this year, hit by worries about Erdogan's influence over monetary...
Donald Trump, Turkey and the Don Pacifico Incident Opinion

Donald Trump, Turkey and the Don Pacifico Incident

August 19th, 2018 By Desmond Smith What do Donald Trump and Lord Palmerston have in common? They both believe in gun boat diplomacy and wielding the Big Stick in the interests of their respective countries. Due to the cyclical nature of history, we can place the current dispute between Turkey and the US in a context we’ve seen before, which links St...
US-Turkey fight: a threat but also an opportunity CM Regular Columnist

US-Turkey fight: a threat but also an opportunity

August 19th, 2018 By Christos Panayiotides Turkey’s relations with the United States have unquestionably deteriorated to an extent which does not rule out the possibility of substantial further deterioration or even a definitive rupture, although the latter possibility still appears to be rather unlikely. Of course, the worsening of relations was...
Lira crisis bites deeper for Turkish Cypriots    Cyprus

Lira crisis bites deeper for Turkish Cypriots   

August 19th, 2018 By Nathan Morley AS GREEK Cypriots continued to cross to the north in their droves on Saturday to take advantage of the slide in the Turkish lira, the full force of the ongoing crisis was biting even deeper into the pockets of Turkish Cypriots causing them to fear for the future. Despite authorities in the north attempting to keep...
Deportation not prosecution of US pastor is the best course Opinion

Deportation not prosecution of US pastor is the best course

August 19th, 2018 By Alper Ali Riza President Recep Tayyip Erdogan complained in a speech last Saturday that the US president was prepared to risk losing an ally of 60 years over a priest. The priest he was referring to is Andrew Brunson an evangelical pastor facing charges of having links with terrorist organisations. The Turkish president,...
Levent and Afrika file suit against Erdogan in north court Cyprus

Levent and Afrika file suit against Erdogan in north court

August 18th, 2018 Sener Levent and the Turkish Cypriot publishing company Afrika have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, for instigating attacks on the newspaper on January 22, 2018, according to Afrika’s front page on Saturday. The front page led with the title “We have taken Tayyip Erdogan to court”, and showed images of...
Turkey arrests another German citizen - source (Update) Turkey

Turkey arrests another German citizen - source (Update)

August 16th, 2018 Turkish police have arrested another German citizen, a German foreign ministry source said on Thursday, and public broadcaster ARD said the man had been accused of "terrorist propaganda" after criticising the Turkish government on social media. The arrest comes after German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged Ankara on Monday to do more...
Erdogan says US 'wrong' to threaten Turkey after Trump's new tariffs Turkey

Erdogan says US 'wrong' to threaten Turkey after Trump's new tariffs

August 11th, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said it was wrong of the United States to try to bring Turkey into line with threats, a day after President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Turkish metal imports as the row between the two Nato allies deepened. The two governments have been at odds over a wide range of topics - from...
Erdogan tells Turks to buy crumbling lira as Trump turns the screws (Update 2) Turkey

Erdogan tells Turks to buy crumbling lira as Trump turns the screws (Update 2)

August 10th, 2018 President Tayyip Erdogan told Turks on Friday to sell their gold and dollars to support the crumbling lira, with the currency in free fall as President Donald Trump escalated a feud with Ankara by doubling tariffs on metals imports. The lira has long been falling on worries about Erdogan's influence over monetary policy and worsening...
Turkish, US officials to meet in Washington amid dispute Turkey

Turkish, US officials to meet in Washington amid dispute

August 7th, 2018 A delegation of Turkish officials will head to Washington in two days to discuss an ongoing row between the two Nato allies, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources. Relations between the two countries have steadily worsened, strained by differences on Syria policy and over the trial of US pastor Andrew...
Turkey to purchase second drillship for Med exploration Energy

Turkey to purchase second drillship for Med exploration

August 6th, 2018   Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated that his nation will protect its ‘rights’ in the Mediterranean sea, announcing plans to purchase a second drillship for hydrocarbons exploration. According to Turkish and Turkish Cypriot media, Erdogan said Turkey will start conducting deepwater and shallow sea drilling in...
Petrides working with Turkish Cypriot teachers union to resolve citizenship cases Cyprus

Petrides working with Turkish Cypriot teachers union to resolve citizenship cases

August 3rd, 2018 By Evie Andreou A team appointed by Interior Minister, Constantinos Petrides, will work with the Turkish Cypriot teachers’ union Ktos to go through the applications of around 5,500 Turkish Cypriots with one Turkish parent who have expressed interest in obtaining a Republic of Cyprus passport, the union’s dead Sener Elcil...
Greek Cypriot wants Turkish assets in Europe seized Cyprus

Greek Cypriot wants Turkish assets in Europe seized

August 2nd, 2018 A Greek Cypriot wants the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe’s decision-making body, to take “strong and effective” action to confiscate holdings of Turkey in France or another European country if Ankara fails to pay damages awarded by the European Court of Human Rights (Echr). Professor Andreas Orphanides has called...
EU and OSCE weigh in on prosecution of Afrika and its journalists (Updated) Cyprus

EU and OSCE weigh in on prosecution of Afrika and its journalists (Updated)

August 2nd, 2018 The European Commission said Thursday that the harassment and intimidation of journalists constituted violation of the freedom of expression, guaranteed under the European Convention on Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The Commission was responding to a question from the Cyprus News Agency on...
Israel says US sought Turkish detainee's release, Ankara denies deal Turkey

Israel says US sought Turkish detainee's release, Ankara denies deal

July 27th, 2018 Israel confirmed on Friday a US newspaper report that President Donald Trump had requested its release of a Turkish woman accused of Hamas ties, while Ankara denied ever agreeing to free a detained American pastor in return. Israel deported Ebru Ozkan on July 15, a week after indicting her for smuggling money and goods to the...
A wide array of challenges face Erdogan in wake of victory   Opinion

A wide array of challenges face Erdogan in wake of victory  

July 22nd, 2018 By Farid Mirbagheri Recep Tayyip Erdogan won last month’s Turkish presidential elections whereby he secured his place at the helm in his country’s politics for another five years at least. His Justice and Development party, AKP, also managed to triumph in the country’s parliamentary elections, held on the same day, with nearly...
All necessary measures being taken for Exxon drilling, minister says Energy

All necessary measures being taken for Exxon drilling, minister says

July 22nd, 2018 Cyprus is taking all necessary measures to ensure that US energy giant, ExxonMobil’s exploratory programme in the island’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) proceeds smoothly, Energy Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis said on Sunday. He also reiterated that developments on the Cyprus problem should not affect the country’s energy...
‘Turkey has not changed’ Cyprus

‘Turkey has not changed’

July 20th, 2018   Turkey’s stance on Cyprus has not wavered for more than four decades, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Friday night. He was speaking at the presidential palace at an evening event to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion. “Turkey says that seizure of property, the violation of human rights, the...
U.S. senators propose bill to restrict international development loans to Turkey Turkey

U.S. senators propose bill to restrict international development loans to Turkey

July 20th, 2018 Six U.S. senators introduced bipartisan legislation on Thursday to restrict loans from international financial institutions to Turkey "until the Turkish government ends the unjust detention of U.S. citizens", a senate committee statement said. The move followed a Turkish court decision on Wednesday to keep U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson...
Turkey says it will stand by the north Cyprus

Turkey says it will stand by the north

July 20th, 2018 Turkey will not allow the Turkish Cypriot people to be a victim of non-solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. in his message to Turkish Cypriots on the anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion, he also argued that "the transformation of the Eastern Mediterranean into a field of security,...
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