#Turkey

The government on Saturday said the change to the status of the illegal Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the north was another action on the part of Turkey to put the ...

“Provocative actions” by the Greek Cypriot side will not go unanswered, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has said following a meeting in Ankara with Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel. ...

Despite the President’s efforts to make progress on the Cyprus issue and return to peace talks, Turkey insists on the escalation of its provocative and aggressive behaviour, Interior Minister ...

All-encompassing protocol seen by Turkish Cypriots as formalising annexation By Esra Aygin A controversial financial aid protocol signed recently between the northern part of Cyprus and Ankara has enraged large ...

It is regrettable that Turkey remains a ‘pampered child’ for some despite its continued provocations, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Saturday, expressing the wish that the current situation in Ukraine ...

President Nikos Anastasiades told France24 in an interview aired on Thursday that Russian and Turkish revisionism were comparable, that he remains firm on bizonal bicommunal federation, and that seizing Russian ...

Turkish Cypriot labour unions on Wednesday threatened to hold an indefinite strike if the ‘government’ in the north adopts the new protocol on financial support from Turkey, as authorities continued ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulidis hopes that by the summer there will be some movement on the package of confidence-building measures (CBM) saying the Greek Cypriot proposals could not be so ...

Cyprus does not meet the terms and conditions to apply for Nato membership and will not apply for the moment, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Thursday on the sidelines ...

Turkey has not shut the door to Sweden and Finland joining NATO but wants negotiations with the Nordic countries and a clampdown on what it sees as terrorist activities especially ...

Without clear and significant progress in EU-related reforms, the European Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, MEPs warned in a report adopted on Thursday. The report was adopted ...

Turkey’s annual inflation jumped to 69.97 per cent in April, above forecast and at a two-decade high, according to data on Thursday, fuelled by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and rising energy ...

Turkey condemned Germany’s summoning of its ambassador on Friday and called in Berlin’s ambassador to Ankara in a tit-for-tat move amid a row over the jailing of a ...

A number of Turkish Cypriots being deported from Turkey has caused alarm in the north, as political parties sought further clarification, while the ‘foreign ministry’ played it down. It was ...

Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent has been sentenced to one year in jail for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a cartoon printed in 2017, it emerged on Tuesday. The ...

Archbishop Chrysostomos in his Easter message on Sunday, which was read out in churches islandwide, spoke of the war in Ukraine and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus saying it would ...

President Nicos Anastasiades wants to see a new Cyprus initiative from the EU, the US and the UN and said he had already told this to US Undersecretary of State ...

Ukraine is working with NATO member Turkey as much as possible for more support over Russia’s invasion and understands – even though it is not happy with – the reality of ...

The breakaway regime in the north has inked a deal for economic and fiscal cooperation with Turkey, the latter pledging to the former some 4.25 billion Turkish lira (€270 million) for this ...

If Turkey is genuine about talks to reunify the island, it must first recognise the Republic Cyprus, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Thursday. He was responding to earlier remarks by ...

Turkey’s current account registered a deficit of $5.15 billion in February, more than double the amount in the same month last year, data from the central bank showed on Monday, ...

Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides on Monday stressed the importance of a universal application of sanctions against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, making specific reference to Turkey. He was addressing ...

Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides on Sunday suggested that Nicosia was keen on joining Nato in light of the current status quo on the island, if it wasn’t for Turkey. ...

No one is preventing Turkey from having a role in energy developments in the Mediterranean, once it has agreed with the Republic of Cyprus on the delineation of the exclusive ...