#Turkey

Political leaders in their majority said they would accompany President Nicos Anastasiades to the informal five-party summit set to take place next month in Geneva to support and advise him, ...

The EU and the Council of Europe (CoE) are watching “with serious concern” any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press in the Turkish Cypriot community through persecution and ...

By Dr Louisa Borg Haviaras Half of the Aegean Sea and the maritime area up to eastern Crete are part of Turkey’s ‘blue homeland’ concept, maintained, supported and promoted ...

The island’s two community leaders reiterated on Monday their divergent positions on a Cyprus solution during their separate meetings with UN secretary-general’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute who ...

But with deep divisions remaining Egypt is treating Turkey’s overtures cautiously This has been a bewildering week for Cypriot diplomacy – and a tough one, too, for its much-vaunted new ...

The EU will be an observer at the five-plus-one summit on the Cyprus problem as it has been in the past, European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday. Replying ...

President Nicos Anastasiades said Thursday he would participate in an informal meeting with the political will to find common ground with the Turkish Cypriots that would lead to substantive negotiations ...

As part of their regular contacts, President Nicos Anastasiades spoke by phone on Sunday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macros, government spokesman Kyriakos Koushos said in a written statement. During ...

President Nicos Anastasiades and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that the EU needs to be represented at the informal meeting on Cyprus, which will be called ...

Turkish expediencies seem to be behind the uncertainty about the date and place of the informal five-party conference on Cyprus to be convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, reports said ...

Turkey will only join talks to resolve decades of dispute over Cyprus with a proposal to establish two states on the island, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday, adding ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday there was no other solution to the Cyprus issue but a two-state solution. He also said that whether Greece accepts it or not, ...

By Tuvan Gumrukcu Turkey aims to achieve first contact with the moon as part of its national space programme in 2023, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “The first rough landing ...

Turkey is looking to buy a fourth drillship and has struck a preliminary deal, according to media reports. The drillship is the Bolette Dolphin, built in 2014 by South Korea’s ...

The place and date of an informal five-party conference on Cyprus, which the UN Secretary-General intends to convene, remain uncertain, while Nicosia fears that Ankara is playing “games” with the ...

Qatar and ‘Arab Quartet’ deal may prove too thin a piece of paper to cover major regional cracks After three-and-a-half years of hostility between Qatar and the ‘Arab Quartet’ – Egypt, ...

The pace of diplomatic activity is picking up ahead of the 5+1 informal conference on Cyprus slated for the beginning of March with the arrival this coming week of British Foreign ...

High Representative Josep Borrell on Monday described the exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey, which started today, as an important step towards EU-Turkey rapprochement. Speaking after the end of the ...

Greece’s foreign minister said he hoped Turkey would have a positive approach towards a meeting next week aimed at reviving long-stalled efforts to open negotiations over disputed territorial claims. ...

The 61st round of exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey are due to begin on January 25, following considerable pressure on Turkey by Germany, since the latter is trying to play ...

EU High Representative on foreign policy Josep Borrell expressed the hope on Tuesday that his upcoming meeting with Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will last longer than their previous ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan received his COVID-19 vaccine in front of TV cameras on Thursday, a move which a spokesman for his AK Party said aimed to alleviate any public ...

Turkish vice president Fuat Oktay is expected in the north within the coming days, reports said on Thursday. According to Kibris Postasi, Oktay’s arrival was announced by head of ...