Istanbul mayor Imamoglu arrested
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was on Wednesday morning arrested, hours after his university degree was revoked and two days before his party the CHP was set to name him as ...
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Istanbul mayor Imamoglu’s degree revoked over non-recognition of Cyprus uni
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s degree was on Tuesday revoked by Istanbul University over a report which found that the university in northern Cyprus at which he began his studies ...
Fidan to attend Geneva meeting on Cyprus issue
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will participate in the informal expanded format meeting on Cyprus to be held in Geneva tomorrow and March 18, Turkish Foreign Ministry sources quoted by the ...
The influence of guarantors in Cyprus talks
The talks in Geneva between the Cypriot leaders and the guarantor powers Greece, Turkey and the UK next week convened by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the hope that an ...
Cyprus and the impact of bringing Turkey in from the cold
Talk of Cyprus joining Nato or an affiliated organisation has fizzled out in recent weeks – no surprise there, as the future of Nato itself seems to hang in the balance. ...
Turkey’s Erdogan welcomes Syrian deal with Kurdish forces
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed an agreement between the Kurdish-led and U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syria’s new government, saying its full implementation would contribute ...
Cypriot MEPs call for exclusion of ‘neo-Ottoman’ Turkey from European armament plans
Cypriot members of the European Parliament on Tuesday called for Turkey to be excluded from the European Union’s plans to bolster its defence capabilities, with one MEP describing the ...
Cyprus to call for ‘no different treatment of invaders’ on European armament
Cyprus is to push for “no different treatment of invaders” with regard to the European Union’s plans to boost its military defences, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Monday, ...
UK’s Europe minister coming to Cyprus to meet two leaders
The United Kingdom’s Deputy Minister for Europe, Stephen Doughty, will meet with the two leaders in Cyprus on Friday, the Cyprus News Agency said on Wednesday.
His schedule for ...
Imamoglu’s lawyer files charges against writers of report which called north uni unrecognised
Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s lawyer Mehmet Pehlivanli on Tuesday announced that he had filed criminal charges against the three people who had signed a report which declared that the ...
Lawyer threatens Turkish opposition leader over ‘slander’ of ambassador in north
Omer Faruk Karaguzel, the lawyer of Turkey’s ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim, on Wednesday threatened to “use our legal rights against baseless news and slander” after Turkish ...
Istanbul mayor faces forgery accusations over studies in Cyprus
An investigation has been launched in Turkey into Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu over allegations that documents related to his transfer from a university in northern Cyprus to one in Turkey ...
Pakistan ‘fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus’
Pakistan “fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus”, the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday.
“Turkey has always stood by the just cause of the people of ...
Demand for more religion in north schools defended
A group of 27 cultural associations, mainly comprising Turkish nationals living in the north, on Thursday defended the Cyprus Turkish educators’ union (Kibtes)’ demand that more religion classes be taught in ...
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DiCarlo meets Turkey’s Bozay, Christodoulides awaits call
United Nations under-secretary-general for peacebuilding Rosemary DiCarlo on Thursday afternoon met Turkish deputy foreign minister and European Union affairs director Mehmet Kemal Bozay in Ankara.
The meeting was the latest ...
Turkey lifts Syria trade and transit restrictions in bid to boost trade
Turkey has lifted trade and transit restrictions on Syria at the countries’ border, the trade ministry said on Tuesday, progressing with plans to expand trade after the fall of Syrian ...
Second Turkish ‘ambassador’ in north sacked in six months, reports say
Turkey has for the second time in the space of six months sacked its ‘ambassador’ in the north, according to reports on Tuesday.
Multiple news outlets reported that Yasin Ekrem ...
‘No progress’ over Turkish Cypriots refused entry to Turkey
Turkish Cypriot opposition party CTP ‘MP’ Sami Ozuslu on Monday decried a lack of progress on the issue of Turkish Cypriots being refused entry to Turkey.
At present, it is ...
North to end ‘double jeopardy’ conscriptions for Turkish Cypriots in Turkey
The north’s authorities on Thursday announced their intention to end the practice of “double jeopardy” conscription, in which Turkish Cypriot men in Turkey who are also Turkish citizens were ...
‘Where are our boats?’ – Turkish parliament incensed by Cyprus gas drilling
Members of Turkey’s parliament were on Wednesday night incensed by the commencement of drilling for natural gas off the coast of Cyprus and a perceived lack of government action ...
Turkey calls on Cyprus to think of other EU members over energy dialogue
Turkish ambassador to the European Union Faruk Kaymakci on Sunday called for Cyprus to think of other European Union member states and allow the EU-Turkey high-level energy dialogue to restart.
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Kallas cites Cyprus among ‘issues’ facing Turkey’s EU candidacy
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Thursday cited Cyprus among a number of issues facing Turkey’s candidacy to join the EU.
Speaking to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency ...
North averts energy crisis after fuel ship arrives
The north has averted a looming energy crisis after a boat carrying fuel oil to power its power stations, which had initially been seized by the Turkish authorities, was allowed ...
North’s power supply in peril as Kib-Tek ‘embroiled’ in Turkey corruption scandal
The north’s energy supply may be in peril after a boat carrying fuel oil to power its power stations was seized by the Turkish authorities as part of a ...