#Turkish Cypriots

The owners of a luxury 14-storey apartment complex which collapsed during the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake have been arrested after attempting to flee to the north. Hasan Albargun and his son ...

The bodies of 35 members of the youth volleyball team from Famagusta have now been found in a hotel devastated by Monday’s earthquake in Adiyaman, Turkey, Turkish Cypriot authorities said ...

A total of 22 bodies of Turkish Cypriots were found in the rubble of a hotel in Adiyaman, authorities in the north said on Friday as the bodies of ten victims ...

Children remain trapped in collapsed hotel A total of seven Turkish Cypriots were reported dead on Tuesday from the large-scale earthquakes that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria the day ...

Human rights organisations and NGOs in the north on Friday are set to hold a demonstration outside a court in Trikomo, where a 21-year-old suspected of murdering 16-year-old girl Zehie ...

Turkish Cypriots civil engineers and architects will be going on strike outside the ‘parliament’ on Tuesday, following a proposal from ‘MPs’ to abolish the necessary approvals from the professionals on ...

With our vote we must send the right message to the Turkish Cypriots Çırak is a Turkish word and literally means an apprentice craftsman, a craftsman’s assistant. But, in ...

The 21-year-old man suspected of murdering a 16-year-old girl in the north surrendered himself to the Greek Cypriot police late on Wednesday. After the crime, Sefer Bugra Altundag fled to ...

A 17-year-old Turkish Cypriot boy, who was hit by a bus in the north a few days ago, is in a critical but stable condition, Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela said ...

From the new mufti to illegal cults, the north is being swamped by Islamisation A series of revelations since the beginning of this year have shaken the secular and modern ...

Cyprus must adhere to EU law and stop violating the human rights of thousands of Turkish Cypriots seeking the republic’s citizenship, Akel MEP Niyazi Kizilyurek said in a statement ...

Turkish Cypriot opposition parties, non-governmental organisations, and unions took to the streets on Monday to protest the Islamification of the north, after religious authorities pushed Islamic rhetoric at mosque courses ...

Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir has sold his newspaper Kibris to a Turkish company with ties to Ankara’s ruling AKP party, reports in the north said on Wednesday. In ...

Fears that worse is yet to come in north in protest over Erdogan’s policies By Esra Aygin Northern Cyprus is slipping out of the hands of the Turks, warned ...

Journalist Kazim Denizci was arrested in the north on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation, reports said on Wednesday. According to the newspaper Avrupa, Denizci, who writes for their paper ...

Mixed marriage is not a crime was the slogan for dozens of demonstrators who protested on Saturday the difficulties faced by children of Turkish Cypriots and Turks living in the ...

Eight Turkish Cypriots have been barred as of Friday from entering Turkey, after Ankara branded some of them as suspected national security threats and then required them to obtain a ...

Women are most affected by the Republic of Cyprus’ delay in giving IDs to children born to a mixed marriage in the north, the group ‘Uncredentialeds’ said on Wednesday, calling ...

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turkish Cypriots to support a two-state solution, Turkish Cypriot media said on Monday. His comments follow a growing spat over the ‘TRNC’...

Under heavy security, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay arrived in the north on Wednesday to visit the construction site of the controversial ‘Kulliye’ project, warning dissenters are at odds with ...

Children of marriages between Turkish Cypriots and Turkish nationals and their supporters will demonstrate on November 19 in front of the interior ministry over delays and denials to grant them Republic ...

A new EU scholarship programme office was inaugurated in the north by the European Commission and Goethe Institute on Thursday, to bring Turkish Cypriots closer to the EU, an announcement ...

Around 30,000 children from mixed marriages in the north are trying to get Cypriot IDs and passports, opposition CTP ‘MP’ Urun Solyali said on Wednesday. Solyali has said that the state-controlled ...

Citing Russian reports, Turkish Cypriot media on Wednesday said that Moscow was ready to open a consulate in the north of the island and to establish routes for direct flights ...