#turkish military

Reports on Friday affirm that Turkey is preparing legislation that would grant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan authority to declare an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending up to 200 nautical miles from ...

Reports of low-flying Turkish fighter jets over Nicosia and Kyrenia prompted concern among residents in the north on Wednesday, with local ‘authorities’ insisting there is “no danger” and describing the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos directly challenged his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan’s assertion that Greece, Cyprus and Israel have formed a military alliance against Muslim countries in the region. In ...

The European Parliament has in its latest annual report called on Turkey to “give the Turkish Cypriot community the necessary space” to chart its own political course. The report was ...

Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz claimed on Friday that Greek Cypriots are not sincere in efforts to resolve the Cyprus problem, reiterating Ankara’s support for a two-state solution. Speaking ...

Turkish parliamentary defence committee chairman Hulusi Akar on Wednesday threatened Greek Cypriots that the coming Easter may be their last in a post on social media. “In the homeland of ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’, Unal Ustel, accused the Republic of Cyprus on Monday of exploiting tensions from the US-Israeli conflict to strengthen defence partnerships. Speaking at an iftar event ...

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday invoked Cyprus while issuing a warning that Turkey would respond to any perceived threats, declaring that anyone seeking to test the country’s ...

President Nikos Christodoulides firmly rejected the suggestion by UN Special Envoy Maria Angela Holguin that substantive negotiations could be postponed until after June. In an interview given on Saturday with ...

Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett warned on Tuesday that Recep Tayyip Erdogan is positioning Turkey as a major strategic threat to Israel, describing Ankara as “the new Iran”. Speaking ...

Cyprus has formally complained to the United Nations over what it describes as an “extensive series of airspace and maritime violations” by Turkey, submitting a detailed letter to the UN ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Republic of Somaliland would not benefit Somaliland or the region. In December, Erdogan had said Israel’...

Turkey has reportedly expanded its air defence network in the north with the deployment of advanced systems described as part of a so called “Steel Dome” deterrent. Regional media outlets, ...

The UN had not, as of Friday at least, weighed on the December 30 buffer-zone incident near Mammari where a Greek Cypriot father and son were cultivating their land. This has ...

All was quiet in Deneia on Thursday, with community leader Charalambos Alexandrou calling on the state to take a tougher stance towards the UN. This follows recent incidents  with Turkish ...

The UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (Unficyp) is investigating Monday’s incident in Deneia, where a Turkish army officer allegedly threatened a farmer, while he was tending his field in ...

A Turkish army officer allegedly threatened a farmer in Deneia on Monday afternoon, while he was tending to his field in the buffer zone. Deneia community leader Charalambos Alexandrou said ...

The funeral of Turkish soldier Ugurcan Isik, who died near Morphou on Thursday when the military vehicle in which he was travelling overturned, took place in the Turkish city of ...

A Turkish soldier died and 11 more were injured on Thursday after a military vehicle overturned near Morphou. The vehicle was travelling towards Morphou from the village of Argaki. According to ...

The Republic of Turkey received a €9,000 fine on Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for the imprisonment of a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector. The ECtHR ruled that ...

Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Mustafa Hurben was released from prison on Thursday after completing his three-day sentence. He had been jailed on Tuesday after refusing to pay an 800TL (€24) fine ...

The law to formally hand over the operations of the north’s Gecitkale (Lefkoniko) airport to the Turkish army was unanimously approved in ‘parliament’ on Monday. The airport has been ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday warned there would be consequences, a day after armed soldiers carried out an incursion into the buffer zone at Ayios Dhometios in Nicosia to place ...

There are many sectors in which there can be close cooperation, Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said in an interview – in which he reiterated his position that in Cyprus there ...