A sad day for Turkey
By Alon Ben-Meir The razor-thin victory (51.3% to 48.7%) of Turkey’s President Erdogan in the referendum held on April 16 in fact denies Erdogan the...
Turkish referendum
Our View: Erdogan’s narrow victory sees him down but not out
PRESIDENT Tayyip Erdogan won Sunday’s referendum but he could not have been happy with the margin of his victory. Only 51 per cent of the...
‘Stability needs to prevail in Turkey,’ says spokesman
IF Turkey wants to contribute to the Cyprus peace talks, it will not create any problems in the Republic of Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone, because...
Law violated at referendum – Turkish bar association
A last-minute decision by Turkey’s electoral board to allow unstamped ballots in Sunday’s referendum was clearly against the law, prevented proper records being kept, and...
Low show for Turkish referendum vote in north
LESS than half of Turkish citizens living in the north cast their vote during the five-day ballot for the referendum on constitutional amendments in Turkey, it...
Turkish troops could be a fraction of the 40,000 claimed
Turkish troops in Cyprus could number as few as 15,000, as opposed to the 40,000 figure commonly cited by Cypriot officials, unofficial estimates based on...
‘Shared expectation’ that talks will restart soon
President Nicos Anastasiades said Wednesday’s meeting with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres was “very constructive” and that he was fully satisfied. He was...
Erdogan says apology from Netherlands not enough, attacks Merkel (Update 2)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday a diplomatic row with the Netherlands could not be dismissed with an apology and warned of further possible...
Despite crackdown, Erdogan’s victory is not assured
Reasonable people have long believed that the first person in a conversation to mention Adolf Hitler or the Nazis loses the argument. Turkey’s President...
European cities scramble to stop Turkish referendum rallies
By Thomas Escritt and Shadia Nasralla Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will not be allowed to campaign for votes among expat Turks during a visit...
Tsipras: we have not lost hope for a solution (Updated)
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday said there was no reason to lose hope when it came to the negotiations but was clear that...
Turkish tensions with Europe risk spilling into Switzerland
By Michael Shields Neutral Switzerland risks getting swept up in Turkey’s political row with European countries as Swiss authorities weigh how to handle Turks’ requests...
Eide returns after conspicuous absence, but no signal on future of talks (Updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades will meet on Friday morning with UN envoy Espen Barth Eide, who has been conspicuously silent throughout the recent crisis between...
