‘Top secret’ plan for settling north post-invasion
Part of a ‘top secret’ plan on how to settle the north of the island in the wake of the 1974 Turkish invasion was published...
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Stateless children: the fight for Cyprus citizenship
Small victory for children born of Turks and Turkish Cypriots, but still a long legal battle ahead By Esra Aygin A recent court decision about...
Politics overshadow Turkish Cypriots’ fight for citizenship
But a recent Cyprus court ruling may pave the way for Turkish Cypriots to take their cause to the European Court of Human Rights ...
Study gauges political gap between TCs and settlers
The majority of Turkish Cypriots favour a federal settlement in Cyprus as the strongest option while Turkish settlers prefer annexation by Ankara as the best...
North’s population tops 350 thousand
The population in the north has reached 351,000, according to Turkish Cypriot media reports on Monday but they gave no indication of how many were...
AG clears Archbishop of ‘hate speech’, Kisa to file private criminal case (Update)
Attorney-general (AG) Costas Clerides has shot down a complaint lodged by a local NGO against Archbishop Chrysostomos for remarks he made regarding Turkish settlers in...
Diko attempt to debate settlers’ issue in House shot down
A majority of the House plenum on Friday rejected a proposal by Diko leader Nicolas Papadopoulos to discuss the issue of settlers – mainland Turks...
Anastasiades says fatigue caused slip up on Turkish settler numbers
Only some 40,000 settlers from mainland Turkey will remain on the island post-settlement, President Nicos Anastasiades clarified on Monday. Anastasiades added that he “misspoke” a...
North issuing ‘citizenship’ to 500 settlers a month (Updated)
Reports from the north that Turkish Cypriot ‘authorities’ were granting 500 ‘citizenship’ a month to Turkish settlers caused a storm of outrage among Greek Cypriot...
Davutoglu wants to give ‘citizenship’ to another 26,500 settlers
During his visit to the island on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu asked the Turkish Cypriot side to grant Turkish Cypriot ‘citizenship’ to another...
