The UK’s biggest umbrella body for Turkish Cypriots, the Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA), has a new head. Kenan Nafi’s candidacy was unopposed and he was formally elected President of the voluntary managed organisation at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Sunday, 14 May. Nafi will serve a two-year term as President. He […]
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations (CTCA) held an important workshop on 23 October 2022 with our member schools. We all agreed that we are at a time of great danger for the future of our schools and the Turkish education of our children. Despite the heroic efforts of many volunteer staff and teachers, who […]
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA) has a new president after a closely contested election where the incumbent Ayşe Osman lost by one vote to Fahri Zihni, the chair of CTCA member association Embargoed!. Zihni secured 25 member votes to Osman’s 24 at the CTCA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place on […]
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations UK (CTCA) has launched a campaign to stop plans for commercial and residential development on Turkish Cypriot property in Britain’s Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) in Cyprus, calling the plans “unlawful”. The CTCA accuses the UK government of “deliberately undermining” Turkish Cypriot legal and political rights in order to move […]
Next month, the national football team of North Cyprus will be competing in the Paddy Power 2018 CONIFA World Cup in London. The team, one of 16 to take part, will be playing its group matches at Enfield Town in North London. The tournament starts on 31 May and is organised by the Confederation of […]
Dear T-VINE, President Mustafa Akinci of North Cyprus was elected to office in April 2015 with a popular 60.5 per cent of the vote and he immediately took on a new mission to seek reconciliation between the two main communities of Cyprus — Greek and Turkish. Sadly, recent talks between him and his Greek Cypriot counterpart […]
Turkish Cypriot pressure group Embargoed!, has written to EU Commissioners challenging the appointment of Bureau Veritas as controllers of the TRNC’s vital hellim trade. The UK-based group says the PDO process should be suspended immediately because of the lack of consultation with Turkish Cypriots, which puts the EU in breach of its own rules. Exact […]
TRNC Foreign Minister Emine Çolak said this week that if the issue of hellim cheese is resolved as a confidence building measure (CMB), with economic benefit to both sides, it will enhance the negotiation process. Any other strategy could have a negative impact on the Talks, which are currently progressing positively, she said. At a […]
