Talks to form a new government in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) are to resume tomorrow, it has been announced. The leaders of the National Unity Party (UBP) and the People’s Party (HP), Ersin Tatar and Kudret Özersay respectively, will gather at noon along with their delegations in an attempt to thrash out […]
The widower of a woman of Turkish Cypriot heritage who was killed in the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack in London in March 2017 was denied legal aid at the inquest into her death, British media have reported. Mother-of-two Aysha Frade, the daughter of late Turkish Cypriot father Taylan Ahmet and Spanish mother Carmen Ahmet Caldelas, […]
Turkish Cypriot nationalists could take the helm of the government in North Cyprus after a fragile four-party coalition collapsed after just 15 months in office. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Finance Minister and Democrat Party (DP) leader Serdar Denktaş, son of the late TRNC President Rauf Denktaş, sparked the coalition’s downfall after announcing via […]
Claims that a former North Cyprus official close to veteran politician Serdar Denktaş demanded a $750,000 “bribe” from the head of the Turkish firm hired to redevelop the country’s main airport should be investigated, main opposition leader Ersin Tatar has said. Writing on his personal Facebook page yesterday, Mr Tatar – leader of the National […]
A major regeneration programme in Enfield, North London, which will eventually see the creation of 10,000 new homes is “back on track”, the borough’s leader has said. Labour’s Nesil Çalışkan, who is of Turkish Cypriot ethnicity, made the comments after Enfield Council named Galliford Try as the developers for the first phase of the Meridian […]
Britain has acted in an unbalanced way towards Turkish Cypriots since the start of its process to leave the European Union, North Cyprus Foreign Minister Kudret Özersay has said. During an exclusive interview with T-VINE marking the 15th anniversary of historic referendums in Cyprus which saw Turkish Cypriots vote in favour of the “Annan Plan” […]
The Council of Turkish Cypriot Associations and the Turkish Language and Education Consortium have announced a special competition for Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. This year, the day also celebrates the centenary of Turkish military commander Mustafa Kemal’s landing at Samsun on the Black Sea on 19 May 1919, which marked the start of the […]
A FORMER London based Turkish Cypriot journalist has been elected as a Liberal Democrat District councillor in South Norfolk in recent local elections. Suzanne Nuri-Nixon was elected for South Wymondham as both a Town and District councillor after the elections on Thursday, 2ndMay, which saw huge Conservative losses around the country. After counting was completed […]
A portrait of Ottoman ruler Süleyman the Magnificent has been sold for more than £5.3 million at an auction in London. The 500-year-old painting went under the hammer on Wednesday, 1 May, for a total of £5,323,500. That was more than 15 times the initial estimate of £250,000 to £350,000, according to auction house Sotheby’s. […]
The head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Cyprus courted controversy when he issued an anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Turkey, anti-TRNC Easter message, which also condemned Greek Cypriots who went shopping in North Cyprus and used Ercan airport. The diatribe by Archbishop Chrysostomos II, which sparked a storm of protest on social media, was issued on Easter […]
