Türkiye and Bulgaria are pressing ahead with plans for a new border checkpoint exclusively for heavy goods vehicles in an effort to relieve chronic congestion at Kapıkule–Kapitan Andreevo, one of the world’s busiest land crossings.Officials from the two neighbouring countries inspected the proposed...
Turkish Cypriot entertainment venue La Nouba has accused international festival giant EXIT of an “unjustified breach of contract” over its unilateral withdrawal from a major music event in North Cyprus, and has warned it could seek substantial financial compensation over the cancellation.The strongl...
A senior Azerbaijani diplomat in London has accused The Guardian of presenting a misleading and one-sided picture of the former Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict in its review of a new documentary about Karabakh.Günel Salimova, Counsellor at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London, challenged the newspap...
Türkiye international Arda Güler has received UEFA’s Champions League Revelation of the Season award, recognising the Real Madrid midfielder as one of the outstanding breakthrough players of the 2025-26 campaign.The 21-year-old was presented with the trophy at the Santiago Bernabéu on Tuesday, 8 Sep...
Azerbaijan is again acting as an intermediary between Türkiye and Israel as relations between the two regional powers deteriorate, with their competing interests in Syria raising growing fears of an accidental – or potentially deliberate – military confrontation.Baku has been using its unusually str...
A UK-based Turkish Cypriot campaign group has launched an international petition calling for an end to the political exclusion of Turkish Cypriot children and athletes from sport, following attempts to stop a Barça Academy football camp from taking place in North Cyprus.Turkish Cypriots Exist (TCE)...
A 10-year-old British Turkish Cypriot has been crowned European Champion after a dramatic season-long battle against some of the continent’s leading young karting talents.London-based Ilyas Sami secured the 2026 IAME Euro Series X30 Mini Championship following the fourth and final round of the...
A senior commander of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said nearly 26,000 members of the Kurdish movement and affiliated armed groups have died during five decades of conflict and insurgency, as Türkiye and the PKK take unprecedented steps towards bringing their long-running confrontation to a...
An Open Letter to the President and Decision-Makers of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Days after the French authorities approved the extradition warrant for a Lithuanian woman wanted by the Republic of Cyprus in connection with her work in the North Cyprus property sector, the Greek Cy...
The Republic of Azerbaijan has launched a defamation lawsuit against CNN in the United States, accusing the American news giant of falsely reporting that Baku allowed Israeli forces to use Azerbaijani territory to conduct military and intelligence operations against neighbouring Iran.The case centre...
