Turkish Cypriots have taken to social media to thank a Dutch Member of Parliament who visited the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus recently. Liane den Haan, a newly elected independent politician, tweeted a photo of herself with the TRNC Tourism Minister Fikri Ataoğlu on 12 August. She added the...
It’s been a week since the curtain went down on the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, and there are still so many brilliant memories from this incredible sporting extravaganza to process. There was joy when Mete Gazoz took the gold in the men's individual archery. Gazoz, 22, beat Italy's Mauro Nespoli...
A deal appears to have been struck with the authorities in South Cyprus to provide electricity to the power grid in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus for a week as emergency cover. For days, Turkish Cypriots have endured multiple power cuts due to outages at one of its big power stations. The...
Differences for those living in the north and south of Cyprus have come to the fore on multiple occasions during the coronavirus pandemic, and it does so again over the issue of Covid-19 vaccination certificates. With the United Kingdom choosing to keep Turkey on its high risk Red country list an...
The captain of an oil tanker has been given a one month prison sentence by a Greek Cypriot court in Larnaca for docking his ship at a port in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus. According to a report in Kathimerini, the captain of the Malta-flagged Red Garnet was arrested on Sunday morning at t...
There was delight in North Cyprus and Nigeria after Ese Brume won a bronze medal in the Women’s Long Jump at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games on Tuesday. The Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) student claimed third place with a jump of 6.97m – and Nigeria’s first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Games....
It took eight days for Azerbaijan to win its first medal of the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games, which came on Friday courtesy of Iryna Kindzerska, who won bronze in Judo. Forty eight hours later, boxer Alfonso Dominguez claimed a second bronze medal for Azerbaijan. Kindzerska was up against Xu Shian...
Mete Gazoz has won Turkey’s first-ever Olympic archery medal. The talented 22-year-old beat veteran Italian Mauro Nespoli in a thrilling five-set final to take gold on Saturday. The win also marked Turkey’s first gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The new Men's Olympic Archery Champion said: “...
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu. Ever heard of him? Chances are you haven’t, as he’s not a household Turkish name. Yet. The reality is that unless you’re a keen follower of motorsport, and motorcycle racing in particular, sadly up-and-coming Turkish sportsman such as Toprak tend to go unnoticed by our media...
The world’s biggest retailer of modest fashion has criticised the European Court of Justice’s decision to uphold an employer’s right to ban religious garments, including headscarves. Modanisa claimed the decision “ will disproportionately impact Muslim women”. The ECJ said that its ruling, made l...
