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Turkey top of table after back-to-back wins at Euro 2020 qualifiers

Wins over Andorra on Saturday and Moldova on Tuesday evening saw Turkey rise to the top of Group H in their Euro 2020 campaign. Turkey turned in a lacklustre performance against the group’s weakest opponents Andorra at home in Istanbul at the weekend. Although dominating for large spells, the Tur...

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Cyprus artworks and recordings hidden for nearly 50 years to go on show

Paintings and audio-visual recordings that have been gathering dust for almost five decades are to go on show in Cyprus at an exhibition, it has been announced. They will be displayed to the public for the first time since 1974, the United Nations spokesperson in Cyprus said on behalf of the isla...

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TRNC London Rep tells British MPs: There is no “invasion” and “occupation” of Cyprus – Turkey acted lawfully in 1974

I would like to take this opportunity to address the ill-informed and distorted comments made by seventeen Members of Parliament of the United Kingdom in a video published by the “National Federation of Cypriots in the UK” on the anniversary of the 1974 Peace Operation in Cyprus. As it has become...

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Women’s EuroVolley 2019: Turkey in semis after beating the Netherlands

Turkey’s ‘Sultans of the Net’ advanced to the last four of the European Volleyball Championships with a convincing win over the Netherlands on Wednesday evening. Cheered on by 12,000 fans at the Ankara Sports Hall, the national women’s side put in a commanding performance to beat the much-fancied...

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Turkey wins thriller against Croatia to progress to quarter-finals of European Women’s Volleyball

Turkey have made it through to the quarter-finals of the Women’s European Volleyball Championships following a hard-fought victory over Croatia in Ankara on Sunday. The national team scored a thrilling 3-2 win in a rollercoaster ride that lasted for more than two hours in front of 8,000 flag-wavi...

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Turkish scientist’s epilepsy discovery gives new hopes for treatment

A research team in Norway led by a Turkish scientist has shed new light on what could be happening to the human brain during an epileptic seizure – providing new hope for treatment. A study by the Yaksi group at Trondheim’s Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), headed by Professo...

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Why the second phase of Turkey’s Peace Operation in Cyprus was necessary

On 14 August, 1974, Turkey commenced the second phase of its military intervention in Cyprus. The order was famously given in a coded message referring to the daughter of the then Foreign Affairs Minister Turan Güneş. “Tell Mr Güneş that Ayşe can go on holiday,” was the secret signal given by the...

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Sydney stabbing: Turkish Cypriot man arrested after city centre rampage that left one woman dead

A 20-year-old man taken into custody on Tuesday afternoon following the stabbing of two women in Sydney, Australia, has been named by police as Mert Ney. He said to be Australian born and of Turkish Cypriot heritage. Ney was apprehended by three passers-by on Wynyard Street, in the city centre, w...

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Ten kidnapped Turkish sailors return home in time for Bayram

Ten men kidnapped while working on the Turkish-flagged ship Paksoy-1 that was sailing from Cameroon to the Ivory Coast have been freed. They were reconciled with their families after flying into Istanbul Airport earlier today, Sunday 11 August - the first day of Kurban Bayramı. The men, who are all...

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EU condemned over action against Turkey following East Med drilling activities

Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots were united in condemnation of the European Union after the bloc announced a series of measures designed to punish Turkey over its drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. TRNC (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus) President Mustafa Akıncı, Prime Minister Ers...

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