North Cyprus’ left wing opposition parties emerged victorious from Sunday’s Local Elections, after their candidates came first in the three big Mayoral races. Incumbent Mehmet Harmancı of the Communal Democracy Party (TDP) won comfortably in the capital Lefkoşa, while candidates for the main opposition Republican Turkish Party, Murat Şenkul and Süleyman Uluçay, won hard fought […]
Local elections are taking place across North Cyprus on Sunday 24 June to determine the new leaders and councillors for 28 councils. Voting will open at 8am and end at 6pm, with a maximum of 191,153 voters able to cast their votes at one of 734 polling stations. A total of 111 candidates are […]
The Mayor of Lefkoşa has made good on his pledge to close down night clubs that are suspected of operating as brothels. Although Mayor Mehmet Harmancı has steadfastly refused to renew the licences of four late night cabaret joints after they expired in November 2016, Crazy, King, Freedom and Fly clubs have all continued […]
President Mustafa Akıncı was among 2,500 runners who took part in this year’s Lefkoşa Marathon on Sunday 23 Oct. This year’s event was in aid of the Kemal Saraçoğlu Leukaemia Children and Fight Against Cancer Trust (Kemal Saraçoğlu Lösemili Çocuklar ve Kanserle Savaş Vakfı), with the President among those helping to raise money and awareness […]
