A trial into whether the owners of Isias Hotel in Adıyaman are culpable after it collapsed killing 72 people — including a group of schoolchildren from North Cyprus — following a massive earthquake in southeast Turkiye last February, has got underway. TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel is among a delegation of some one hundred Turkish […]
Leading figures from the ruling right-wing political parties in Turkiye and Azerbaijan have signed a co-operation agreement with their Turkish Cypriot peers. The agreement, signed in Lefkoşa / North Nicosia on Tuesday, 14 November, aims to further political relations between the Turkish countries under the motto of “3 states, one nation.” Prime Minister Ünal Üstel […]
Local elections in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus will be held on Sunday, 25 December, with election rules hampering Christmas Day celebrations for the country’s many international residents of Christian heritage. The local elections were originally scheduled for June of this year, but challenges to the government’s reforms to merge some local authorities and […]
Over one hundred journalists in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus have staged a peaceful demonstration against the government’s proposal to resurrect British colonial era laws that would limit freedom of speech against the head of state. Organised by the Turkish Cypriot Journalists Association (TCJA), journalists of all ages, including veterans Hasan Hastürer and Süleyman […]
All Covid-19 health notices will be in both English and Turkish from today. The change follows a directive from Ünal Üstel, the newly appointed Health Minister for the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). Since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020, tens of thousands of international students and residents in North Cyprus were […]
The Transport Ministry for the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) has stepped in to end confusion about whether international students can fly to Ercan Airport from countries with a major outbreak of mutant coronavirus. Foreign students from high risk countries, including South Africa, who are studying at TRNC universities are now explicitly included in […]
The election of Ersin Tatar as President of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) has left behind not one, but two vacancies: TRNC Prime Minister and leader of the National Unity Party (UBP). Five candidates have put themselves forward to be the next UBP leader. The winning candidate will not only head North Cyprus’ […]
Ünal Üstel, the Minister for Tourism and the Environment, has been removed from his post by Ersin Tatar, the Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). The Prime Minister made the announcement on Friday, naming Kutlu Evren as his replacement. Mr Üstel’s position had become untenable after he was implicated in the […]
