Cyprus

TRNC leader says police averted Greek Cypriot attack on his car in London

Dozens of people try to prevent Ersin Tatar from entering King's College, where the TRNC president was going to attend a conference on Cyprus dispute — an incident condemned by Türkiye.

Turkish people's pain is Turkish Cypriots' pain: TRNC's President Tatar

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Ersin Tatar wishes a speedy recovery for all of the earthquake survivors during his visit to Türkiye's earthquake zone.

Türkiye's president meets Turkish Cypriot counterpart in Istanbul

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was among the first countries to send rescue teams and relief supplies after the devastating quakes.

European states call for stronger borders, migrant return deals

The EU is exploring ways for its border agency, Frontex, to operate in third-party states to dissuade migration.

Türkiye calls on UN, international community to recognise Northern Cyprus

The island has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, despite a series of diplomatic efforts by the UN to achieve a comprehensive settlement.

Türkiye slams renewed mandate of UN peacekeeping mission in Cyprus

The UNSC "insists on settlement models that have been tried and have failed many times," said the Turkish foreign ministry in a statement that followed the mission's extension.

UN chief once again fails to emphasise isolation of Turkish Cypriots: TRNC

UN report that the Greek Cypriot administration covering one-third of the peacekeeping force's budget is not only contrary to the "principle of neutrality of the UN" but manifests that the UN has become part of the problem in Cyprus, TRNC says.

Turkish Cypriots commemorate victims of 'Bloody Christmas' in London

Over 370 Turkish Cypriots were killed by a Greek Cypriot terrorist group during the infamous 1963 "Bloody Christmas" massacre.

'Bloody Christmas' in Cyprus continues to haunt people 59 years on

Greek Cypriot nationalist terror group EOKA killed over 370 Turkish Cypriots and displaced 25,000-30,000 during the Christmas season of 1963.

Tatar decries burning of TRNC flags by Greek Cypriots during protests

“Our flags and the TRNC are our sanctuaries," says Turkish Cypriot President Ersin Tatar.

Greece remembers the bloody suppression of the 1973 student uprising

November 17 commemorates a student occupation of the Athens Polytechnic University, which was brutally crushed by the military junta then ruling Greece, killing many protesters.

Turkish Cypriot president: TRNC recognition cannot be prevented

Ersin Tatar says the Turkish Cypriots will not step down from a two-state solution for the Cyprus dispute and welcomed the Organization of Turkic States's decision to admit TRNC as an observer state.