Car bomb claims the lives of off-duty soldiers in Turkey
Turkey sustained another bomb attack when a suicide car bomb blast killed 13 soldiers and injured 48 others today in the city of Kayseri. The attack was targeting a bus carrying military personnel, the...
View ArticleTurkish mainland having problems with no DST
Turkish mainlanders are still trying to adjust to the Turkish government’s decision not to implement daylight saving time (DST). A variety of ideas have been prompted on how to deal with challenges...
View ArticleDisagreement on who should attend conference on security and guarantees
The two sides in the Cyprus negotiations cannot agree on who should attend the Cyprus Summit in Geneva in January. The Turkish Cypriots sides wants the guarantor states and the EU to be present at the...
View ArticleBenefits of Cyprus settlement will extend beyond the island
President Mustafa Akıncı emphasised that a positive outcome of the settlement talks will have implications beyond the borders of Cyprus. Stating that cooperation and co-development will eliminate...
View ArticleRussian Ambassador to Turkey shot in Ankara – Updated
The Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, has been killed after being shot at an art exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Russian embassy sources have confirmed to Hurriyet. Believed to...
View ArticleGovernment alters working hours with union agreement
Deputy PM and Minister of Finance Serdar Denktaş has announced that the government and trade unions have come to an agreement over working hours. The unions had been staging strikes over the past two...
View ArticleAkinci has phone conversation with Biden
President Mustafa Akinci held a telephone conversation with the US Vice President Joe Biden last week. During the telephone conversation that lasted close to half hour, the latest phase of the Cyprus...
View ArticleFoundation laid for new car factory in TRNC
The foundation for the techno park factory where the first Günsel brand car to be manufactured in the TRNC, was laid. “The Near East University’s Innovation Centre, the AR-GE team and the Automotive...
View ArticleLast chance for Cyprus settlement: Akinci
The five-party conference on Cyprus set to take place on 12th January in Geneva will be the last opportunity for a solution in Cyprus. If there is no settlement, there will be no attempt to try again...
View ArticleFETO believed to have plotted Russian envoy’s murder
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told his US counterpart John Kerry that both Turkey and Russia “know” that FETO were behind the the fatal shooting of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey...
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First road tunnel under Bosphorus opened
The Eurasia Tunnel, the first ever road tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, was officially opened on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister...
View ArticleSales of fish farm products to the south begin in 2017
The sale of fish farm products from the TRNC to south Cyprus will be launched at the start of 2017. Efforts made by the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce (KTTO), have resulted in a new agreement to...
View ArticleDetention orders issued against three army officers in the TRNC
A detention order has been issued against three high ranking army officers in the TRNC by the Turkish Armed Forces on the mainland. The three officers are suspected of having links with FETO because...
View Article21-25 December Struggle and Martyrs Remembrance Week began
The 21st to 25th December Struggle and Martyrs Remembrance Week began on Wednesday with a wreath laying ceremony at the Martyrs Monument in Nicosia. President Mustafa Akinci also attended the event,...
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Extreme weather conditions topple Kyrenia harbour beacon
Strong winds, hail and rain has been battering the northern and eastern coastline. Trees were uprooted and the beacon at the entrance of the old harbour in Kyrenia was destroyed this morning as a...
View ArticleTrade with south Cyprus increased
Trade between north and south Cyprus, in accordance with the Green Line Regulation has increased this year, according to figures produced by the Turkish Cypriot Chamber of Commerce. Sales of products...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly approves 2017 budget
The TRNC assembly approved the budget for 2017 which is anticipated to be 5 billion 700 thousand TL. Twenty seven representatives voted in favour of the budget, 17 against and 6 others abstained....
View ArticleBoth sides working hard to achieve a solution: Eide
UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide met with President Mustafa Akinci on Wednesday. After the meeting, Eide told reporters that when looking at global developments, the...
View ArticleGreece needs to be more realistic about the guarantees issue
“The most realistic thing is peace. Greece should focus on the security issue on the axis of peace policies. Greece’s approach on the issue of guarantees and security should be directed towards ‘a...
View ArticleState-run broadcaster BRTK celebrates its 53rd year
Prime Minister Huseyin Ozgurgun met with Bayrak Radio Television Corporation’s Board of Directors who were making a series of visits to state and government officials on the occasion of the...
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