The Turkish president visited disputed northern Cyprus, which is occupied by Turkish forces, angering Cypriot and Greek officials and stoking a bitter conflict.
Erdogan says Cyprus to stay divided, visits ‘ghost town’ in Turkish-held north
Turkey’s president said he favours a permanent “two-state” division of Cyprus during a visit Sunday to the breakaway Turkish-held north condemned as a provocation by the internationally recognised …
The Latest: Cyprus Hit by Anti-Lockdown Protest, Detains 9
A Cyprus court has ordered nine people detained for three days on suspicion of smashing store fronts and hurling stones and Molotov cocktails at police following a rally against a regional lockdown in …
Turkey’s Erdogan calls for ‘two-state solution’ in Cyprus
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says talks about the divided island of Cyprus should aim for a settlement between two separate states. Erdogan made his comments while attending a picnic in …
Erdogan backs two-state Cyprus deal, puts talks in doubt
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to throw into doubt a new bid to restart dormant Cyprus reunification talks, saying Sunday that a two-state deal rather …
Turkey’s Erdogan says Cyprus made up of ‘two separate states’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday he favours a permanent division of Cyprus into two states, during a visit to the breakaway Turkish-held north decried as a “provocation” by the …
Erdogan visits breakaway Northern Cyprus after ally wins vote
Turkish President Erdogan visited breakaway Northern Cyprus on Sunday to meet its newly elected leader who backs his call for a “two-state” solution to the divided island’s five-decade conflict if U.N …
Another group of Syrian refugees arrives in Cyprus
(Xinhua) — Twenty-four Syrian refugees arrived on a small boat in Cyprus on Saturday, two days after a group of 18 arrived in the same area of the northern coast of the island, police said in a …
What does Ersin Tatar’s win mean for Northern Cyprus?
Cypriot president Nikos Anastasiades is in uncharted waters. He is still hoping for progress in United Nations-sponsored talks to reunify the island, but the newly-elected leader of the Turkish …
Erdogan plans ‘picnic’ in symbolic Cyprus ghost town
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is planning a controversial “picnic” Sunday in a once-famed Cyprus resort that has been left to rot since its Greek Cypriot inhabitants fled advancing Turkish …