A street in the occupied town of Varoshia in northern Cyprus has been renamed by the occupying Turkish regime to the name of the Turkish Chief of the General Staff that orchestrated…
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The international NEPOMAK Cypriot organization is once again raising funds – this time for the very few Greeks who still live in occupied northern Cyprus. After the 1974 Turkish invasion of northern…
“Authorise direct flights from the United Kingdom to North Cyprus (TRNC).” This was the name of a petition put forward to the UK government and parliament by Hasan Ozkoc. The UK government’s…
A frustrated representative of the ruling party of Turkey has commented on the situation with Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean, unleashing new threats on Greece. In particular, Ömer Çelik unleashed new threats…
“This year, on the sad anniversary of the 20th of July, we are facing an unprecedentedly escalating Turkish aggression, which is manifesting itself throughout the Eastern Mediterranean region,” President Katerina Sakellaropoulou said…
On July 20, 1974, at 5:20am, 40,000 Turkish troops landed and invaded northern Cyprus after last-minute talks in the Greek capital, Athens, failed to reach a solution. The Turkish troops under the…
The leader of the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus, Mustafa Akıncı has proposed that soldiers from Turkey be replaced by a common force that would also include Greek and British soldiers, according…
Students of African descent studying and living in the Turkish-occupied territories of northern Cyprus have complained about “institutional racism” from the Turks, Sigma Live reported. Protests were staged by Voices of International…
A Turkish official said that his country will react if Greece builds a border wall. Egemen Bağış, Turkish Ambassador to Prague and former Minister of EU Affairs, made the threats on Turkish…
Since 2017, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan belongs to, has spent $46 million on infrastructure for a national park in memory of the Battle…
By continuing to occupy large areas of Cyprus, Syria and Iraq, funding jihadists groups in Syria and Libya, maintaining military bases in Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, and violating Greece’s…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has already survived one coup attempt against him in 2016 that he blames on his ex-ally, Fethullah Gülen, who leads FETO Islamic movement. Now, with the Turkish…
Daily air violations of Greek airspace, the continued occupation of northern Cyprus, a failed invasion of Syria’s Idlib province, funding of the losing Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, and overseas military bases in…
The Turkish lira has crashed to a record low – at time of publication it was 7.24 liras to the U.S. Dollar. Turkey’s three largest banks, Garanti, Akbank and İşbank are on…
President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiadis and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı who supports the unification of Cyprus and opposes Turkey’s influence on the island, discussed developments about the spread…
Turkey’s violations of Greece’s airspace are a reality that has occurred unabated on a daily basis for many years in a row. Even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Turkey has…
Turkish newspaper Milliyet has reported that a team of military experts from Turkey are in occupied northern Cyprus, exploring options for the establishment of a naval base. The provocative announcement follows the…
An object that appears to be a Russian S-200 missile struck the illegally occupied Northern Cyprus early on Monday morning. The missile landed near a village located between the Turkish Cypriot capital…
The editor of online Turkish newspaper Yeni Şafak, has called for Turkey to establish a naval base in the occupied north of Cyprus in a provocative editorial published on Tuesday. The editorial…