Turkish Cypriot

Turkey has condemned recent moves by Cyprus to search for hydrocarbon reserves off the island and to hold talks with international energy companies on exploration and call on Nicosia to stop acting like the sole owners of the island's...

Cyprus reunification talks are at a standstill after Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci decided not to participate in Thursday's scheduled meeting, Reuters says. The reason cited is the commemoration by Greek Cypriots of a plebiscite on union with Greece more...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu arrived late Monday night at the occupied northern part of Cyprus to meet with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and hold a press conference. The visit comes after the sudden withdrawal of Akinci from peace...

The presentation of maps of Cyprus by the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot sides in Geneva was one of several since the Turkish invasion on July 20, 1974. The first presentation of a territorial proposal was as early as 1974,...

The second part of the conference on the unification of Cyprus is underway in Geneva, with the discussion between President Nicos Anastasiades, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and the island's three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey, and the UK). The foreign...

There will be no conference in Geneva on Thursday if the Turkish side presents a map asking for 29.2% of Turkish Cypriot territory, according to a Cyprus News Agency report. The Greek Cypriot proposal is for 28.2%, as opposed to...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday challenged the flag of Cyprus, showing unwillingness to solve the 42-year-old Cyprus issue. The Turkish president spoke at the "7th Bosphorus Summit" on "world’s future and smart economy" and touched on the Cyprus...

The Turkish Cypriot administration has opposed a proposal by Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades for the deployment of 2,500 EU police officers to operate in divided Cyprus, according to Hurriyet Daily News. The proposal says that the European Union police force...

Morphou "is not and will never become a bargaining chip," says the Mayor of the Turkish-occupied city, Charalambos Pittas, in reply to statements from the Turkish-Cypriot side. Hüseyin Özgürgün, the self-styled "prime minister" of the illegal regime on the island's Turkish-occupied...

The expectations for a more positive approach by new Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to the Cyprus problem are not justified, nor is the climate of euphoria over the Turkish stance, Greek Cypriot President of the House of Representatives...