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Turkey Proposes Halt to All Drilling Activities on Cyprus Until Island's Reunification

Responding to Italy's recent remarks that the EU should sanction Turkey for its behavior inside Cyprus' maritime borders, the Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a long statement on Thursday which basically asked Cyprus to stop its drilling activities. 'We consider the...

Turkish Cypriot Official Claims Ghost Town of Famagusta Will Reopen in Ten Years

Ersin Tatar, the so-called ''Prime Minister'' of the illegally occupied northern part of Cyprus said on Friday in Ankara that his ''administration's'' plan to re-open the fenced-off town of Varosha in Famagusta ''will be completed in the next ten...

Cyprus to Bring Turkish Plans for "Ghost Town" of Varosha to EU's Highest Level

The Republic of Cyprus is ready to place the issue of the illegal Turkish plans to occupy the ''ghost town' of Varosha, near the line that separates Cyprus, before the EU's highest level at the upcoming European Council, it was...

Turkish Defense Minister Says ''If Needed, Cyprus' 1974 Will Be Repeated''

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar made a provocative statement threatening the sovereignty of the Republic of Cyprus while speaking at a ceremony for the promotion of senior military personnel in Turkey on Friday. Speaking in front of the officers, Akar...

Turkish FM Says His Country Will Not Accept Usurpation of Turkish Cypriot Rights

The Turkish Foreign Minister Hulusi Akar was in the occupied part of Cyprus on Thursday, where he made a statement during a celebration of what the Turks call ''Erenköy Resistance.'' This refers to the battle of Tillyria, the armed...

President Erdogan Claims Peace in Cyprus Will Come Only with Protecting the Rights of Turkish Cypriots

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that stability in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean will come only by protecting the rights of Turkish Cypriots'. Speaking in front of Ambassadors during an event organized by the ruling Justice and...

Liturgy Celebrated in Turkish-Occupied Famagusta

Both Greek and Turkish Cypriots attended an Orthodox Liturgy in the occupied region of Famagusta on Sunday morning. It was the first time Greek Cypriots were able to attend a Liturgy in the church of Saint George Exorinos (Agios Georgios...

Cyprus Offers Aid to Turkish Cypriots After Floods

The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades recently telephoned the Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to express the Republic's readiness to provide help with  recent floods. Extreme weather has hit Cyprus this past week, particularly affecting the northern half...

Cyprus President Ready to Resume Turkish-Cypriot Talks

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, said he is ready to cooperate with the United Nations envoy with a view to resume ''a creative dialogue'' with prospects to resolve the Cyprus issue. ''For prospects to exist it...

Turkey Vows To Begin Drilling in Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone

The spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry Hami Aksoy stated that Turkey will start its own drilling operations in ''licensed areas of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus''. Aksoy was responding to a question regarding the commencement of drilling operations by the...