Tom Cleaver

Sports complex opened in Famagusta to honour children who died in earthquakes A new sports complex was opened at Famagusta’s Turk Maarif Koleji (TMK) school in honour of the 24 children who attended the school who died during the earthquakes which hit southeastern Turkey in Feb...

The 🇪🇺 #EU has funded the construction of a new sports complex in Famagusta, #Cyprus, built to honour the lives of the Cypriot children who were killed in the 2023 Turkey earthquakes.

cyprus-mail.com/2025/02/19/s...

Sports complex opened in Famagusta to honour children who died in earthquakes

Sports complex opened in Famagusta to honour children who died in earthquakes

North football club kicked out of association Turkish Cypriot football club Miracle Degirmenlik, based in the Nicosia district village of Kythrea, on Wednesday had their membership of the Cyprus Turkish Football Association (CTFA) suspended over ...

🚨 LONG READ 🚨

With Miracle Değirmenlik’s registration having been suspended by the #Cyprus Turkish Football Association, here’s the history of a turbulent relationship between a crypto firm and Turkish Cypriot football ⚽️ ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2025/02/19/n...

Pakistan ‘fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus’ Pakistan “fully supports the cause of northern Cyprus”, the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Thursday. “Turkey has always stood by the just cause of the people of occupied Jammu and Kas...

🇵🇰 Pakistan continues its flirtation with recognising northern Cyprus, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying his country “fully supports the cause”.

Full story below ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2025/02/13/p...

Asil Nadir dead Turkish Cypriot businessman Asil Nadir died on Thursday, just before 1pm. He was 83. MORE LATER

Asıl Nadir dead at 83.

cyprus-mail.com/2025/02/06/a...

‘We could open the Lympia crossing point in 10 days’ A planned crossing point linking the Nicosia district village of Lympia and the adjacent Turkish Cypriot village of Louroujina could be opened as quickly as 10 days after being given the go-ahead, Tur...

The campaign for a crossing point linking Louroujina and Lympia continues, with local mayor Ali Karavezirler saying he could open one in as little as 10 days if given the go-ahead.

cyprus-mail.com/2025/02/03/w...

‘Turkish Cypriots charged more for coffee than US congressmen’ Turkish Cypriots are paying more for a cup of coffee than United States congressmen, economist Mertkan Hamit said. In a social media post, he pointed out that an iced americano at the branch of intern...

How much are you paying for your morning #coffee? ☕️

If you’re a Turkish Cypriot, you’re probably paying more than some of the most powerful people in the world!

Read more here ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2025/01/09/t...

‘Isolation of the Turkish Cypriots is a crime against humanity’ The international isolation suffered by the Turkish Cypriot people since 1963 is a “crime against humanity”, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday. “Those who remain silent about this...

A “crime against humanity” is how 🇹🇷Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described Turkish Cypriots’ international isolation.

Read more on his visit to #Cyprus here ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2025/01/08/i...

Church bells rang and children paraded through the streets in Cyprus when Jimmy Carter was elected as US President in 1976 🇺🇸

Here’s the story of Cyprus’ brief love affair with the peanut farmer turned president ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2024/12/30/h...

Besiktas name Cypriot Adali as new chairman Turkish sporting giants Besiktas JK on Sunday night named Cypriot businessman Serdal Adali as the club’s new chairman. Adali secured a club record total of 8,901 votes among the club’s members, beatin...

A Cypriot, Serdal Adalı, is now at the helm of Beşiktaş JK, one of Turkey’s sporting giants.

Read more about him and about Beşiktaş’s history in Cyprus here ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2024/12/30/b...

EU commissioner Kadis stresses importance of role on first day in office European Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans Costas Kadis stressed the importance of his role on his first day in office on Sunday. Kadis, a Cypriot national, told newspaper Phileleftheros he consid...

The new #EU commission took office today, and fisheries commissioner Costas Kadis was keen to stress the importance of his new brief ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2024/12/01/e...

‘We should be building hospitals, not palaces’ Three and a half years since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood inside the former Dianellos cigarette factory which has functioned as the Turkish Cypriot legislature since 1974 and promised ...

Is the cart being put before the horse, or is this potential being fulfilled?

I spoke to the Turkish Cypriot great and good about the new palace ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2024/12/01/w...

Harmanci to ‘bring onto agenda’ plans for new crossing point in Nicosia’s old town Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci on Thursday said he plans to “bring onto the agenda” the possible opening of a second crossing point in the capital’s old town. Speaking to Kibris Postasi...

Harmanci to ‘bring onto agenda’ plans for new crossing point in Nicosia’s old town

American congressmen ask if Hamas is in northern Cyprus A group of 39 United States congressmen have penned a letter to the country’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking to clarify, among other things, whether Hamas is operating in northern Cyprus. T...

The Americans are worried that there may be Hamas in Cyprus.

See what they’ve said here ⬇️

cyprus-mail.com/2024/11/28/a...

What’s in a name? #Cyprus interior ministry has decided that this local authority’s name is too long ⬇️

North left parties trade blows over ‘speaker’ vote allegations Turkish Cypriot left-leaning political parties the CTP and the TDP traded blows on Wednesday night after the latter’s leader Zeki Celer alleged that CTP ‘MPs’ may have voted for the ruling coalition’s...

The gloves are off on the Turkish Cypriot left, as the CTP and the TDP go at each other over allegations of who voted for whom in Monday’s speaker election.

cyprus-mail.com/2024/11/21/n...

North ruling party up in arms over ‘Turkish intervention’ in local politics By Tom Cleaver Oguzhan Hasipoglu, the secretary-general of the largest party in the north’s three-party ruling coalition, the UBP, on Tuesday expressed his fury at Turkish intervention in local politi...

UBP secretary-general Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu has decried “Turkish intervention” in local politics after Turkish opposition CHP leader Özgür Özel’s statements about the CTP’s Tufan Erhürman this week.

cyprus-mail.com/2024/11/20/n...

Ozturkler elected as north ‘parliament speaker’ at sixth attempt Ziya Ozturkler was on Monday elected as the north’s ‘parliament speaker’ at the sixth attempt, bringing to an end a political crisis which lasted 42 days and saw 16 rounds of voting in ‘parliament’ an...

🚨 At long last, this 42-day political crisis is over. Ziya Öztürkler has been elected, and this time the votes are not up for debate #Cyprus

cyprus-mail.com/2024/11/18/n...

US change on Ukraine-Russia ‘could have positive impact’, Kombos says The United States’ decision to authorise Ukraine to use missiles supplied by them to fire on targets inside Russia “could have a positive impact in the defence of Ukraine”, Cypriot Foreign Minister Co...

US change on Ukraine-Russia ‘could have positive impact’, Kombos says

🚨BREAK: Three whole hours after resigning, Ziya Öztürkler is a candidate for the speakership once more

North ‘govt’s’ pick for ‘parliament speaker’ resigns Ziya Ozturkler, the man the north’s ruling coalition has claimed for a month was the north’s ‘parliament speaker’, on Monday announced that he had resigned from the post. He announced his resignation ...

Ziya Öztürkler resigns! Here’s the whole story and what may happen next. #Cyprus

cyprus-mail.com/2024/11/18/n...

🚨 BREAK: Ziya Öztürkler, the man the north’s ruling coalition claimed was parliament speaker, has resigned.