Akinci Meets with Livestock Breeders Delegation
President Mustafa Akıncı is meeting with a delegation of five members of the Animal Husbandry Union headed by union leader Mustafa Naimoğulları (photo left). The farmers have been blocking Lefkoşa with their tractors for three days, demanding a meeting with the President. They are protesting against the effects of the devaluation of the Turkish lira […]
Trade Unions March in Protest in Lefkoşa
The trade union platform organised a “March of Social Existence” in Lefkoşa and voiced its belief that reunifying Cyprus under a federal umbrella would solve the people’s problems. Taking part were the United Cyprus Party, the New Cyprus Party and the Socialist Liberation Party New Forces. Around 500 people took to the streets. Representative for […]
Turkish Cypriot Spy Remains in Custody
A seventy year-old man who was remanded in custody on charges of taking photographs of a military base on behalf of a foreign country appeared at military court today. Mehmet Besimoğlu was arrested on August 28 for taking photographs at the military unit in Famagusta Harbour. Police officer Lieutenant Yücetürk noted that Besimoğlu had taken […]