Man Suspected of Murdering Local Artist Arrested

North Cyprus News - Hasan Ozgocmen - Murder

Pakistani national Muhammad Salaman, suspected of murdering local Turkish Cypriot artist Hasan Hasan Işık Özgöçmen has been arrested by police in Limassol. Özgöçmen’s body was discovered in a wooded area in Iskele on 30 September. He had been beaten and strangled with his own belt. Police checked security camera footage in the local area which […]

Both Cypriot Community Leaders to Meet Next Week

North Cyprus News -Anastasiades - Akinci

President Mustafa Akinci will meet with President Nicos Anastasiades on Friday 26 October in the UN buffer zone in Nicosia. The meeting will be hosted by UN Secretary-General’s special representative in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar. President Anastasiades responded to Akinci’s request to meet him before he leaves for Istanbul on 29 October. President Akinci wants to […]

Turkish Navy Defends Seismic Survey Vessel ‘Barbaros’

North Cyprus News - Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha

The Turkish navy has intercepted a Greek warship as it harassed a Turkish seismic vessel off Cyprus, local media reports say. On Thursday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported that Turkey’s first seismic vessel ‘Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa’ was harassed by a Greek naval frigate during its ongoing surveys offshore Cyprus. An undisclosed number of warships of Turkey’s […]

PM Erhurman Visits Aplic Border Crossing

North Cyprus News - Erhurman - Aplic

Prime Minister Tufan Erhurman paid a visit to the Aplic-Lefke border checkpoint on Wednesday. Work on both Aplic and Derinya border crossing points have been completed, he said. Referring to the recent statements made by President Mustafa Akinci who has said: “We will be ready for the opening of these two crossing points right after […]

Akinci Asks to Meet Anastasiades Prior to Istanbul Trip

North Cyprus News - Mustafa Akinci

President Mustafa Akinci has been invited by Turkey to visit Istanbul on 29 October to attend the opening ceremony of Istanbul’s new airport, the name of which has not been announced yet. Meanwhile, Akinci has sent a message to President Anastasiades through Elizabeth Spehar, Head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus. He said […]