Careless Driver Gets Five Years Jail Sentence
A driver who was arrested and charged with causing the deaths of two others has been sentenced to five years imprisonment. The trial of Harun Reşit Çetin, who was detained for causing a traffic accident in which two people were killed and two others were injured on the Tatlısu-Girne main road on 15 June this […]
Mediterranean Becoming Dumping Ground
A study by the World Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has revealed that the Mediterranean, where approximately 450 million people live in coastal and surrounding countries, is rapidly turning into a dump for plastic waste. Around 230,000 tons of plastic waste is dumped into the Mediterranean annually from 33 countries that have a coast […]
Turkish Delegation Inspects Maraş/Varosha
A delegation from the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning paid a visit to Maraş/Varosha. The visit was made to assess the feasibility of reconstruction projects in the fenced-off suburb of Famagusta, which has been closed since 1974. Many of the buildings are dilapidated and have been looted in the past. Just prior to […]
School Closes After Teacher Tests Positive
Değirmenlik Primary School has been closed as a precaution after a teacher tested positive for Covid-19. Stating that all of the students and other teachers at the school were tested and the results were negative, the Head of the Primary Education Department Hakkı Başarı stated that teaching had been suspended for the whole school. Noting […]
Turkish Lira Continues to Fall
The depreciation of the Turkish lira against foreign currency continues. The British pound and US dollar reached their highest values against the Turkish lira in the last ten years. US DOLLAR The US dollar rate, which started October at 7.73/ TL, fell last month to 7.6335/TL on October 1, and rose to 8.2360/TL as of […]