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Gazeteci • Journalist • Δημοσιογράφος 🗞️ Cyprus Mail
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.

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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...
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February 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by Tom Cleaver
Sports complex opened in Famagusta to honour children who died in earthquakes
Sports complex opened in Famagusta to honour children who died in earthquakes
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February 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨 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 ⚽️ ⬇️

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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 ...
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February 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🇵🇰 Pakistan continues its flirtation with recognising northern Cyprus, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying his country “fully supports the cause”.

Full story below ⬇️

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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...
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February 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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.

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‘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...
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February 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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 ⬇️

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‘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...
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January 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A “crime against humanity” is how 🇹🇷Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described Turkish Cypriots’ international isolation.

Read more on his visit to #Cyprus here ⬇️

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‘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...
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January 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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 ⬇️

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How Cyprus celebrated Carter’s victory in 1976
While Jimmy Carter’s election as president of the United States in 1976 may have been a close-run contest, it was greeted with almost unanimous elation in Cyprus. Church bells rang across the island t...
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December 30, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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 ⬇️

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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...
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December 30, 2024 at 7:11 AM
The new #EU commission took office today, and fisheries commissioner Costas Kadis was keen to stress the importance of his new brief ⬇️

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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...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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 ⬇️

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‘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 ...
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December 1, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Reposted by Tom Cleaver
Harmanci to ‘bring onto agenda’ plans for new crossing point in Nicosia’s old town
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...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The Americans are worried that there may be Hamas in Cyprus.

See what they’ve said here ⬇️

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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...
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November 28, 2024 at 1:35 PM
What’s in a name? #Cyprus interior ministry has decided that this local authority’s name is too long ⬇️
November 21, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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.

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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...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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.

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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...
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November 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
🚨 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

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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...
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November 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Reposted by Tom Cleaver
US change on Ukraine-Russia ‘could have positive impact’, Kombos says
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...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:52 PM
🚨BREAK: Three whole hours after resigning, Ziya Öztürkler is a candidate for the speakership once more
November 18, 2024 at 10:16 AM
🚨 BREAK: Ziya Öztürkler, the man the north’s ruling coalition claimed was parliament speaker, has resigned.
November 18, 2024 at 7:15 AM