The ECHR applicants were 17 Cypriot nationals of Greek-Cypriot origin, living in Nicosia, Limassol, Lakatamia and Larnaca. They were complaining that they’d been deprived of the use of their property and/or access to their homes in northern Cyprus as a result of the Turkish military operations in July and August 1974 and the division... »
Karpaz Gate Marina is currently being constructed by Sea-Alliance Group Ltd, a maritime services operation specialising in marina developments according to Britain’s All At Sea Newspaper is to be “enhanced significantly to provide the very best repair and refit facilities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).” This facility will open up the Karpas... »
Editor: “Mastakounas Evaggelos” has re-written his previous article and added several new observations. If an outsider wanted to look at the Cyprus issue from an “everyday” Greek-Cypriot’s point of view, one has to take into account the fact that nothing that has, or will be placed on the negotiating table is considered fair by a... »
Who’s to blame: scale of disaster dwarfed by nagging question of responsibility – President Talat blamed the flood disaster on the “greed” of those who built in ravines. 7 patients died of “natural causes” at Lefkoşa State Hospital which was without power because back-up generators in the basement were damaged through flooding. Editor: several... »
No one can deny that the Turkish intervention in 1974 had some legitimate pretext to it. It “intervened” because forces outside the control of what was then part of the RoC (i.e. GC controlled) took over and were clearly posing a (potential) threat to TCs. The junta, however, was not our choice, it was... »
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to a group of Cypriot journalists in Istanbul, explaining that Turkey had no hidden agenda as far as Cyprus was concerned. He asked Greek Cypriots to overcome their mistrust of Turkey and accept that whatever decision over Cyprus’ future Cypriots came to, Turkey would accept them. This interview... »
With the legal floodgates now open following the recent spate of court rulings on the Cyprus property dispute, human rights group Embargoed! will be hosting a series of seminars on the issue between 15-16 March 2010. Titled “Solving the Cyprus Property Conundrum”, the seminars will review this complicated and emotionally charged issue, with the... »
