Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu
UN Cyprus envoy in Ankara for talks with Turkish top diplomat
A senior U.N. envoy with a special task on reporting about whether there is ground for a new initiative to resolve the decades-old Cyprus problem has held talks with senior Turkish officials in Ankara, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
Turkish Cyprus hosts joint drills with Türkiye
Türkiye and Turkish Cypriot forces have carried out their 19th annual joint search and rescue exercise near the Saint Hilarion Castle on the Kyrenia mountain range.
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Cyprus now needs two-state solution: Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on June 13 said any negotiations for the Cyprus dispute need a two-state solution.
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Geneva talks a turning point for Cyprus issue, says Turkish Cypriot FM
The informal 5+1 Cyprus talks in Geneva are a turning point for northern Cypriots, the foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) said on May 12.
Turkey, Turkish Cyprus to discuss upcoming 5+1 format talks
Turkey and Turkish Cyprus will seek to coordinate their positions concerning the future steps to be taken for resolving the Cyprus problem before 5+1 format talks as Ankara urged the United Nations to stop relying on "a tested and exhausted process" that has failed to resolve the Cyprus dispute for "more than 50 years."
Turkey: Annexation of occupied Northern Cyprus up for discussion
Turkey’s request to annex the Northern part of Cyprus was ascertained on Monday by deputy Prime Minister in charge of Cyprus Affairs, Recep Akdag, who said that such a plan is on the table.
Greek, Turkish jets engage in mock dogfights
Greek and Turkish F-16s engaged in three mock dogfights east of the island of Rhodes in the southeastern Aegean yesterday. The dogfights occurred within the space of 10 minutes from 2.50 to 3 p.m.
In total, 10 Turkish F-16 jets - four of them armed - and two CN-235 transport aircraft entered Greek national airspace 30 times.
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UN chief attends 'final phase' of Cyprus talks
The presence of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at high-level talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus offered a glimmer of hope that an impasse preventing a peace deal could be overcome, officials said on June 30.
However, when asked if rival sides had reached any common ground, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu said "not yet."
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Turkish side emphasizes guarantee system ahead of key Cyprus conference
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has stressed the importance of the guarantees system and emphasized that the Turkish side will not accept pre-conditions voiced by Greek Cyprus ahead of the crucial upcoming meeting in Crans-Montana in Switzerland on June 28.
Turkish FM to visit Turkish Cyprus amid crisis in peace talks
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will visit Turkish Cyprus on Feb. 20-21, as peace talks on the divided island hit a snag following the Greek Cypriot Parliament's decision to celebrate a 1950 referendum aimed at unification with Greece.