North Cyprus News on the front page of this week’s Cyprus Today on 5th September 2020 has very little to do with North Cyprus. It’s mainly about activities in the UK and South Cyprus. Apart from that, shock horror, we are told that it has been hot in Cyprus.

The North Cyprus News in the Front Page of the Cyprus Today on 22nd August 2020 edition consists of three articles. The top one implies that ex-pat properties lost at auctions because an undisclosed mortgage was placed on them were now returned. When you read closer it turns out that what really happened was that a couple paid thousands to get an auction cancelled and restart the legal case. My guess is that they will lose that case after spending thousands more and then they’ll spend thousands to get that overturned and then…

North Cyprus News on the front page of Cyprus Today on 8th August 2020 includes an article saying that the water pipeline from Turkey has ‘run dry’. Well actually, it hasn’t. The pipe was damaged in Alsancak and as far as you can tell the damage is now repaired. This is an excellent use of panic headlines and the assumption that many people don’t read much more detail. It also provokes a ‘told you couldn’t trust Turkey’ response from those who already believe that.

North Cyprus News on the Cyprus Today 1st August 2020 front page has just one article and that’s about the fact that the Turkish Lira is crumbling even more. At the time of going to print it was 9.17TL to the £, now it’s 9.12 TL. If it reaches 10TL then there is only one good thing and that’s the fact that it will be easier to see that a 15TL pint of Efes would cost £1.50.