Turkey EU Membership Moves Forwards Despite Cyprus Objection

Turkey EU Membership Moves Forwards Despite Cyprus Objection

Turkey and the EU appear to have almost reached an agreement over the refugee crisis with EU leaders about to accept Turkey’s offer to take back all the refugees who entered Europe from Turkey. The EU also appears to have agreed in principle to all of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s demands. Turkey will […]

Maras-Varosha Does Not Legally Belong To Greek Cypriots

Maras-Varosha Does Not Legally Belong To Greek Cypriots

Well that’s the way the Turkish Cypriot argument goes. According to them it belongs to Evkaf, a Muslim charity dating back to the Ottoman conquest of 1571.

The counter Greek Cypriot argument starts by saying that the Turks in 1571 started to steal Cypriot land. The problem with that argument was that Cypriots had […]

TRNC President Akinci Tells EU Commissioner Not To Bother

TRNC President Akinci Tells EU Commissioner Not To Bother

When the current European Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue, Valdis Dombrovskis, decided he would only visit North Cyprus for a courtesy 15 minute visit whilst he was going to stay in the south for two to three days and hold many meetings, along with a press conference. Akıncı’s response was less than […]