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Turkish deputy foreign minister visits Kyrenia shipwreck survivors

Cyprus August 31, 2026 at 09:40

Turkey's Deputy Foreign Minister Hacı Ali Özel arrived in the north overnight and visited survivors of the Kyrenia shipwreck being treated in hospital. The maritime...

When David Bowie sang “Cyprus is my island”

Life August 20, 2026 at 11:55

On September 30, 1961, an 11-year-old girl from Cyprus saw a letter she had written a few weeks earlier published in the British teenage...

New York Times front page one day after Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus

Cyprus July 21, 2026 at 16:13

On 21 July 1974, one day after the start of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, The New York Times devoted its front page to...

Sirens at dawn: when Turkey launched the 1974 invasion of Cyprus

Cyprus July 20, 2026 at 16:59

For 52 years, dawn on 20 July has been marked by the sound of sirens across Cyprus. On the morning of 20 July 1974, however,...

Occupied north holds events for 1974 Turkish invasion anniversary

Cyprus July 20, 2026 at 10:13

Events marking the anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus have begun in the occupied north, with military ceremonies, official events and naval...

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