By Esra Aygin The sides have not been able to achieve much since the infamous Istanbul crisis back in May as they struggled to bridge the remaining difficulties and reach further convergences especially in the very complicated and sensitive issue of property. According to an informal timetable, the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot sides were…
Reddediyoruz: The Cypriot Puzzle View
What are the youth protests in the north about? Reddediyoruz! We are rejecting (it) ! The Turkish government and the authorities in the north signed a protocol on 10.02.2012 which foresaw the establishment of a ‘Republic of Turkey Coordination Office’ in North Cyprus that would ‘supervise’ the financial aid the Turkish government would give…
Greek Cypriots delaying resolution, says Turkish Cypriot FM
All Greek Cypriots are trying to do is leave the current negotiation process hanging, Turkish Cypriot Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu has said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ertuğruloğlu said the whole negotiation process was based on “inequality.” He referred back to the Annan Plan, which was a United Nations proposal to resolve the Cyprus dispute, through…
Cost of water too high By @FundaSilver
Only 20 out of 28 local councils in the north have signed the subscription agreement for the transition period of the water from the pipeline project carried out with Turkey, whilst the others are still teetering on the edge, citing issues relating to finances. Last week, the Turkish State Water Board DSI officially pushed the…
Row will hurt Turkey ties
Turkish Cypriot coalition leader, Huseyin Ozgurgun this week fuelled the debate regarding the youth and sports coordination office in the north by saying the recent protests and arguments risked alienating Turkey. Ozgurgun who spoke on Turkish Cypriot television recently, argued that the youth coordination office was being used as an instrument of politics and that…
Anastasiades: There is progress
President Nicos Anastasiades has said “encouraging progress” was recorded on chapters currently under discussion in the UN-brokered Cyprus peace process aiming to reunite the divided island. But he also warned that significant chapters have not been discussed yet and it would be premature to draw safe conclusions at this stage. Read the rest on: http://in-cyprus.com/making-progress/
Anastasiades interview on Megatv: Cypriot Problem developments
On Monday 13th June 2016, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, gave an interview to MegaTv journalists, Michalis Pavlides and Marios Papaelia. Developments in the Cypriot Problem formed a major part of the interview. The Cypriot Puzzle has translated to English that part of the interview and presents it below: …
Net closes in
By Esra Aygin Despite public opposition and an attempt by Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci to intervene, the Turkish Cypriot assembly voted in favour of the agreement to establish a Youth and Sports Coordination Office in the north. The agreement will effectively give authority over the youth and sport issues to Turkey. Following a highly…
The “economic protocol” is signed, privatizations begin
Under the title “The protocol is ready”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (03.06.16) reports that the “council of ministers” approved yesterday the so-called “2016-2018 Structural Transformation Program” and send it to the “assembly”. Addressing the “assembly” before the meeting of the “cabinet”, self-styled “deputy prime minister”, Serdar Denktas replied to the criticism and read out…
Obstacles will be soon overcome so he finally propose a solution to vote on
President Nicos Anastasiades says he is staying upbeat that obstacles in ongoing talks to resolve the Cyprus problem will be soon overcome so that he finally propose a solution for the people to vote on. Relations between the two communities on the island have warmed since Mustafa Akinci was elected as the new Turkish Cypriot…