In the third and final part of a series of stories marking the 15th anniversary of the Annan Plan referendums in Cyprus, Eltan Halil examines the role of the European Union and the consequences of its decision to admit a divided island. The European Union has made the prospects of a solution in Cyp...
The ancestors of the Britons who built Stonehenge originated from what is now Turkey, a new study has revealed. Researchers looking into the origins of farming in Britain discovered that the Stonehenge builders were descended from migrants who had travelled west from Anatolia across the Mediterra...
On 24 April, 2004, Turkish Cypriots voted in favour of uniting the island of Cyprus in historic referendums on what was dubbed the ‘Annan Plan’. But the United Nations blueprint for a federal solution remained just that after Greek Cypriots overwhelmingly rejected it – and were rewarded with Europea...
The 15thanniversary of the failure to unite Cyprus in twin referendums is “no occasion for celebration”, Britain’s former envoy to Cyprus has said in exclusive comments to T-VINE. David Hannay – now Lord Hannay of Chiswick – was the UK’s special representative for Cyprus from 1996 to 2003, as it...
Two Turkish citizens have been named among the victims of a series of deadly bombings in Sri Lanka on Sunday, 21 April, that claimed the lives of over 300 and injured hundreds more. The Turkish victims were named by Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on Twitter. Writing in Turkish he said: “Unf...
Wrestling star Taha Akgül has claimed his seventh European gold medal – and third in a row – after a comfortable win on Wednesday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest. The 28-year-old now holds the record for the most number of European titles by a Turkish wrestler, reports said. Giant Taha Ak...
Turkey and Australia are “making progress” in mending their relations after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan angered Prime Minister Scott Morrison by warning that those who come to Turkey with ill intentions would be sent back in coffins “like your grandfathers were” in 1915. Mr Erdoğan was referri...
The United Nations’ mission in Cyprus came under fierce criticism from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) this week after UN peacekeepers were unable to provide “security” for a football match involving teams from both sides of the island. On Tuesday Turkish Cypriots Mağusa Türk Gücü...
Every 21stMarch, people living in Anatolia, Central and South East Asia celebrate the arrival of Spring, called “Nevruz” by the Turks and “Newroz” by the Kurds. The word Nevruz is derived from the Farsi word for “new day”. It transcends faiths and ethnicities, as people from Iran to India greet t...
Entrepreneurs from Turkey and North Cyprus are among the richest people in the world, according to the latest league table of billionaires. A total of 25 businessmen and women from Turkey have made it on to the 2019 list, joined by one Turkish Cypriot, Suat Günsel. The combined wealth of Turke...
