On June 23 at around 6pm a disabled woman in her 80s stood on the tarmac at Ercan Airport, supporting herself on crutches, heart heavy with the fear of deportation. She and her husband were one of a number of people who had been asked to step off the passenger transit bus by the police […]
Visitors from Turkey will now need to have two PCR tests done, before they travel and again when they arrive in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). It follows a decision by the Turkish Cypriot government to upgrade Turkey’s coronavirus (Covid-19) category from low risk Category A to medium risk Category B. The announcement was […]
British expatriates who have approved residency status have the chance to return to the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) next week, alongside TRNC citizens who are permanently resident in the country. Cyprus Paradise – the largest tour operator to North Cyprus – is laying on a repatriation charter flight for Tuesday, 23 June, from […]
On Tuesday, 16 June, some two hundred British nationals received the good news that their permanent residency status was confirmed, allowing them to finally return to their homes in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC). The news from the Turkish Cypriot authorities was sent by email yesterday afternoon, bringing joy and relief to dozens […]
The government of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus has announced that the United Kingdom is on its list of high-risk countries for coronavirus. As a result, visitors from Britain entering the TRNC in July will be quarantined. The measure runs counter to a decision already taken by the Turkish government to end quarantine for travellers […]
213 countries have been seeking to contain the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Nearly all have had access to advice and experts from World Health Organisation (WHO). While the Turkish Cypriot community has a long-standing relationship with the UN, their state the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) remains unrecognised as a de facto (existing) rather than […]
On Friday of last week, seven Turkish Cypriot families were given the news they had been praying for: that their loved ones can finally be returned to the soil of their birth for burial. Originally from Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriots – six men and one woman – had died in Britain of coronavirus (Covid-19), but […]
Details of three charter flights to repatriate Turkish Cypriots still stranded in the United Kingdom have been announced by tour operator Cyprus Paradise. The chartered aircraft will take off from London Stansted, and fly to Ercan Airport in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) via Turkey. The departure dates are confirmed as 5, 11 […]
The Council of Ministers has today announced that foreigners with permanent residency who are currently abroad will be readmitted to the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) from 8 June 2020. The statement made by government spokesperson and TRNC Foreign Minister Kudret Özersay this evening said that: “As of June 8, even if they are […]
Seven Turkish Cypriot families trying to repatriate their loved ones after they died in Britain of coronavirus Covid-19 have had a major boost after two senior politicians backed their campaign. Kudret Özersay, the Foreign Minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC), and Dr Sibel Siber, the TRNC’s first female Prime Minister, have publicly […]
