Israel Seizes Turkish Flotilla Near Cyprus
Israeli forces have boarded and taken control of a Turkish Gaza flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea near Cyprus, telling the ships directly: “You will not reach…
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Turkey Gives Erdogan Sole Power to Declare 200-Mile Maritime Zones
Turkey is preparing a law that would hand Erdogan unilateral authority to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone of up to 200 nautical miles, according to a leak…
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Greece, Cyprus, Italy and Malta Unite Against New Migration Crisis
Greece, Cyprus, Italy, and Malta have agreed to form a unified front on immigration, warning that the instability across the Middle East could trigger a…
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Occupied Cyprus: Ditch the Lira, Adopt the Euro
The economy in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus is on the edge of collapse, and a growing number of voices inside the Turkish Cypriot community are now openly…
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Greece and Cyprus Push $1B EIB Loan for Power Cable Turkey Opposes
Greece and Cyprus are pushing ahead with the Great Sea Interconnector, the long-delayed undersea electricity cable linking the two countries, and are now…
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Turkey Warns France: “Do Not Deploy” Troops to Cyprus
Turkey is sounding the alarm over France’s plan to send soldiers to Cyprus, warning the move could escalate tensions across the eastern Mediterranean. Cypriot…
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70 Years Ago Today: Britain Hanged Two EOKA Fighters in Cyprus
Seventy years ago today, on May 10, 1956, the British colonial authorities in Cyprus hanged two young EOKA fighters at Nicosia Central Prison, making Michalis…
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Turkey to UN: Cyprus Has No Right to Its Own Gas
Turkey has sent a formal protest letter to the United Nations claiming that Cyprus’ natural gas agreement with Egypt, signed in March, violates the rights of…
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Turkey Tables Bill to Seize Aegean and Med Gas Rights
Turkey is preparing to submit legislation to its parliament that would formally codify its maritime jurisdiction claims over disputed areas of the Aegean and…
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Erdogan: “Cyprus Issue Blocked Turkey’s Journey to the EU”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Cyprus issue Monday for derailing Turkey’s decades-long bid to join the European Union, using a post-cabinet…
