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Israeli land developer Shimon Aykut speaks to Turkish Cypriot outlet Kibris Postasi in December 2023.
October 24, 2025, 9:47 pm
Israeli land developer gets 5 years in Cyprus jail for projects in Turkish-held north
Sentence comes after 74-year-old Shimon Aykut reaches plea bargain for cashing out on some 40 properties
By Reuters
An Israeli firefighting delegation lands in Cyprus, June 23, 2022. (Israel Police)
June 23, 2022, 6:35 pm
Israel helps battle forest fire in Turkey-backed north Cyprus
Israeli firefighting planes dispatched to island after request from Turkish Cypriot authorities, amid warming ties between Jerusalem and Ankara
By AP and Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative -- Visitors at the International Defence Industry Fair, IDEF'17, in Istanbul, walk past a Turkish made drone aircraft at a booth, Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
December 16, 2019, 1:15 pm
Turkey sends armed drone to northern Cyprus amid gas dispute
Turkish-controlled part of the island says drones partly a response to south’s acquisition of Israeli drones to monitor its exclusive economic zone
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Authorities in northern Cyprus examine the wreckage of a mystery object that crashed causing a large explosion on July 1 2019 (Screencapture/Twitter)
July 1, 2019, 5:42 am
Apparent Syrian air-defense missile crashes in northern Cyprus
Blast comes during reported Israeli strikes on Syria, leading to speculation it was a stray Syrian anti-aircraft projectile
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
The Hala sultan mosque in Haspolat (called Mia Milia by Greek Cypriots), in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), July 5, 2018. (Matthieu CLAVEL/AFP)
July 9, 2018, 8:34 am
Massive Turkey-funded mosque stirs unease in secular north Cyprus
Many local residents see imposing structure as part of Erdogan’s efforts to cement control over territory. ‘It symbolizes the Islamist mentality. It’s not an innocent thing’
By Dylan Collins
Larnaca International Airport, Cyprus. (Wikimedia Public Domain)
November 22, 2017, 9:36 am
Israelis booted from Cyprus for trying to enter Turkish territories
Cypriots step up crackdown on tourists traveling to northern section of island
By Stuart Winer
Malek Nizar Yousef Qazmar. (Shin Bet)
April 5, 2017, 1:09 pm
Shin Bet nabs Syria-trained Hamas operative in West Bank
Palestinian man, living in Cyprus, recruited in Jordan and directed from Turkey, allegedly sent to carry out terror attacks in Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
A woman walks her dog on the Turkish side of the green line, a UN controlled buffer zone separating the divided Cypriot capital Nicosia, on January 13, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Iakovos Hatzistavrou)
January 13, 2017, 10:49 pm
Cyprus talks stumble over fate of Turkish troops
Island has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded in response to an Athens-inspired coup seeking union with Greece
By Ben Simon and Fulya Ozerkan
File: Northern Cyprus's Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, once the Catholic Saint Nicholas's Cathedral, in Famagusta in Turkish north Cyprus. (Wikipedia/Gerhard Haubold/CC BY-SA 3.0)
May 27, 2016, 1:29 am
Turkish north Cyprus restricts access to churches
UN airs ‘deep concern’ after most Christian houses of worship are limited to one service a year
By AFP
Jewish winemakers inspecting grapes at a winery in the West Bank settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, September 8, 2014. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)
November 12, 2015, 5:30 am
Is EU discriminating against Israel by labeling settlement goods?
Although UN and European states consider Western Sahara occupied by Morocco, EU hasn’t issued guidelines to brand products as it has with West Bank
By Cnaan Liphshiz
An Israeli navy missile ship (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)
February 11, 2015, 10:52 pm
Greece plans military exercises with Israel, Egypt
Multi-national cooperation comes amid Turkish ‘provocations’; Greek defense minister says closer ties with Israel crucial for regional security
By AFP
Özdil Nami, the foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (photo credit: courtesy Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
November 6, 2014, 8:00 am
For first time, senior official from Turkish Northern Cyprus in Israel
As Foreign Minister Özdil Nami attends private energy conference in Tel Aviv, some see potential for détente with Ankara
By Raphael Ahren
Ozdil Nami, left, pictured in Nicosia. (photo credit: AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
March 14, 2014, 3:35 am
Turkish Cypriot FM sees bright future for Israel relations
Ozdil Nami visits DC to raise support for Cyprus unification, believes natural gas is key for regional interdependence
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
In this February 2014 photo, a man walks with his children on the side a massive dam in the northern Turkish Cypriot part in Panagra village of ethnically split Cyprus. (photo credit: AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
March 1, 2014, 11:02 am
Cyprus water plan: Peace pipeline or Trojan Horse?
Project to link Turkey with Mediterranean island, potentially eliminating water shortages and advancing Greek-Turkish Cypriot reconciliation
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Top EU officials dealing with Israelis and Palestinians. From left to right: Hugues Mingarelli, Christian Berger, Catherine Ashton and Filippo Grandi (photo credit: European Union)
December 25, 2013, 7:26 am
Why is this occupation different from all other occupations?
The EU insists that Turks in Cyprus and Moroccans in Western Sahara ‘cannot be compared’ to Israelis in the West Bank. Two legal scholars are fighting a losing battle to find out why
By Raphael Ahren
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