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25-year prison sentence for murder of woman
The Nicosia Criminal Court found İbrahim Erhalk guilty of murdering his estranged wife Nigar Tevfik with a hunting rifle
- Erhürman-Özersay-Çavuşoğlu meet at dinner – PM Erhürman and FM Kudret Özersay meet at dinner with visiting Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu.
- Police chief in South dismissed – Serial killer agenda: Following the resignation of (GC) Justice Minister, the police chief was dismissed.
‘Equivalency’ of diplomas crisis solved but…!
ÖSYM (Measuring, Selection and Placement Center) in Turkey first suspended the university diplomas of thousands of students who had transferred from Turkish universities to other universities in Cyprus. Once the issue was reported by the Turkish media claims were made that these students had to sit equivalency tests and would require the approval of a commission. A delegation from YÖDAK (TC Higher Education Planning, Evaluation, Accreditation and Coordination Council) hastily took off to Ankara, later announcing that it had settled the matter. A number of questions have been raised as to how the crisis has been handled.
- Turkey’s reaction to NATO over South Cyprus: “A great blunder!” – Turkey reacts to NATO invitation to South Cyprus to attend a NATO handover ceremony.
- Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu in TRNC – He attended a dinner hosted in his honour by Prime Minister Erhürman
25-year prison sentence for the murder of his wife
Nicosia Criminal Court finds İbrahim Erhalk guilty of murdering his wife Nigar Tevfik with a hunting rifle, sentencing him to a long time in prison.
- Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu arrives in TRNC – He had dinner with the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Çavuşoğlu arrived in the TRNC on Friday night to attend the opening session of the media conference of the Global Journalists’ Council.
Nigar in a grave, İbrahim in prison
Nicosia criminal court announces verdict in the case filed against İbrahim Erhalk on charges of shooting his wife in Doğancı (Elia).
- Çavuşoğlu in TRNC
- Called to the palace and dismissed – Anastasiades dismisses Greek Cypriot Chief of Police Chrysostomou on grounds of police negligence in search for the missing victims of the serial murders.
30-year-olds look like 60-year-olds
Urologist Alper Sözüöz says that sexual problems among youth on the rise as a result of unemployment, debt and problems like making ends meet.
A corporal’s salute to the sergeant
No representative from our paper was invited to speak at events organised by the Cyprus Turkish Journalists’ Association on the occasion of 3 May World Press Freedom Day. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu from Turkey was invited to speak at the media event of the Global Journalists’ Council held in Kyrenia. The foreign minister of the government in Ankara which holds the record for the highest number of journalists imprisoned and which has created its own media pool is now to give us a lesson in journalism!
- EP elections… Jasmine Movement makes its application – All parties and groups running in the European Parliament elections on 26 May filed their official application at an event organised at the Filoxenia Hotel in South Cyprus.
Main News
Çavuşoğlu meets with TC officials during a visit to North
Yenidüzen, Kıbrıs Postası, Kıbrıs, Havadis, Diyalog
Negotiations Process, Regional/International Relations
OVERVIEW
Prime Minister Tufan Erhurman hosted a dinner in honour of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu in Nicosia on Friday night. The dinner was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Kudret Özersay as well as Turkish Ambassador to the North Murat Ali Başçeri.
Çavuşoğlu arrived in the North on Friday to attend the opening ceremony of a media event organized by the Global Journalists’ Council in Kyrenia. Çavusoglu also met with President Akıncı on Saturday.
Discussions and reactions on UNSG’s report continue
Yenidüzen, Kıbrıs, Havadis, Diyalog
Negotiations Process, Energy
OVERVIEW
President Mustafa Akıncı and the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute discussed over the phone on Thursday the report presented to the UN Security Council as well as possible future developments, a statement from Akıncı’s office announced.
Akıncı was also informed by Lute on her latest contacts with all parties concerned in the Cyprus Issue.
The opposition National Unity Party (UBP) criticized the report with a statement issued on Friday.
The UBP’s Famagusta MP Oğuzhan Hasipoğlu said that it was wrong for the UN to continue to leave Cyprus in a state of uncertainty.
He said that the report refrained from asserting blame or criticizing either side.
Instead, it left the door open for open-ended shuttle diplomacy, Hasipoğlu said.
He reminded that the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had clearly stated in his report in 2004 that Greek Cypriots were not ready to share power or wealth with Turkish Cypriots.
Hasipoğlu questioned whether it was normal for the UN not to make the observation that nothing has changed in the Greek Cypriot side’s mentality in the past 15 years.
The UBP MP said that the UN refrained from openly stating that a common vision did not exist despite the fact that all attempts, including the latest ones, had failed.
Hasipoğlu said it was not possible to discuss alternative solution models until the UN agrees that this model has been exhausted.
He added that Akıncı, who shared the UN’s views, only served to please the Greek Cypriots which have been backtracking on past convergences.
‘The only positive mention in the report is that both communities had rights and interests over the natural resources discovered around the island,’ Hasipoğlu said. He concluded by saying there was no solution on the horizon in the foreseeable future, as stated in the UN report.
Turkey reacts to NATO invitation to South Cyprus
Kıbrıs, Kıbrıs Postası
Regional/International relations
OVERVIEW
Turkey was angered by NATO on Friday for inviting South Cyprus to the SACEUR (Supreme Allied Commander Europe) handover ceremony, the two papers reported.
A statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that the invitation extended to South Cyprus, which did not have any status within NATO, to attend the SACEUR handover ceremony was a huge blunder on NATO’s part.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned the alliance and stated that Turkey protested the ceremony which took place in Belgium.