TRNC Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu received the delegation of the International Universities Council (IUC) who are holding contacts in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. During the meeting, Founding Chairman of IUC Prof. Dr. Orhan Hikmet Azizoğlu informed Minister Ertuğruloğlu about the activities of the Council.  They also exchanged views on the Council [...]

Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu is continuing his contacts in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan within the framework of 26th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), in which the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is an observer member. Minister Ertuğruloğlu met with the foreign ministers of Türkiye, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, [...]

Turkish Cypriot People have been asking for the formal recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the acknowledgment of their inherent rights, Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu stated at an Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) meeting held in Uzbekistan.   “This new road we have embarked upon has no turning back whether it is accepted [...]

TRNC Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu will pay a visit to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to attend the 26th Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Council of Ministers to be held in Tashkent on 24 January 2023.   As is known, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was admitted as an Observer Member Country to the [...]

TRNC Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu received the President of Türkiye-Turkish Republic of Cyprus Cooperation Association, Rüşat Aydoğan and his accompanying delegation yesterday. (11 January 2023)  Minister Ertuğruloğlu stated that an accurate policy is being pursued on the Cyprus issue on the basis of the existence of sovereign equal states and that there is no [...]

The Greek press reported that Ioannis Kasoulides, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCA) has sent a letter to the Ambassadors residing in the Greek Cypriot side. It was once again confirmed with Kasoulides’ letter that the Greek Cypriot side has no other purpose than to prevent the efforts of the [...]

Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu informed the participants about the disinformation, manipulation and discriminatory policies faced by the Turkish Cypriots at the International Strategic Communications Summit 2022, Stratcom. The summit was organized for the second time this year by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications. In his speech at the session held [...]

Foreign Minister Ertuğruloğlu: “I would like to express that the armament activities of the Greek Cypriot side, which increases the tension on the Island and the region, will not remain unreciprocated” The Greek Cypriot Defence Minister Haralambos Petridis, during the budget meetings at the Greek Cypriot Parliament, stated that the Greek Cypriot side allocated serious [...]

The statement made by the European External Action Service on 12 November 2022 constitutes a clear indication that the European Union is not only a counterpart to the Cyprus question but against all vested rights and interests of the Turkish Cypriot people. The delusion of the European Union that they can govern our future in [...]

Today is a historic day for Turkish Cypriot People and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. As we are approaching to the 39th Anniversary of the establishment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, I salute with joy and pride the admission of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to the Organization of Turkic States, which [...]