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Northern Cyprus reports its first case of B.1.1.7 variant in 16 samples that contracted SARS-CoV-2 variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
2021-02-8

In a surprise upset, nationalist Prime Minister Ersin Tatar narrowly defeats pro-reunification incumbent Mustafa Akıncı in the second round to become President of Northern Cyprus.
2020-10-18

Voters in Northern Cyprus vote to select the president after being delayed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The election council reports that nationalist Prime Minister Ersin Tatar narrowly defeated pro-reunification incumbent Mustafa Akıncı. As neither candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off will be held on October 18.
2020-10-11

Foreign Minister of Northern Cyprus Kudret Özersay resigns in protest of Prime Minister Ersin Tatar's decision to re-open Varosha, a Greek Cypriot-majority resort town that was abandoned after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, days before the presidential election. He also pulled the People's Party out of the ruling coalition late yesterday in light of the announcement.
2020-10-7

The Turkish Armed Forces launches joint military exercises with the Security Forces Command of Northern Cyprus amid ongoing territorial disputes in the eastern Mediterranean.
2020-09-6

A stray Syrian S-200 missile fired in response to the Israeli strikes crashes and explodes on a mountain near Vouno in Northern Cyprus, located 20 km (12 miles) northeast of Nicosia, causing no injuries but starting a fire.
2019-07-1

The leaders of northern and southern Cyprus meet in Switzerland to restart talks about reuniting the island.
2016-11-7

Voters in Northern Cyprus go to the polls to elect a new President to represent them in peace talks with the southern Republic of Cyprus.
2015-04-19

The European Court of Human Rights orders Turkey to pay $124 million in compensation for the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, which established the internationally unrecognized state of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
2014-05-12

The boat "Irene", carrying a group of Jewish activists from Germany, Israel, the U.S. and UK, sets sail from northern Cyprus aiming to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
2010-09-26