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Northern Cyprus extends its full-scale curfew until February 22 in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
2021-02-13

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

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

Cyprus closes four of its checkpoints along the border with Northern Cyprus for the first time since 2003 due to coronavirus concerns. The checkpoints are expected to be reopened within a week.
2020-02-28

Turkey announces it is to send a drilling boat to disputed waters claimed by both Cyprus and Northern Cyprus.
2018-03-22

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan asserts his nation will secure Northern Cyprus' access to natural hydrocarbon resources off the Cypriot coast. The comments come amid disputes as to sovereign rights and access to offshore resources on the island.
2018-03-20

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