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By TOM CLEAVER
TURKISH President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan has announced his intention to expand and reinforce
Turkey’s military presence in North
Cyprus in response to the United
States’ lifting of its arms embargo
on the Greek Cypriot Administration in South Cyprus last month.
In a televised interview with
Turkish broadcaster CNN Türk,
President Erdoğan described the
lifting of the restrictions as “inexplicable in terms of content and timing”, and said thatthe United States
“overlooks and even encourages the
steps by the Greek Cypriot-Greek duo
that threaten peace and stability in
the eastern Mediterranean”.
President Erdoğan warned that
the lifting of the embargo will
start an “arms race on the island”,
adding that “we cannot stop” these
reinforcements in the face of Greek
Cypriot reinforcements.
He added that “everyone must
know that this latest step will not
go without response and that every
precaution will be taken for the
security of the Turkish Cypriots”.
Furthermore, he confirmed
that Turkey currently has a total
of 40,000 troops stationed in North
Cyprus, and that he intends to
reinforce them with land, naval
and aerial weapons, ammunition,
and vehicles.
In addition to speaking about
weaponry, President Erdoğan also
passed comment about the issue of
recognition of the TRNC.
He first lamented that he has
seen “no action from the United
Nations Security Council on this
issue for a year and a half”, and
that the Security Council “has not
taken any steps to confirm the sovereign equality and equal international status of the Turkish Cypriot people”.
Following on from that, he suggested that “if the United Nations
Security Council cannot do this,
then the members of the United
Nations can confirm the vested
rights of the Turkish Cypriots by
[individually] recognising the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”.
Speaking about how he intends
to bring about recognition of the
TRNC, President Erdoğan said
that “we will work with all the
institutions and organisations that
will stand behind our call so that
the international community recognises the TRNC”.
He did, however, warn that
recognition is “not something that
happens immediately” and that
it may take “a long time” for the
TRNC to be recognised.
Turkey’s Foreign Minister
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu also commented on the arms issue, telling a
youth conference in the province of
Pamukkale, Turkey, that “we will
deploy more forces to protect Turkish Cypriots and provide anything
they need in terms of arms”.
Mr Çavuşoğlu went on to criticise the United States for lifting
its arms embargo on the Greek
Cypriot Administration, and confirmed that he had made the United States’ Secretary of State Antony
Blinken aware of his disapproval.
He went on to say that “Greek
Cyprus is known for money laundering” and that he had raised this
point to Mr Blinken, asking him:
“Why are you giving them arms?”
This speech follows on from
Mr Çavuşoğlu’s remarks in New
York while attending the 77th
United Nations General Assembly. There, he called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
to support the Turkish Cypriots.
He said that “Turkish Cypriots
face unfair isolation and embargo”
and that therefore “we expect the
OIC member states to stand together with the Turkish Cypriots”,
before going on to cite the Qur’an.
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By TOM CLEAVER
and ELTAN HAL‹L
TURKEY and the TRNC have
welcomed a decision by the Council of Europe’s (COE) Committee of Ministers to end its “supervision” of the execution of the
judgment of the Loizidou v Turkey
court case.
The case dates back to 1996,
when the European Court of
Human Rights (ECHR) ordered
Turkey to pay Titina Loizidou
compensation after she fled her
home in 1974.
It was a landmark ruling
regarding the rights of those who
were impacted by the large-scale
displacements of people which
took place in Cyprus, and paved
the way for the establishment of
the Immovable Property Commission (IPC), which allows Greek
Cypriots to claim compensation for
property in North Cyprus that
they no longer have access to.
The COE committee had been
supervising the implementation
of the ECHR’s judgment on the
case since it was ruled upon,
and Turkey paid Loizidou around
one million euros in compensation in 2003.
Since then, Ms Loizidou’s
lawyers had periodically raised the
issue with the COE committee, but
following nearly two decades of
implementation of various applications to the IPC, the committee
has taken the decision to cease its
supervision of the case.
Following the announcement,
the Turkish Foreign Ministry
issued a statement that said:
“With this decision, it has been
once again reaffirmed that the
Immovable Property Commission, established in the TRNC, in
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Turkey, TRNC pleased with
COE’s Loizidou case decision
President Tatar says meeting with
UN chief Antonio Guterres was
‘positive, constructive’ ❐ page 11
‘ARMS RACE WILL
START IN CYPRUS’
‘All good things must eventually come to
an end, and so the adage has proven
once again’ ❐ Tom Cleaver, page 17
THE Health Ministry has placed
an order for 1,000 flu vaccines,
while Turkey is donating a further 2,000.
The announcement was
made on Wednesday by Health
Ministry undersecretary Dr
Düriye Deren Oygar.
Speaking to Cyprus Today’s
sister newspaper Kıbrıs,
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Flu jabs on the
way— ministry
THE British Residents Society
(BRS) has stressed that non-BRS
members can also supportits plans
to lobby the UK government to
end the isolation of the TRNC.
The plans, which were
sparked by an article written by
Cyprus Today columnist Stephen
Day in July entitled “It’s time
to rock the Foreign Office boat!”,
were first announced in August
after BRS members “sent out a
clear and overwhelming message of support” for a letter-writing campaign and petition to
both the UK Foreign Secretary
and individual UK MPs.
The campaign will aim to
point out “the failure of successive UK governments to treat
both Cyprus communities on an
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British Residents Society urges
support for lobbying campaign
Joint Turkey-TRNC
exercise a ‘success’
2022 Martyr
Captain
Cengiz Topel
Mediterranean
Storm Drill held
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“FIRE Brigade
Week” has been
celebrated for the
first time in the
TRNC to recognise
the work of “hero
firefighters” in keeping the country safe
and to raise awareness of fire prevention and intervention
methods.
Events began to
mark the week, which
runs from September
25 to today (October 1),
last weekend, with a
parade on Mehmet Akif
Caddesi (Dereboyu) in
Lefkoşa.
In Güzelyurt and Lefke firefighters, including Güzelyurt Fire
Brigade District Chief Salih Tankurt,
handed out carnations bearing the
emergency 199 fire helpline to surprised passers-by, listened to their
questions about the fire department
and provided information.
Firefighters reminded the
people of the emergency phone
number and informed the public about what to do in the
event of a fıre.
Firefighters also visited
schools and handed out information leaflets, and took
part in a blood donation
scheme.
Meanwhile the head of the
Fire Brigade Department, which
comes under the control of the Police
General Directorate, has said that the
most common single cause of bush and
forest fires in North Cyprus is unextinguished cigarette butts discarded
at the side of a road.
Ramadan Gürpınar said that
such fires are also mainly caused by
sparks from power cables. He stressed
the importance of clearing dry weeds
from underneath electricity cables
at roadsides, and said that workshops have been held with municipalities on this issue.
Mr Gürpınar listed other main
causes of fires as sparks from angle
grinders, short circuits in electrical
fittings, and overloaded electrical
sockets.
He also warned of the danger of
gas leaks, and stressed that if someone suspects a leak in their home it
is important not to use any switches
or devices such as torches and mobile
phones that could cause a spark, cut
off the power from the
mains and open all doors
and windows and use a
broom to get the gas out
of the property.
In winter, Mr Gürpınar said wood
burners and fireplaces pose another risk of fires and
also carbon monoxide poisoning if
not handled correctly.
He added
that the Fire
Brigade has produced
videos showing the correct way to light such
heaters, the dangers
of pouring flammable
substances on them, and
“what could happen if
you try to warm your
home with the flames of
a barbecue”.
Family left homeless after
child starts fire with lighter
A FAMILY was left homeless after their
five-year-old child started a fire in the home
while playing with a lighter.
The fire started at around 12.30pm on
Wednesday at the home of the Çetinkaya
family in the village of Kalecik.
It was put out following the “intense
efforts” of firefighters, but not before
extensive fire and smoke damage was
caused to the property. No-one was injured.
marked for 1st time
‘Fire Brigade Week’
Fire Brigade chief Ramadan Gürpınar. A policeman
hands out carnations to drivers.
News Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 3
PAUL Farmer, the author of the
novel 3 Days To Save A Legend,
has pledged to donate a portion of
the proceeds from his book to good
causes.
Mr Farmer recently held a book
signing event at the Çatalköy branch
of Creditwest Bank that was organised by Heartbeat-North Cyprus
Cancer Charity Trust and sponsors Creditwest Bank.
He has pledged 10 per cent of
total book sales “to be shared with
Heartbeat and with the new project
in Esentepe looking after the street
dogs”.
Heartbeat chairman İsmail Atahasan said that “pledging some of
the money from sales of the book to
the charity and my work with Esentepe was a fantastic gesture by
Paul and very much appreciated”.
He also thanked Creditwest
Bank manager Figen Kaymak and
staff for facilitating the book signing.
MEMBERS of the Cyprus Turkish
Teachers’ Union (KTÖS) met this
week with the British High Commission’s political affairs and projects officer Derviş Uzuner.
Issuing a written statement on
the matter, KTÖS education secretary Süleyman Gelener noted that
they were briefed about the new
conditions regarding entry to the
UK after Brexit and that information
was exchanged on issues such as
teachers’ visas, work permits, health
insurance and students’ admission
to Turkish schools in London.
KTÖS members with Derviş
Uzuner, second from left
British High Commission official and
teachers’ union hold post-Brexit chat
THE number of arrivals at the
TRNC’s air and sea ports in the
first eight months of 2022 was
up 371 per cent compared to the
same period of the previous year,
new figures show.
According to a report published by the Deputy Prime Ministry and Tourism, Culture, Youth
and the Environment Ministry’s
Tourism Planning Department, the
number of passengers arriving
in North Cyprus in 2021 was just
173,315 due to restrictions imposed
because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
However the number of
arrivals so far this year – 816,408
– is still 26 per cent lower than the
same period of 2019, the final full
year before the pandemic.
The report also noted the following: “The number of foreign
[non-TRNC and non-Turkish citizens] passengers arriving from
January-August 2022 has reached
70 per cent of the number of foreign passengers arriving during
the same period of 2019.
“The number of Turkish citizens has reached 75 per cent of the
number of passengers from Turkey
in the same period of 2019.
“During this period, the largest
number of foreign passengers
arriving to our country by air and
sea came from the UK (24,385),
Iran (19,534), Germany (16,389)
and Russia (16,101).”
The report also noted an uplift
in the number of people crossing
into the TRNC from South Cyprus,
reaching around 3.047 million
from January-August 2022.
The Tourism Planning Department said the increase in traffic
to the North was due to the lifting
of Covid-19 restrictions and the
depreciation of the Turkish lira
against major foreign currencies.
The report said that the number of South Cyprus citizens who
entered the TRNC rose in comparison to the previous year to
about 1.88 million.
It is estimated that the total
number of people staying in touristic accommodation facilities from
January-August 2022 has
increased to 636,527, of which
420,080 are Turkish citizens and
167,249 are foreign nationals,
compared to the previous year.
The number was 146,315
during the same period of 2021,
238,816 in 2020 and 743,883 in
2019.
It is estimated that the total
number of overnight stays in
touristic accommodation facilities from January-August 2022
is 2.4 million, increasing 391.8
per cent compared to the previous
year. The number of overnight
stays was 488,031 in 2021, 715,115
in 2020 and 2,886,323 in 2019.
Tourism sector recovering
from Covid-19 pandemic
NINE businesses in the Girne
area were ordered to close or fined
as part of the latest round of public health inspections.
According to a statement from
Girne Municipality, a total of 180
businesses were inspected for general hygiene, food safety and public health measures by Girne
Municipality Health Division teams
between July 25 and September 21,
2022.
Three beauty parlours and one
cafe where conditions were found
to be “unsuitable” during the
inspections were shut down and
sealed off.
“During the health inspections carried out, Levent Hairdresser, Ctone Caven Cafe, Ago
Beauty Salon and Ayşegül Horan
Hair & Beauty Salon, were shut
down and sealed off by the Girne
Municipality Health Branch teams,
the statement said.
“Ago Beauty salon is in the
process of addressing its deficiencies, while the three other
businesses have resolved their
own deficiencies and been allowed
to reopen.”
Fines were imposed on five
other businesses that were found
to have “deficiencies” in general
hygiene conditions.
A further 10 establishments
were issued with written warnings and 20 were told they would
be closed down if they “do not correct their deficiencies”.
Girne Mayor Nidai Güngördü
said: “As part of Girne Municipality’s services, the ongoing official inspections aim to protect
public health.
“During these last days of the
summer season, whether it be a
beauty parlour or a food business,
I would like to share with all our
shopkeepers and small business
owners that commercial activity
should not begin without meeting the criteria of all legal regulations.
“As service sectors, it is important for all of us that all our businesses operate successfully and
in accordance with the legal regulations and principles that will
protect human health.”
Association
organises ‘meet
up’ for Older
People’s Day
THE Association of Elderly
Rights and Mental Health
will hold a meet up today on
Long Beach in İskele to
celebrate the International
Day of Older Persons.
The event will begin at
4pm, and will feature retro
music, food and refreshment
stands, bike riding, yoga, and
“surprise” activities, staying
open until 7pm.
New bread
price rise
on the way
A FRESH wave of hikes in
the price of bread has been
announced. Bakers Union
chairman Ömer Çıralı said
that the price of a standard
loaf of bread will go up from
7TL to “8 to 9TL” in the
coming days and that there
will also be an increase of 20
to 25 per cent in the price of
other types of bread.
He blamed the price
increases on the lack of any
support from the government
for the high cost of
electricity, as well as an
increase in the price of a 50-
kilo bag of flour from 400-
450TL to 650TL, and the
higher cost of employing
people.
Noting that some
supermarkets with bakeries
sell bread for 6.50TL, Mr
Çıralı stated that they can
provide bread “for a bit
cheaper based on the free
market economy to attract
customers but due to
increasing input costs, they
also have to raise their
prices”.
Elvis book
author pledges
percentage of
proceeds to
good causes
Photo courtesy of
İsmail Atahasan
Businesses receive penalties in Girne crackdown
(Archive photo)
By TOM CLEAVER
DEMETRA G Mustafoğlu performed to a
sold-out concert audience at Bellapais Abbey
last Sunday evening as
part of the 20th North
Cyprus International
Music Festival.
Ms Mustafoğlu, who
is known by the stage
name “Demi G”, performed
a range of songs, including
hits written by Andrew
Lloyd-Webber, Puccini,
and Gershwin, and finished her set by singing
Time to say Goodbye by
Francesco Sartori.
According to the
Anglo-Turkish Association of Northern Cyprus,
which Ms Mustafoğlu is
a member of, she was given a
standing ovation at the conclusion of her two-hour performance, and afterwards spoke
of how she was “thrilled to be
able to sing the songs which
mean so much to me and my
husband Mehmet, my family,
and my friends, along with everyone else in the abbey tonight”.
The 20th North Cyprus International Music Festival will
continue at Bellapais Abbey
throughout October, with a “closing concert” on November 1.
For more information call
0542 852 23 85 or 0392 815 75 40,
or visit the North Cyprus International Music Festival Facebook page.
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CYPRUS Today reader Bernadette Jackson and her
husband Jamie enjoyed a meal at the Heaven restaurant in Alsancak after winning the prize in our social
media summer giveaway.
Mrs Jackson thanked Cyprus Today for the “lovely meal”, and said that she would definitely go back.
Photo courtesy of Bernadette Jackson
Cyprus Today reader
enjoys ‘heavenly’ meal
By TOM CLEAVER
THE Anglo Turkish Association of Northern Cyprus
(ATA) has donated a wheelchair to the Cyprus Turkish Orthopaedic Disability Association (KTOÖD) in
Lefkoşa.
ATA chairman Philip Lloyd handed the wheelchair
over to the KTOÖD’s chairman Günay Kibrit, who
thanked Mr Lloyd and remarked that he had “lost count
of the number of wheelchairs the ATA has given the
KTOÖD over the last few years”.
The wheelchair was acquired via the ATA’s blue
plastic bottle top collection scheme, with Mr Kibrit
going on to say that he “could not thank enough
those businesses and individuals who actively support the ATA’s recycling scheme for blue plastic bottle tops”.
Mr Lloyd said that “it is because of the association’s recycling scheme [that] what some people every
day just casually thrown away can instead be put to
good use . . . whilst also at the same time helping our
environment”.
ATA raises money for
a wheely good cause
Philip Lloyd presenting the wheelchair to
Günay Kibrit at the KTOÖ̈D offices
Photo courtesy of the ATA
By TOM CLEAVER
OVER 30,000TL has been raised for victims of the floods which devastated
Pakistan last month at an event held
at Khan’s Restaurant and Bar in
Çatalköy.
Patrons of the restaurant were
treated to live music performances
from Gavin, Kerry Bowler, James
Smile, Chris & John, and RevolveR, as
well as a prize raffle.
A total of 30,100TL was raised,
including 10,000TL from food sales,
3,000TL from raffles of various donated prizes, and a “magnificent” single cash
donation of 17,100TL.
Organisers said the money has
been transferred to the Relief Fund
Charity HQ in Pakistan, and thanked
all those who attended and donated.
Event raises over 30,000TL for Pakistan flood victims
Diva impresses at Bellapais concert
Photos courtesy of the ATA
A CONCERT by a top Abba
tribute act from the UK
that took place in Girne
has raised more than
120,000TL for the Help
Those with Cancer Association (Tulips), it has been
revealed.
The figure for the Platinum Abba concert, which
took place on Saturday,
September 17, at the Girne
Ampitheatre, was
announced on Thursday.
A statement from Tulips
said it was an “amazing
night” and that organisers
had been trying to bring
the act to the TRNC for the
last three years, but had
been hampered by the
Covid-19 pandemic and the
seemingly “never-ending”
restrictions on travel.
Tulips offered its “heartfelt thanks” to event organisers Laurence Floyd and
Delia Rushbrook “for all
their hard work”.
The charity also praised
sponsors Girne Municipality, Creditwest Bank,
Evergreen Developments,
Telsim and Lord’s Palace.
“Without your generosity Tulips would not
be the beneficiary of such
a fantastic total,” the statement said.
“We would also like to
thank everyone for attending. It was amazing to see
so many of you dressing
up in 70s outfits, you all
looked fantastic.
“Last but certainly not
least we would like to say
thank you to Mike Kerr
who took some amazing
photos of the evening.
“The amount raised
from the Platinum Abba
event was . . . 121,809TL, a
superb amount and we cannot thank you all enough for
your contributions.”
Tulips also announced
dates for future fundraising tribute act concerts
next year, including Cher
on March 22 and Neil Diamond in June.
Money,
Money,
Money
Photos courtesy of
Tulips/Mike Kerr
Abba tribute
concert
raises
‘superb’
amount
for cancer
charity
News Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 5
By TOM CLEAVER
THE commencement of construction work on the new Presidential Palace and Parliament
complex in Metehan, Lefkoşa,
was met by fierce and large-scale
protests on Tuesday.
Protesters formed a human
chain and even at one point made
it inside the site, and chanted
loudly in opposition to the complex.
The protest was organised
by a swathe of trade unions representing a cross section of society, and was supported by the
main opposition Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and other left-of
centre-political parties.
The protests featured a number of speeches, including from
Tunç Adanır, the chairman of
the Union of the Chambers of
Cyprus Turkish Engineers and
Architects (KTMMOB).
He said that the project to
build a new palace had been
“externally imposed” and disclosed that no application for
construction had been made to the
chambers which he represents.
Mr Adanır explained that a
building that does not receive
planning permission from the
KTMMOB is “illegal”, and confirmed that he will be “making an
effort to bring the government
onto the right track” regarding the
legality of the construction project.
Hasan Esendağlı, the chairman of the Cyprus Turkish Bar
Association, also made a speech.
“This construction will go down in
history as a monument to shame,”
he said. “It is against the law.”
He claimed that all of the
relevant institutions had been
“bypassed” in the forcing through
of the construction project.
The protests were marred by
a fracas with police when the
human chain was formed outside the construction site, with a
scuffle breaking out as some protesters attempted to gain access
to the site.
Police tried to stop them,
even engaging in physical altercations with MPs who had joined
the protest, but a number of protesters did make it beyond the
barbed wire fences.
The presence of demonstrators
on the construction site temporarily halted work on the palace,
and the protest eventually drew
to an end.
Public Works and Transport
Minister Erhan Arıklı gave a
prickly response to the protesters via a social media post, in
which he said that they are
“against everything”.
He added that “some people
are still opposing this project,
they take action with 50 or 60
people”, before retorting “go and
ask those activists, many of whom
are taking home multiple salaries”.
Dr Arıklı also noted that the
cost of the project is 2.82 billion
TL and that “we calculated that
at least 2.2 billion TL of this
money will flow into the domestic market”.
In a separate social media
post, Dr Arıklı also wrote that
the people protesting against the
construction were “a group of
people against the TRNC who
insult this saintly state” and
alluded to them “always taking
action to unroot the TRNC”.
Serdar Denktaş, son of the
TRNC’s founding President Rauf
Denktaş and a former minister,
responded in kind to Dr Arıklı,
warning him to “think of who
you are talking about”.
“If I had known, I would have
taken part in yesterday’s protest,”
Mr Denktaş said. “What would
you say [about me]? Am I taking
action to unroot the TRNC?”
He added: “I am one of those
who find the construction of a
[new Presidential] complex
unnecesary and argue that the
way for the TRNC to have a
strong image is not through ostentatious state buildings, but with
a people with a high level of welfare whose problems have been
resolved and social justice has
been provided.”
Sensing that he may possibly
lose an argument in which he
characterises the son of this country’s founding father as someone trying to “unroot” it, Dr Arıklı somewhat walked his
statements back, writing yet
another social media post which
read: “Dear Denktaş, I know your
love for Turkey, that father’s son
cannot be anti-Turkey”.
However, he somewhat stuck
to his guns, adding: “As someone
with the surname Denktaş, please
do not take the same platform as
them, or else you will make the
dead turn in their graves.”
Protests overshadow
‘palace’ construction
Opponents of
new Presidential
Palace and Parliament
complex form human chain
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line with the European Court of
Human Rights judgments, is
an effective domestic remedy.”
It added that “despite the
fact that Turkish Cypriot people have been subjected to inhumane isolation in front of the
international community for
decades, we appreciate the
efforts of the TRNC to implement the relevant judgments
of the European Court of Human
Rights”, and that “these efforts
make a significant contribution to the preservation of the
European Convention on Human
Rights system”.
The TRNC’s Foreign Ministry also welcomed the Loizidou
case decision, saying in a statement that its position that the
“restitution of Lozidiou’s properties in question is not possible in accordance with the IPC
Law, [and that] the applicant
could apply to the IPC and claim
compensation and exchange
instead, has been acknowledged”
by the COE committee.
The statement continued:
“Thus, while it has been revealed
that the Greek Cypriot administration’s years-long propaganda for the realisation of
restitution with reference to
the Loizidou judgment is
unfounded, the effectiveness of
the remedies of compensation
and exchange for the property
claims has once again been reaffirmed. . . This decision demonstrates once again that our
country has established a property regime in line with international law.
“Therefore, it is crystal clear
that the IPC is the correct
address for the property claims
of Greek Cypriots within our
country’s territory.
“Despite the fact that the
Greek Cypriot side and their
supporters, acting with political incentives in the committee, delayed the closure of the
supervision of the Loizidou judgment, the decision taken on
September 22, 2022, is a step in
the right direction.”
IPC chair Növber Ferit Vechi
said: “Although this decision
was taken too late, it is a positive decision for the TRNC and
Motherland Turkey. It has been
confirmed once again that the
IPC, which was established in
line with this verdict, is an
effective domestic remedy.”
Ms Vechi, explaining that
the IPC became active in 2006
as a place where Greek Cypriots with land or property left
within the boundaries of the
TRNC after 1974 can apply for
compensation, restitution or
exchange, added that “our law
has also been accepted and
recognised by the ECHR”.
Published figures from the
IPC, which have not been updated since April 29 of this year,
show that 7,111 applications
have been lodged with the IPC,
of which 1,324 have been concluded through “friendly settlements” and 34 through “formal hearings”.
To date it has paid out a
total of around £335 million to
successful applicants as compensation.
The IPC has ruled for
exchange and compensation in
two cases, for restitution in
three cases and for restitution
and compensation in seven cases.
In one case it has delivered
a decision for restitution after
the settlement of the Cyprus
issue, and in one case it has
ruled for partial restitution.
WARNINGS
Lawyer Murat Metin Hakkı
described the COE committee’s
decision to end its supervision
of the Loizdiou case as a “defeat”
for the Greek Cypriot side.
He said it means that Ms
Loizidou should now apply to the
IPC if she wants to continue
her case.
Mr Hakkı warned, however,
that the IPC is still “in danger” because “no concrete solution has been put forth or proposed” regarding outstanding
compensation payments and
claims relating to
Maraş/Varosha, which means
that the IPC’s effectiveness
“will continue to be questioned”.
Former foreign minister and
People’s Party leader Kudret
Özersay voiced similar views,
saying: “I hope the importance of
the [IPC], which was established
as a result of great struggles in
the TRNC, will be understood
and it will be able to work much
more effectively after this time.
“It needs to work faster and
its decisions should be implemented without delay. There
are some problems with the
IPC today, especially due to the
Interior Ministry, and we will
all be sorry tomorrow if we do
not take them seriously.”
He added: “In the eyes of
the European human rights
system, yes, the IPC is a domestic legal remedy in the context
of Turkey, but it is a TRNC
institution and was established
by the TRNC with a law accepted by the TRNC Parliament.
“When the issue is viewed
from this perspective, the IPC
is an institution that should
be protected much more than in
the past.”
GREEK CYPRIOT SIDE
‘DISAPPOINTED’
On the other hand, the
Greek Cypriot foreign ministry
expressed its “disappointment”
at the decision and lambasted
the “negative role and involvement of the Secretariat of the
Council of Europe in ending
the supervision”.
The Greek Cypriot foreign
ministry noted that “Turkey,
despite paying some compensation to Ms Loizidou, continues
to not comply with its obligation
to restore all or part of Ms
Loizidou’s property” before calling the decision “legally unsound
and politically problematic”.
Gazimağusa’s Greek Cypriot “mayor in exile” Simos Ioannou was also left disappointed
by the decision, labelling it as
“unfair and negative” and claiming that it “gives Turkey an
alibi to not abide by the decisions
of the European Court of Human
Rights”.
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From front page
equal basis” and call for an end “to the
consequent endless isolation of both the
Turkish Cypriot people and expatriates in
the TRNC”.
The BRS has emphasised that the campaign is also open to non-BRS members, and
has set up a dedicated campaign email
address for all, which is
Providing an update yesterday on preparations for the lobbying activity, BRS president Peter Wilkins pointed out that what
the BRS is trying to achieve is “not in any
way political”.
“This campaign is purely for humanitarian reasons,” he said. “We are not aligned
to any TRNC governmental ideology nor are
we advocating any particular future resolution, but we are seeking to ‘End the Isolation’ of the TRNC by hoping to persuade
the UK government to listen to reason.
“Ultimately this will benefit all inhabitants of the TRNC, and hopefully improve
living standards.
“We have met with various groups, both
in the TRNC and from the UK, to seek
their advice and experiences of attempting similar lobbying efforts.
“It is apparent that what we thought
would be something we could complete
within weeks is realistically going to take
longer.”
Mr Wilkins stressed that “individuals
engaged on this project are not being taken
from their day to day roles within the BRS”
and that the costs of the campaign are
being met by private sponsors and “not by
using BRS funds or from the TRNC government”.
He continued: “We have recognised that
our primary goal is to make all UK citizens aware of what we are doing, not just
our members, so we will be enlisting the help
of newspapers, online magazines, social
media and TV stations to announce the
‘End the Isolation’ campaign.
“We will be announcing a launch date and
at the same time announcing the locations
of the petition documents for people to sign,
as well as pre-prepared letters which can be
signed and sent to the Foreign Secretary
James Cleverly and members’ MPs.”
Mr Wilkins added that the BRS will be
offering to use a courier company to ship all
of the documents to the UK “for onward
transmission” and that the documents can
also be emailed.
“We are also planning to use technology to allow interested parties to send a
standardised email direct to certain locations
very simply,” he said.
“All of the above information, together
with the letter and petition contents, will
be circulated immediately following the
press launch of the campaign.”
Mr Wilkins stated that following the
publication of the [email protected]
email address in Stephen Day’s most recent
column in Cyprus Today the BRS have
received many “replies and offers of assistance”, and advised those who know “anyone who is also interested in supporting
the campaign” to encourage them to write
to the email address.
From front page
Dr Oygar said that the Pharmaceutical and
Pharmacy Department has started work
on supplying flu and pneumonia vaccines.
She noted that 2,000 flu vaccines, which
will be donated by Turkey’s Public Health
Institution, will not arrive in the country
until November, so the Pharmaceutical
and Pharmacy Department decided to purchase 1,000 vaccines in the meantime,
which she said are expected to arrive in the
coming weeks.
Recalling delays to the shipment of flu
vaccines last year, Dr Oygar said that
2,000 flu jabs had to be sent back because
they could not be used.
“This may have been because many
people obtain the vaccine from private
pharmacies due to the late arrival of the
[state purchased] vaccines,” she said.
Dr Oygar said that more flu jabs will be
ordered if the ones acquired are not enough.
She explained that patients with chronic diseases, especially dialysis, organ transplant recipients, active cancer and COPD
(chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
patients will be given “priority” to get the
flu vaccine.
As for pneumonia vaccines, Dr Oygar
underlined that Turkey also does not have
the “PPA23” vaccine and that “therefore it
cannot be donated to our country”.
Pointing out that the Pharmaceutical and
Pharmacy Department “continues to work
to supply the pneumonia vaccine”, Dr Oygar
added that officials there have requested
offers from companies to supply the pneumonia vaccine “but no-one has responded yet”.
The Cyprus Turkish Medical Association (KTTB) has noted that “in principle, the
flu vaccine is administered annually in
November to anyone aged six months and over
who wants to have it”. The KTTB recommends the vaccine for people who fall into the
“defined risk groups for influenza, those who
care for these people and ultimately anyone
who wants to be protected from the flu”.
Meanwhile two respiratory diseases
specialists have warned that there could be
a big rise in contagious respiratory diseases other than Covid-19 this winter.
Dr Havva Yeşildağlı and Dr Emine
Kamiloğlu said that there were fewer cases
of disease such as flu in the winters of 2020
and 2021 due to the effect of Covid-19 restrictions such as social distancing and mask
wearing, but that the lifting of almost all rules
means that this trend will be reversed.
They also revealed the outcome of a
joint study they carried out on Covid-19
patients in the TRNC, which showed that
the mortality rate in the unvaccinated
group was three times higher than that of
fully vaccinated patients or those who did
not receive a booster dose during the recommend timeframe.
Turkey, TRNC pleased with COE’s Loizidou case decision BRS urges support for
lobbying campaign
From front page
Mr Çavuşoğlu told members: “My dear brothers, the
Qur’an says ‘Believers are
your brothers and be at peace
with our brothers’.”
He explained that “we
need to keep the brotherhood among Muslims above
politics” because “our voice
can only be heard if we act
together on issues that concern the entire Ummah [community]”.
Meanwhile, retired Turkish diplomat Uluç Özülker
has suggested that Turkey
may be able to get a motion
regarding the Cyprus issue
passed at the United Nations
General Assembly, after a
previous motion put forward
jointly by Turkey and Yemen
regarding Jerusalem was
overwhelmingly successful.
The motion in question
concerned the then-United
States President Donald
Trump’s recognition of
Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel back in 2017, with
Turkey and Yemen moving
a motion to reject this recognition.
The motion passed by 128
votes to just nine despite Mr
Trump threatening to cut off
financial aid to any countries
which voted for it, and Mr
Özülker now asks “why can
it not happen again?” with
regards to the TRNC, according to a report by the Turkish daily Milliyet.
Mr Özülker explained
that while the General
Assembly cannot force the
UN Security Council into
passing a resolution, especially given that all five permanent members of the
Security Council have the
power of a veto, they can
create a great amount of
“moral pressure” on the
world’s superpower nations.
“If you cast a serious
vote of 128 for acceptance
[of a motion], as with the
Jerusalem resolution, then
many countries may begin to
think it would be okay to
recognise the TRNC,” he
said.
“Turkey succeeded [in
2017], why not this time?”
‘Arms race will start in Cyprus’
Health ministry: Flu jabs are on the way
Titina Loizidou
News Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 7
Boy, 12, seriously hurt in crash
A TEENAGE taxi driver who was
hit by a car while arguing with
customers is still being treated in
intensive care at Lefkoşa Dr Burhan
Nalbantoğlu State Hospital, more
than three weeks after the incident happened.
Ozan Polat, 19, remains in a
“critical condition” after being seriously injured in Gönyeli at around
3.20am on September 8, Lefkoşa
District Court was told earlier this
week during the latest hearing
regarding the case.
He suffered a fractured skull
and two brain haemorrhages after
being hit by a car allegedly driven
by Afeez John Oyofo, who it is said
fled the scene but was tracked down
by police on the same day.
Police sergeant Ozan Avcı told
the court that the “part of the investigation that the suspect could
influence” has been completed.
Sergeant Avcı emphasised that
Oyofo had “no driving licence, was
speeding, was reckless and uninsured” when the incident occurred,
and that he also has “no legal status” in the TRNC and requested that
he be remanded in custody pending
trial.
Judge Nil Elodie Çeliker ordered
Oyofo be remanded in prison for a
period not exceeding 40 days.
By TOM CLEAVER
ANDREAS Soudjis, the
Greek Cypriot who was
arrested on suspicion of
espionage last month,
was sentenced to a
month in prison on Tuesday for taking photographs of a military
zone.
His sentence includes
time already spent on
remand since being formally charged, and he
will therefore be released
on Friday. Following his
release, it is expected
that he will be deported
to South Cyprus and
barred from re-entering
the TRNC.
At the sentencing
hearing at a military
court, Judge Murat Soytaç said that the defendant had “no bad intentions while photographing the military zones”
and that he took photos
for “souvenir purposes”.
“He did not record
any military elements,
equipment, units, or
movement, and he did
not intend to use these
photographs to commit
another crime,” the judge
said. He added that Mr
Soudjis’s “good behaviour” while on trial was
also taken into account.
Judge Soytaç noted
thatthe crime of which Mr
Soudjis was convicted is
“serious” and can be punishable by up to five years
in prison.
He also announced
that the images would
be deleted from Mr Soudjis’s cameras, and that
the cameras would be
returned to him.
Mr Soudjis was held
in custody for two weeks
following his arrest on
August 30, before being
charged at a military
court on September 15.
He was initially
charged with using a
walkie talkie without a
permit, and was issued
with a formal warning
and a suspended fine,
followed by the separate
sentence for the crime
of photographing military areas.
Man is jailed for
taking photos
of military area
A NEWBORN baby that was initially believed to have been “abducted” from Lefkoşa Dr Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital was given
to a friend by the baby’s mother
because she was going to have an
operation, police said.
The issue caused alarm among
the public after it was reported
in the Turkish-language media
that the newborn had been kidnapped.
After the issue became public, the police issued the following statement last Saturday:
“The investigation carried out
regarding the baby that was not at
the Lefkoşa Dr Burhan Nalbantoğlu
State Hospital Gynaecology Service
after birth, found that the woman
who came to the police yesterday
with her lawyer for questioning
had been given the baby to care for
in the hospital by the mother
because she was due to have an
operation.
“The baby was handed over to
the Social Services authorities to
be looked after. The investigation
into the incident continues.”
Andreas Soudjis
outside court
during a previous
appearance
Newborn baby taken from hospital is found
Afeez John Oyofo outside
court
Teen taxi
driver still
in critical
condition
TWO people were hurt, one of them
seriously, in an accidentthat occurred
on the Ercan-İskele main road.
The accident happened in front
of Tatlı Market in Sınırüstü when
19-year-old Boğaziçi resident Eren
Okur “lost control” of his car due to
“excessive speed and carelessness”
while driving from İskele to Ercan,
police said.
Zeynel Abidin Yilmaz, 46, was
waiting at the Sınırüstü junction to
drive onto the main road when his
truck was hit on the side by Okur’s
car.
Eren Okur and passenger Arda
Okur, 12, were rushed to Gazimağusa State Hospital by ambulances dispatched to the scene.
Eren Okur was treated for a
fractured right arm and placed
under observation.
After being treated for a bleed
in his lung, Arda Okur was transferred to Lefkoşa Dr Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital.
8 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 News
THE Turkish Cypriot Chamber of
Commerce (KTTO) has accused the
government of creating “chaos” over
plans to develop the GazimağusaYeniboğaziçi-İskele region in the
east of the TRNC, which have
become mired in legal disputes.
The zoning plan was finalised
in 2019 under then-Interior Minister Ayşegül Baybars of the People’s Party and had been due to
come into effect on January 1,
2020, in place of an interim “decree”,
but Ersin Tatar, then the Prime
Minister and leader of the National Unity Party, refused to put his
signature to the plan and have it
published in the Official Gazette.
In December 2021 then-Prime
Minister Faiz Sucuoğlu signed a
revised version of the zoning plan,
which was published in the Official
Gazette, and which it was said
would lead to a new “construction
boom” in the TRNC.
The Union of the Chambers of
Cyprus Turkish Engineers and
Architects (KTMMOB) blocked its
implementation after obtaining a
court injunction, with the previous
zoning decree remaining in place.
Last week there was a further
twist to the saga when the government slipped out a late night
announcement via the Official
Gazette on September 19 that it
had lifted the decree, leading to
property developers rushing to
municipalities and government
departments the next day to apply
for planning permission.
But town planners obtained a
new injunction on the same day,
which put all applications on hold
until a fresh court decision.
Commenting on the matter,
the KTTO said in a statement that
zoning activities between Gazimağusa and İskele have been
turned into a “new mess” and that
the region’s development has been
“suppressed in a planned manner”
and turned into an “inextricable”
situation through court decisions.
The KTTO called on Prime
Minister Ünal Üstel to “gather all
relevant parties around a table
and seek ways to reach an agreement” adding that “businesspeople
and the local community working
in this field are incapable of doing
business or benefitting from their
[land and property]”.
Pointing out that one of the
main developing fields of North
Cyprus is the real estate sector, the
statement said that building and
marketing homes to people from different parts of the world who want
to come and live in North Cyprus
or using them for tourism purposes will support the economic
development of the country.
The statement continued:
“Unfortunately, these initiatives
cannot be made due to the chaos
caused by the administration, and
investors and foreigners who buy
housing are almost under threat.
“The zoning plan, to which our
Chamber has tried to contribute on
various occasions, has been in
progress for four years in the region
known as the ‘Gazimağusa-Yenibogaziçi-İskele Development Zone’,
but could not be finalised.
“The region’s planned development was suppressed by mandates that effectively banned zoning activities . . . The Turkish
Republic of Northern Cyprus,
where every action or decision
goes to court, has been transformed
into a strange country where no
public implementation or planning can be made.
“It is obvious that we cannot
move forward without getting rid
of this environment.”
The Cyprus Turkish Chamber
of Shopkeepers and Artisans
(KTEZO) said in a statement that
“at five minutes to midnight the
Gazimağusa-Yeniboğaziçi-İskele
region was completely opened for
development” following the temporary lifting of restrictions.
The KTEZO questioned how
the next morning queues of people
with prepared files of paperwork
formed in front of the municipalities’ zoning departments.
“Our chamber will continue to
stand up against all types of greed
and will be on the side of public
interests, planning and the future,”
the KTEZO added.
Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said
in a statement that his aim in lifting the zoning decree had been to
“tackle problems and find solutions
while protecting the interests of
society” and to support the Gazimağusa-Yeniboğaziçi-İskele economy.
“The main thing for us is to
provide swift solutions to existing problems without creating new
grievances,” he said.
“Knowing that every drawnout and unresolved problem creates
more aggrieved people, we put
forth the political will to solve the
problems with a sense of responsibility.
“Instead of complicating existing problems, I invite all parties to
act with the same sense of responsibility and to contribute to the
solution without creating new
aggrieved parties.”
Govt ‘has created property
‘chaos’ in the eastern area’
A “FIRST” took place in the
North Cyprus real estate
sector last Saturday as candidates who want to work as
professional estate agents
had to sit an exam.
The exam was organised
by the Cyprus Turkish Estate
Agents Union (KTEB), with
61 people taking part. It was
held under the watchful eye
of Prof Hüda Hüdaverdi of
the Cyprus Health and Social
Sciences University.
In a statement made after
the exam, KTEB president
Hasan Sungur said: “No-one
will be able to do real estate
business in this country without receiving training.”
In separate comments,
Mr Sungur said that there
are “four illegal estate agents
for every registered one” in
the TRNC.
A draft Bill seeking
amendments to laws regarding the work of estate agents
is “insufficient”, Mr Sungur
said, stating that “illegal
real estate agents continue
to swindle the public”.
“The main regulation
should have been to prevent
foreign nationals from doing
illegal real estate business
in our country and to take
measures to prevent the citizens from being defrauded,” he added. “The government is also failing on this
issue.”
Exam held for aspiring estate agents
Protest against plans to turn fishermen’s shelter into hotel
MEMBERS of the
Karaoğlanoğlu Hunting,
Shooting and Fishing Association held a protest against
plans to give a fishermen’s
shelter allocated to the association for its use to a private
company for the construction
of a hotel and casino.
The protesters gathered
in front of the Karaoğlanoğlu
coffeehouses to demand that
the decision be revoked.
They held aloft banners
and placards bearing messages such as “We are standing up for our youth, our
future and our property”
and “Hands off the people’s
property”.
A statement read out by
the demonstrators said: “On
this land by the sea, one ofthe
last spaces in Girne to
breathe freely, with a unique
view and priceless historical artefacts, we are all calling out to return the Karaoğlanoğlu fishing harbour
and land to its rightful owners, the people, to create a
park area for public use.”
News Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 9
THE 2022 Martyr Captain
Cengiz Topel Mediterranean Storm Drill, which
was carried out in North
Cyprus with the participation of members of the
Turkish Armed Forces and
the TRNC’s Security Forces
Command (GKK), was
reported to have been successfully completed.
A statement released
by the GKK last weekend
said the drill was held “in
line with the international Treaties of Guarantee
and Alliance” regarding
Cyprus and that “the Turkish Armed Forces and the
TRNC Security Forces continue to protect the rights
and interests of Turkey
and the Turkish Republic
of Northern Cyprus in the
Eastern Mediterranean
and to be the guarantor of
peace and security on the
island of Cyprus”.
The statement explained
that the aim of the annual
military drill, held this year
from September 19 to September 23, was to “improve
the planning and execution
capabilities” of the
“armoured troops, air
assault and airborne operations, combat search and
rescue, electronic warfare,
reconnaissance and surveillance activities”, while
“sharing mutual knowledge
and experience and improving interoperability”.
The drill involved members of Turkey’s Land
Forces Command, Naval
Forces Command, Air Force
Command, and Army Aviation Command; along with
Cyprus Turkish Peace
Forces troops and members of the Special Task
Force Command’s Security Forces Command and
Army Aviation Command
from the TRNC.
The exercise is named
after Captain Cengiz Topel,
the first Turkish fighter
pilot to be killed in action
when he was captured and
tortured to death by Greek
Cypriot forces after his aircraft was shot down over
Cyprus in August 1964
while taking part in the
defence of Erenköy on the
island’s north-western
coast.
2022 Martyr Captain Cengiz Topel
Mediterranean Storm Drill held
Joint Turkey-TRNC
exercise a ‘success’
By TOM CLEAVER
ERSİN Tatar met with United
Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in New York last
Saturday on the sidelines of the
77th United Nations General
Assembly.
A statement from his office said
the meeting took place in a “positive
and constructive atmosphere”.
Mr Tatar told Mr Guterres
that “a new formal negotiation
process” for a solution to the
Cyprus problem “can only be started following the reaffirmation of
the sovereign equality and equal
international status of the Turkish Cypriot people which is an
inherent right”.
Referring to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s call
at the UN General Assembly for
the international community to
formally recognise the TRNC, Mr
Tatar said to Mr Guterres that “it
is a right for our sovereign equal
state to be recognised in the international arena” and that the
Turkish Cypriot people “will continue the struggle together with
motherland Turkey for the realisation of this right”.
Mr Tatar then explained how
the Turkish Cypriots are “subjected to inhumane isolation” and
requested that Mr Guterres “take
an initiative on the matter with the
objective of ending the
restrictions as soon as possible”, also labelling the
Turkish Cypriots’ isolation as “not acceptable in
this day and age” and a
“form of persecution”.
In addition, Mr
Tatar “expressed
concern at the armament efforts of the
Greek Cypriot side”
as well as at the
recent lifting of the
United States’
arms embargo on
the Greek Cypriot
Administration.
He also stated
that the TRNC
and Turkey would
take the “necessary counter steps”.
Finally, Mr
Tatar brought up
Foreign Minister
Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu’s proposal that the United
Nations sign a “Status of Forces
Agreement” with the TRNC for
the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) to
remain stationed here.
A Status of Forces Agreement
is normally signed between a host
country and a foreign nation
which stations military forces in
that country.
One such example is between
all signatories of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(Nato), which allows its members to station its forces in other
member states.
Mr Guterres reportedly told
Mr Tatar that he is “well aware”
of the Turkish Cypriot side’s position regarding the recommencement of formal negotiations, and
also announced that his
deputy, Rosemary DiCarlo, will be visiting Cyprus
to explore whether “common ground” between the
two sides exists.
TURKISH CYPRIOTS
IN NEW YORK
Mr Tatar also met
with a delegation of
Turkish Cypriots living in New York, primarily from the
Turkish Cypriot Aid
Society.
Mr Tatar said
that he was
“happy” to have
had the opportunity to meet with
the group, telling
them that their
efforts to preserve
“our identity, culture and deep-rooted relations with
your homeland” are “commendable”.
He added that “what binds us
together is the love for our country”
and expressed empathy with the
“challenges you face in trying to
make a living, whilst also trying to
teach next generations the importance of preserving their identity
and culture”, as he lived abroad, in
the UK, “for many years”.
In addition, Mr Tatar said he
was “touched by the love for the
homeland that was instilled” in
the Turkish Cypriots he met in
the US, telling the delegation that
“we are in this struggle together,
and we will continue this path
with determination and with the
strength we share in solidarity
for our national cause”.
Mr Tatar then reaffirmed to
the American Turkish Cypriots his
commitment to a two-state solution to the Cyprus problem, with
Turkish Cypriot Aid Society chairman Ali Sencer also expressing his
support for such a solution.
Following the conclusion of his
engagements in New York, Mr
Tatar held a press conference,
where he once again made reference
to Mr Erdoğan’s call for the TRNC
to be recognised and issued a message of his own to the international community: “You talk about
human rights, international conventions and UN declarations, but
for decades you have been and still
are spectators to the inhumane
isolation and embargoes that are
being enforced on the Turkish
Cypriot people. . . It is high time to
put an end to this persecution and
. . . accept the reality of the TRNC,
because the clock can no longer be
turned back in Cyprus.”
President Tatar returned to
North Cyprus on Monday.
11 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 News
Tatar: meeting with UN chief
was ‘positive, constructive’
President Ersin Tatar met UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres in New York last Saturday
President concerned at lifting of the US arms embargo on the Greek Cypriot Administration
BRS Member Clinics Today
The Wild Duck, Lapta, from 10amnoon
Karsel Restaurant, Boğaz, from
11am-1pm on 1st and 3rd Saturday
of the month
Park Palace Hotel, Girne, from 10amnoon
12 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 What’
Monday
Creditwest Bank, Çatalköy, from
09.30–11.30am
The Eagles Nest Restaurant, Küçük
Erenköy, from noon to 2pm, on the
1st and 3rd Monday of the month
Wednesday
Creditwest Bank, Alsancak, from
09.30–11.30am
Creditwest Bank,
Gazimagusa, from 9.30-
11.30am on 1st
Wednesday of the month
Friday
Creditwest Bank, Iskele,
from 9.30-11.30am on 1st
and 3rd Friday of the
month
The Foreign Residents
in the TRNC
Wednesday
Meet at the Balti House
Restaurant, Esentepe,
from 12.30-2.30pm, on
the 1st and 3rd
Wednesday of the month
Meet at Sultan’s
Restaurant, Çatalköy, 3-
5pm, on the 1st and 3rd
Wednesday of the month
BINGO
Monday
Bingo at Three Crowns, Ozankoy, at
8pm. Book of games 60TL. For more
information call 0533 884 9540
CHARITY SHOPS
Today, Wednesday & Friday
North Cyprus Cancer Charity Trust
Heartbeat shop (behind Girne post
office) opens from 10am-1pm.
Donations always welcome
Today, Monday & Wednesday
Kyrenia Animal Rescue Charity and
House & Home shops, behind Girne
fire station open 10am-1pm
Monday-Friday
(Closed Wednesdays)
North Cyprus Cancer Charity Trust
Heartbeat shop opens from 10am1pm at the rear of Girne Akcicek
Hospital. Donations always welcome
Tuesday & Wednesday
Help Those With Cancer/Tulips
charity boutique next to Fish House
Restaurant, Alsancak opens from
10am-4pm. All donations welcome
ADVICE AND
INFORMATION
Anglo Turkish Association Member Clinics
Today
The Olive Press Bowling Club, Lapta,
from 11am-1pm on the 1st and 3rd
Saturday of the month, more details
www.angloturkish association.com
Monday
The Joya Bar & Bistro, Crystal Bay
Marina, Küçük Erenköy, Esentepe,
from 5:30pm – 7pm on the 1st and 3rd
Monday of the month, more details
www.angloturkishassociation.com
Tuesday
Creditwest Bank, Çatalköy, from
10–11.30am on the 2nd and 4th
Tuesday of the month, more details
www.angloturkish association.com
Wednesday
Creditwest Bank, Girne, from 10am11.30am on the 2nd and 4th
Wednesday of the month, more
details www.angloturkish
association.com
Thursday
Creditwest Bank, Alsancak, from
10–11.30am on the 1st and 3rd
Thursday of the month.Details
www.angloturkish association.com
Your guide to
upcoming events
Monday
Narcotics Anonymous meet 6-7pm.
For more info 0533 888 4168
KYRENIA ANIMAL
RESCUE
Every day
The Rescue Centre in the Beşparmak
Mountains above Arapköy is open for
visitors and dog walking 9am-1pm.
All are welcome
’s On Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 13
What’s On?
GAMES
Monday
Duplicate bridge played 13.15-
16.30pm at The Korenium Golf &
Beach Resort, Çatalköy. For further
information call Janice on 0533 888
6592
Thursday
Whist Drive takes place at the Park
Cafe, Karşıyaka, at 2pm prompt.
Everyone welcome, including
beginners. For details call Elaine on
0533 844 1860
HELP GROUPS
Today
Alcoholics Anonymous meeting,
Karşıyaka, 1-2pm. For more
information call 0533 824 1100, 0533
868 3330 and 0533 855 7743
Please send your events to
[email protected] by 5pm on Monday
LIBRARY
Today & Wednesday
Kyrenia Society Library behind Girne
Post Office opens from 10am-noon.
MARKETS
Today & Tomorrow
Evergreen Market & Café, Lapta,
open today 7am-2pm, tomorrow 12-
7pm. For more details call 0548 888
6328
Today
Market selling bric-à-brac, secondhand books, clothes. 9am at Chateau
Lambousa, Lapta
All day English market at Home and
Garden, Alsancak (near Atakara
Supermarket). For more details, or to
book a stall, call 0533 868 8923
Wednesday
Girne Market open from 8am to 8pm
selling fresh fruit and veg, dairy
products, plants and clothes. Near
Girne police station
QUIZZES
Tuesday
Quiz & bingo with Tony at Karşıyaka
Park Cafe at 7.30pm. For more
details call 0533 844 1793 or 0533
821 5185
Thursday
Quiz at Khan’s Restaurant, Çatalköy,
at 7pm. For more details & bookings
call 0533 861 7224
Charity fun quiz in aid of Heartbeat
(NCCCT) at The Grease Monkey,
Çatalköy at 7pm. Food available. For
more details contact 0533 883 1897
Quiz night with Steve at the Olive
Bar, Alsancak, at 7pm. All welcome
SPORTS & FITNESS
Monday
Somatic yoga at The Black Olive
Café, Alsancak, from 10.15-11.15am.
Details: 0533 835 5133
Aqua aerobics class at Lapta at
11.15am. For all ages & abilities.
For more details call 0533 845 0744
Tuesday & Thursday
Body Sculpt class from 8.30-9.30am
at The Black Olive Café Studio,
Alsancak. Details: 0533 835 5133
Tuesday
Pilates class at The Black Olive Café
& Studio, Alsancak from 10am-11am.
For details call Sue on 0533 837 2355
Wednesday
Vinyasa Hatha Yoga class from
8.30am-9.30am at The Black Olive
Café, Alsancak. For more details call
0533 835 5133
Thursday
Flow yoga at Joya site, Crystal Bay
Marina, Küçük Erenköy, from 10-
11am. Class 90TL. For more details
call 0533 857 6331
Aqua aerobics class at Lapta at
9.30am. For all ages & abilities. For
more details call 0533 845 0744
Thursday-Saturday
Help Those With Cancer/Tulips
charity boutique next to Fish House
Restaurant, Alsancak, opens from
10am-1pm. All donations welcome
Monday - Friday
Kyrenia Animal Rescue Gladrags
shop, Karakum (opposite Ziraat Bank)
opens 9.30am-1pm
DANCE
Monday & Friday
Simbo African Brazilian class at The
Black Olive Café, Alsancak, at 9am.
First class free. For more details call
0533 835 5133
COFFEE
MORNING
&
TABLE
TOP SALE
SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 8
10am until 1pm
at the
CROWS NEST, KARMI
in aid of
THE KARMI CATS
PART OF THE
FREEDOM GROUP
50tl Entry fee
Coffee & Cake Included
By TOM CLEAVER
THE Post Office has unveiled a
new set of commemorative stamps
to celebrate traditional Cypriot
architecture.
The stamps feature drawings of
traditional Cypriot buildings by
local artist Görel Korol Sönmezer.
There are two different stamps,
one for 9TL and the other priced at
9.25TL. They were released on
September 19 and will be available for a year. A set of 2,400 first
day covers (FDC), costing 20.25TL
each have also been printed.
Those wishing to buy the stamps
and FDCs can pay in cash at the
Cyprus Turkish Philatelic Association or any other Post Office
branch, via an online postal transfer through the Turkish PTT, indicating the subscriber number, via
credit card, or via a bank transfer
to IBAN: TR37 0001 0008 6040
2987 9150 01 and SWIFT/BIC code
TCZBTR2A.
Meanwhile the Post Office has
announced plans to release a new
set of stamps on October 13 to
mark the Qatar Fifa World Cup,
which will start in November.
CONSERVATION work on
the “Orunda Mosque” in the
village of Orunda in South
Cyprus, one of the projects of
the bicommunal Technical
Committee on Cultural Heritage (TCCH), has been completed.
TCCH co-Chair Ali Tuncay said that the conservation work, which began at the
start of 2021, was carried
out with funds from the
European Union and the
“technical support” of the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Speaking to the Turkish
Cypriot news agency TAK
about the completion of the
work, Mr Tuncay said that
the Orunda Mosque’s history dates back to the 19th
century, that there is a school
and an auxiliary building
next to it and that there was
a risk of the mosque collapsing due to “structural
problems”.
“As part of this work, the
Orunda Mosque, the school
building next to it and the
auxiliary building were rendered usable,” he said.
“Weeds were pulled up, a
cracked wall was repaired,
decayed sections were rebuilt
and a steel ramp and
entrance steps for easy access
were added.
“While the roof was completely renovated, conservation
work was done on the minber (pulpit) and ‘mihrab’. In
order to ensure the sustainability ofthe project,the internal and external surfaces were
covered with plaster and a
new drainage canal was built.”
Mr Tuncay added that
conservation work will begin
at more mosques located in
South Cyprus, in Vuda,
Maroni and Lefkara.
Conservation of 19th century
S Cyprus mosque completed
14 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 News
By TOM CLEAVER
THE first ever meeting of the
informal working group on
hellim took place last Friday
at the Home for Cooperation
in the buffer zone in Lefkoşa.
The working group had
an equal number of Turkish
Cypriot and Greek Cypriot
members, and met to
“exchange experiences and
good practices on the implementation of the Protected
Designation of Origin (PDO)”
of hellim — an order which
restricts the production of
hellim to the island of Cyprus.
The group was set up in
July to “provide a forum for
fair and open dialogue regarding the implementation of
the PDO”, which initially
attracted a range of reaction
including some criticism.
Judit Rozsa, who works
as the Director of Resources,
Coordination and Aid Programme in the DirectorateGeneral for Structural Reform
Support ofthe European Commission, attended the meeting.
Ahead of the meeting
she said “this will be an
important contribution
towards bringing Cyprus a
step closer to solving issues
that are common for both
communities”.
Hellim producers grill EU officials
‘Traditional Cypriot architecture’
celebrated in new TRNC stamps
Ali
Tuncay
ALL good things, even
great things, must
eventually come to an
end, and so the adage
has proven once again.
This will, for now at least,
be my last column for Cyprus
Today before I leave the
country to commence a
Master’s programme abroad.
I shall be heading northwest to Greece, more
specifically to the city of
Thessaloniki. Interestingly
enough, the city, among other
things, has a rich Turkish
history. Known as Selanik in
Turkish, the city was the
birthplace of Mustafa Kemal
Atatürk in 1881, and belonged
to the Ottoman Empire for
almost 500 years.
Moving on from where I am
headed next, I will indulge
myself and, as this
newspaper’s other columnist
Stephen Day may put it, “my
reader”, in my thoughts about
the place where I am currently
stationed one final time.
More specifically, I will
turn my attention to a letter I
received from a Mr Eren
Ramadan, who took umbrage
at my defence of people who
identify themselves as
Turkish-speaking Cypriots.
Mr Ramadan, as we
established before, is the
creator of the social media
account known as the “Young
Turkish Cypriots”, and
recently produced a social
media post which labelled
people who self-identify as
Turkish-speaking Cypriots as
“dangerous”.
I found this particular post
to be distasteful for a number
of reasons, which I described
in the original article and do
not plan to rehash today, and
Mr Ramadan kindly returned
the favour and penned a letter
of his own to Cyprus Today to
argue his point.
He complained that I
“selectively referenced” the
post in question, and to that
end I encourage anyone
interested in the post to go and
find it themselves and read it
in its entirety in order to make
their own mind up.
Personally, I find the
branding of swathes of the
Turkish Cypriot population as
“dangerous” and speaking of
untold “large ramifications” to
their self-identity to be
abhorrent, and a form of
purposefully pitting Turkish
Cypriots against each other
and driving a wedge down the
middle of this country’s
already brittle society for the
benefit of little more than
clicks.
He then once again made
reference to this “distinct
ethnicity” of Turkish Cypriots,
which completely ignores the
fact that ethnicity is an
entirely subjective matter and
one which is based upon the
parameters which one sets for
oneself.
If Mr Ramadan sees
himself as ethnically Turkish,
he is completely right to see
himself that way. He clearly
feels strongly about his own
Turkishness and no doubt has
a great affinity with Turkish
culture, language, literature,
and art. This is his prerogative
and as a Turkish Cypriot this
is his right.
However, what is beyond
his remit is to attempt to
control and police how other
Turkish Cypriots identify
themselves and interact with
their culture, and this is where
I take issue with his social
media activity.
Touching briefly on the
subject of ancestry, I should
move to clarify my “strange”
claims surrounding the history
of this island’s people.
My point was never that all
Turkish Cypriots came into
existence through mixed
marriages between Ottomans
and Greek-speaking
inhabitants of Cyprus or
through conversions, but that
these two phenomena were
observable and evidenced by
the facts on the ground.
Multiple academics, not
“Greek Cypriot
propagandists”, have made
reference to such phenomena
taking place in villages such
as Kaleburnu and
Lurucina/Akıncılar among
others, and the simple
historical facts remain thus.
Greek-speaking Muslims
historically did not occur
“naturally”, so to speak,
especially not on the island of
Cyprus. The Greek language
was most recently spread to
the island during the time of
the Byzantine Empire, at
which time there was no
significant Muslim population
on the island.
When the Ottoman Empire
arrived on the island in the
16th century, they were
Turkish-speaking Muslims.
As such, if every single
Turkish Cypriot had a clear
and unbroken line of ancestry
back to 1571 and the arrival of
the Ottomans, there would
have been no Greek-speaking
Muslims on the island
whatsoever.
The fact that this did not
happen can only suggest one of
two observable and recorded
sets of circumstances.
Greek-speaking Muslims in
these circumstances can either
be created by Ottoman Turks
marrying and reproducing
with Greek-speaking Cypriots,
with their offspring taking the
religion of their fathers and
the language of their mothers,
or they can come about
through conversion.
The converts, many of
whom were known as the
“Linovamvaki”, are a large and
important part of this island’s
cultural history, and to deny
their existence is to deny a
large part of this island’s
cultural diversity and wealth.
In truth, the way I see it is
this: to attempt to tell a story of
a people that simply arrived
and set up camp on this island
451 years ago is to do a deep
injustice to the longstanding
and deep ties to this island that
many Turkish Cypriots have
and have always had, going
back way before the Ottoman
conquest of the island.
This point links in with Mr
Ramadan’s defeatism
surrounding the term
“Cypriot”. If I were in his
position with his social media
reach, I would be shouting
from the rooftops about
Cyprus belonging to my people
just as much as it belongs to
the Greek Cypriots, and about
my people belonging to Cyprus
just as much as the Greek
Cypriots do.
While this “Cypriotness”
may not be the same type you
see spread to the world by
Greek Cypriot propagandists,
it is no less Cypriot, and we
should never forget that.
Cyprus is just as much an
island of mosques and
minarets, great Turkishlanguage poets and authors,
and Ottoman architecture as it
is of anything Greek.
Mr Ramadan is welcome to
feel deeply about his
Turkishness, but the Turkish
Cypriot people’s attachment to
this island is something that
we simply do not underline
enough, and something which
I feel gets lost in this scramble
among some to accentuate said
Turkishness.
On this point, Mr Ramadan
told me to “remove” my “rosetinted glasses”.
I am no psychologist, but I
would imagine that this is a
touch of projection on his part.
I live here and have done since
I was a teenager.
This is the only home I
have ever known in all of my
adult life, and I experience my
Tom Cleaver
daily life here and have seen
this place change even since I
arrived.
I see from Mr Ramadan’s
letter that he does not live in
this country, and I may gently
suggest that his perceptions of
the country, its politics, and its
identity may mellow somewhat
if he were here every single
day.
Actually living here forces
one to look at things through a
different lens and understand
the facts on the grounds and
people’s priorities.
Without wishing to be
crass, singing a patriotic tune
is much easier when those
singing the same tune are not
making you poorer with their
economic decision-making.
This is something which, as
I mentioned before, I can
attest to. The society into
which I came when I moved
here was one which was very
different from what I
imagined, and now I can
frankly say I have had my eyes
opened to the realities of life in
North Cyprus.
Many my age have
embraced a more European
identity largely in search of
economic prosperity, but that
is difficult to understand when
your personal finances are not
linked to the country.
Furthermore, many
Turkish Cypriots feel
patronised and upset by people
who do not live here telling
them how they should think
and feel.
They see in these types of
social media accounts run by
people abroad a wilful
ignorance of the daily lives of
Turkish Cypriots in favour of
point-scoring against political
factions and national
identities, and societal arson
within the Turkish Cypriots
for the sake of clicks.
People who have spoken to
me following my article two
weeks ago have rhetorically
begged the question that if Mr
Ramadan loves the TRNC so
much, why does he not come
and live here and attempt to
survive here on minimum
wage and see for himself how
it is?
I would be inclined to agree
with them somewhat, and
should Mr Ramadan wish to
move here, there will soon be a
vacancy at Cyprus Today. I
would be more than happy to
put a good word in for him.
This being said, while I
have described above the
economic difficulties of living
here, doing this job has been
nothing short of an absolute
pleasure.
There are few things which
match the feeling of playing an
active role in the community
and genuinely being a part of
society in a place which one
loves, and make some fantastic
memories and lifelong friends
along the way.
I have met multiple
Presidents and their families
and even sung karaoke with
one President’s son, sat down
with Prime Ministers and
other ministers, written an
article which may or may not
have led to the resignation of a
priest, and once or twice found
myself in hot water with
various security personnel.
I have been called both a
Turkish propagandist and a
Greek propagandist and have
received my fair share of irate
emails, but that aside, I have
met an untold number of
fantastic people who do
wonderful work for this
country and this community by
doing this job.
As for this country,
whatever gripes I may have
about the government of the
day or its economic woes, I
could not ask for a more loving
or more beautiful place to have
grown up. I take with me
countless memories from these
years, and would live them all
again in a heartbeat.
In Greece and wherever I
go beyond, this country will
always have an honorary
ambassador in me, and while I
do not know exactly where my
life will take me in the coming
years or how long I will be
gone, the only thing I am
certain of is that I will be back.
Opinion Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 17
Thank you and goodbye
The house in Thessaloniki where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
was born, which was later turned into a museum dedicated
to his life
ACROSS
1. As used in game to make
insect dance? (7,4)
9. Freeze up in Algeciras (3)
10. Home without parents (9)
11. Three sorts of anaesthetic (5)
13. Couldn’t be earlier to toss out
l inside (7)
14. Please slip by (6)
16. Cut out 100, the majority
being extreme (6)
18. Give set out to trace (7)
19. Cuneiform shape on the
Western border (5)
20. Keenly contested athletic
event in which 100 also ran (5,4)
21. Place most of 3 go round (3)
22. When the animals get their
teeth into things (7,4)
DOWN
2. It was grown in Merry
England (3)
3. Some echo irresponsible
singers (5)
4. Unmask former attitude (6)
5. Confirm that a wild animal has escaped (4,3)
6. Holes out, in the lead, but held on payment (9)
7. Hot gospeller’s contribution to the public
good? (4,7)
8. How to be in the highest of spirits? (3,2,3,3)
12. A grave addition by the sound of the chief’s
voice (9)
15. Send round a gratuity by way of salary (7)
17. Recover, for example, in wet weather (6)
19. Twist trews out of shape (5)
21. Queer spirit (3)
ACROSS
1. Suitability (11)
9. Poem (3)
10. Decay (9)
11. Additional (5)
13. White ant (7)
14. Diatribe (6)
16. Elder (6)
18. Illusion (7)
19. Illumination (5)
20. Carry (9)
21. Jollification (3)
22. Stood for (11)
DOWN
2. Mineral (3)
3. Russian drink (5)
4. Exactness (6)
5. Ratify (7)
6. Restraining (9)
7. Homeliness (11)
8. Piercing (11)
12. End (9)
15. Sideboard (7)
17. Celebrated (6)
19. Of ancient Rome (5)
21. Opponent (3)
Cryptic No 1582 (answers in next week’s paper)
Quick No 1582 (answers in next week’s paper)
Last week’s answers:
ACROSS: 1 Show; 3 Limbless; 9 Trefoil;
10 Typed; 11 Latent talent; 13 Resent;
15 Agrees; 17 Farm labourer; 20 Leave;
21 Tension; 22 Pleasure; 23 Here.
DOWN: 1 Settlers; 2 Overt; 4 Inlets;
5 Battleground; 6 Expense; 7 Side; 8 Round
numbers; 12 Estrange; 14 Sea lane; 16 Factor;
18 Raise; 19 Slap.
Last week’s answers:
ACROSS: 1 Rock; 3 Imminent; 9 Problem;
10 Tress; 11 Disintegrate; 13 Torpid;
15 Muddle; 17 Uncharitable; 20 Alive;
21 Prowess; 22 Mightily; 23 Idol.
DOWN: 1 Rapidity; 2 Cross; 4 Member;
5 Interruption; 6 Erected; 7 Task;
8 Blandishment; 12 Reversal; 14 Running;
16 Propel; 18 Breed; 19 Calm.
ACROSS
1. Explosive force equal to
1,000,000 tons of TNT (7)
8. Type of musical composition,
usually on a sacred theme (8)
9. Self-propelled, submarine
weapon (7)
10. Mother of a horse, for
example (3)
11. Combination of parties,
nations, etc. for a common
purpose (4)
14. Sharp-pointed duelling
swords (5)
15. City of Ontario and capital of
Canada (6)
16. Great mass of salt water (5)
18. City in NE Spain which was
formerly known as Gerunda (6)
20. Profession or occupation (6)
22. Titan made to support the
heavens with his head and
hands (5)
24. Love of cruelty (6)
27. Capital of Vietnam, on the
Red River (5)
29. Greek god of love (4)
30. A beard of barley, for
example (3)
31. Tube for bringing air to a
submerged swimmer (7)
32. Shell of a tortoise or crab (8)
33. Stephen —-, poet
whose works include
Trial of a Judge (7)
DOWN
1. Name associated with
nursery rhymes and fairy
tales (6,5)
2. Prickly, yellow-flowered
shrub (5)
3. Treachery or disloyalty to a
sovereign, etc. (7)
4. A strip of pasta used in
soups (6)
5. A mouth-organ (9)
6. Uncertainty of opinion (5)
7. The Merry —-, operetta by
Franz Lehar (5)
12. A former administrative
district of Kent (5)
13. Larva of a moth, butterfly,
etc. (11)
17. Sailing boat with
twin hulls (9)
19. Frequently, the last
movement of a sonata (5)
21. Elias —-, antiquary, founder
of a museum at Oxford (7)
23. Glasses used in optical
instruments (6)
25. A rich tapestry used as a
wall-hanging (5)
26. The Muslim world (5)
28. The —- and the Dead, wellknown novel by Norman
Mailer (5)
Last week’s answers
ACROSS:
1 Vulcan; 4 Topaz; 6 Lei;
7 Flamenco; 8 Adam;
11 Farce; 13 Fell; 15 Masonry;
16 Cremona; 17 Tati;
19 Larch; 21 Rand;
24 Camomile; 25 Owl;
26 Senor; 27 Oxygen.
DOWN:
1 Viola; 2 California; 3 Namur;
4 Tonne; 5 Poodle; 6 Lama;
9 Diana; 10 Maori;
12 Caerphilly; 13 Femur;
14 Linen; 18 Toucan;
19 Lemur; 20 Romeo;
22 Apron; 23 Dahl.
Crossword hat-trick General knowledge 877
(answers in next week’s paper)
18 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 Crosswords
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
Easy Difficult
EASY Sudoku 873 DIFFICULT
RULES;
❐ Enter digits 1 to 9 into the blank spaces.
❐ Every row must contain one of each digit.
❐ So must every column.
❐ So must every 3x3 square.
❐ Each Sudoku has a unique solution that
can be reached logically without guessing.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
HOW TO PLAY;
❐ Fill in the grid so that each run of squares
adds up to the total in the box to the left or
above it.
❐ You can use the numbers 1-9 but you must
not use the same number more than once in
any run.
Kakuro 873 Wordsearch
Wordspiral
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
1. Rota; 2. Arab; 3. Bury; 4. Yolk;
5. Kick; 6. King; 7. Glow; 8. Will;
9. Loaf; 10. Flab; 11. Beat; 12. Tend;
13. Drag; 14. Gold; 15. Dash; 16. Hill
Key word solution: Wallaby
Starting from 1, fill in the grid in a
clockwise direction with four-letter
words. The last letter of each word
becomes the first letter of the next
word. If you have correctly filled in the
grid there should be a seven-letter key
word reading across from 8.
KEYWORD CLUE: Marine mammal
1. Notion
2. Opera song
3. Prayer ending
4. Body part
5. Potter’s oven
6. Standard
7. Take care of
8. Foolish
9. Story
10. Needle case
11. Wading bird
12. Not hard
13. Sound a horn
14. Tense
15. Ruffian
16. Swallow eagerly
LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS
1. Echo; 2. Golf; 3. Sierra;
4. Hotel; 5. Bravo; 6. Oscar;
7. Tango; 8. Romeo; 9. Kilo;
10. Victor
Can you find the surnames of 10
men’s champions at Wimbledon
from the clues?
Clues
1. Pat ——
2. Lew ——
3. Stefan ———
4. Arthur ——
5. Bjorn ——
6. Boris ———
7. John ———-
8. Stan ——-
9. Andre ———
10. Michael ——-
Words are written horizontally and vertically, not diagonally or backwards
Brain Teasers Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 19
20 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 Classified
DUTY CHEMISTS
SATURDAY,
October 1
Lefkoşa — Güney
Eczanesi: Yüzb Yurdabak
Cad No 13, Ortaköy. Tel:
227 6695 and 0533
8660656; Emel Ataçağ
Eczanesi: Çetin Kürşat
Apt, Zemin Kat, No 18,
Gönyeli. Opposite Kolan
British Hospital. Tel: 224
0611 and 0533 865 1407;
Akdora Eczanesi: Mumcu
Tepe Sok, Bozhan Apt No
4. Anıttepe Road,
Hamitköy. Tel: 225 3355
and 0533 869 3777.
Girne — Mucizem
Eczanesi: Naci Talat Cad,
Nevzat Center No 26/A.
Tel: 815 1150; Küçük
Eczanesi: Canbulat Sok
No 5/C, opposite
municipal covered market.
Tel: 815 3626 and 0542
851 0907; Emin Eczanesi:
Karaoğlanoğlu Cad,
Hasem ‹şhanı No 1,
Alsancak. Tel: 0533 870
1946 and 0533 870 1946.
Gazimağusa — Halkın
Eczanesi: Uluçam Road,
Sakarya Evleri. Tel: 365
0112 and 0533 840 4402;
Ergin Eczanesi: Eşref
Bitlis Cad, Arıbey Apt No
1, Mağusa Medical
Centre. Tel: 365 4735 and
0533 864 4747.
Upper Mesaoria —
Serdarlı Eczanesi: Han
Street, Serdarlı. Tel: 376
7006 and 0542 851 6466.
Lower Mesaoria —
Hocanın Eczanesi:
Belediye shops No 1,
Vadili. Tel: 397 8222 and
0533 852 7920.
Güzelyurt — ‹ncirli
Eczanesi: Büyük Ada Sok
No 22 (by ‹ncirli Children’s
Clinic). Tel: 714 2874 and
0533 833 1122.
‹skele — Mevlüt Kaçmaz
Eczanesi: Mekanzi Cad,
Ezgi Sok, Dumika Const
Ltd. Dük No:10 Cevzili
Iskele. Tel: 0548 860
5554.
Lefke — Sıdıka Umar
Eczanesi: Menekşe Sok
No2/B, Gaziveren. Tel:
723 7997 and 0533 865
7269.
SUNDAY,
October 2
Lefkoşa — Yeşim
Eczanesi: fiht Ünal Kemal
Sok, Eser Apt, Shop B,
Taşkınköy (opposite
Metropol Supermarket).
Tel: 225 6918 and 0533
883 8777; Alpdoğan
Eczanesi: Nazim Hikmet
Cad No 124/4, Metehan
roundabout, Kermiya. Tel:
330 1036 and 0533 852
9990; Öztekiner Eczanesi:
fiht Ecvet Yusuf Cad,
Öztek 10 Apt No 33-C,
Yenişehir. Tel: 228 0508
and 0533 868 2267.
Girne — Nurçağ Eczanesi:
Sht Dursun Özsaraç Sok.
No 6/2. Tel: 815 1025 and
0533 847 4178; Rızkı II
Eczanesi: Mülk Plaza No
11, Lemar road, Çatalköy.
Tel: 824 5606; Ayşen
Altan Eczanesi: Mareşal
Fevzi Çakmak Cad.
No:121/1 Lapta. Tel: 0392
825 2104, 0533 858 5208
and 0533 858 5208.
Gazimağusa — Gökcen
‹lktaç Eczanesi: 145
Salamis Road (opposite
the UN camp). Tel: 365
6820; Özge Kale
Eczanesi: Şht ‹brahim
Sokak, Ayluka district. Tel:
366 8866.
Güzelyurt — ‹nci
Eczanesi: Kutlu Adalı
Bulvarı No 1-K, opposite
bus terminal. Tel: 714
3252.
Upper Mesaoria — Gönül
Gürdağ Eczanesi: Dr Fazıl
Küçük Cad. No 30. On the
Erülkü Süpermarket
Anayolu road. (Next to
Onalt Motors). Tel: 0539
105 4888.
Lower Mesaoria — Kınay
Eczanesi: Mersinlik
Sokak, Türkmenköy. Tel:
377 7070. Lefke — Ulus Eczanesi:
Ecevit cad. No 11. Tel:
727 7649.
‹skele — Özbirtan
Eczanesi: Dr Temel Zeki
Cad, Arken Apt, B2, No 3.
Tel: 371 2224 and 0533
876 9657.
MONDAY,
October 3
Lefkoşa — Nergis
Eczanesi: fiht Mustafa
Mehmet Sok No 3,
Göçmenköy. Tel: 225
5075 and 0548 855 5075;
Buse Karşılı Eczanesi:
Demir Sok. No 51, Gönyeli
-Yenikent. Tel: 224 1545;
Behayi Yılmabaşar
Eczanesi: Okullar Yolu
Sok. No 66-A Küçük
Kaymaklı (opposite TMK).
Tel: 227 1116. Girne — Önal Aktolga
Eczanesi: Karaoğlanoğlu
Caddesi No 18. Next to
Bakkal Supermarket. Tel:
822 4142 and 0548 864
8587; Setenay Bengisu
Eczanesi: Semih Sancar
Cad, Perçinkardeşler ‹ş
Merkezi No 3, Doğanköy.
Tel: 816 0082 and 0533
841 0064; Asrın Ümit
Eczanesi: Karaoğlanoğlu
Cad. Yayla New Castle
Plaza No:2. Alsancak. Tel:
0533 839 1960 and 0392
821 3838.
Gazimağusa — Ören
Eczanesi, Tunalı Hilmi Sok
3/A, Maraş. Tel: 366 0391
and 0533 847 6958; Ertuğ
Emin Eczanesi: ‹smet
‹nönü Boulvard, Salamis
Road, Reflex Apt No
104/A. Next to Mardo and
Dağlı Sigorta. Tel: 365
6060 and 0533 879 5199.
Güzelyurt — Sercan Avcı
Eczanesi: Şht Raşit
Osman Sokak. (Opposite
Beşyol Atif Market). Tel:
714 4894 and 0533 859
4349. ‹skele — Selin Eczanesi:
Şht Üstteğmen Mustafa
Orhan Cad, Yeni ‹skele.
Tel: 371 2856 and 0533
873 3089. Lefke — ‹lkşen Eczanesi:
Belediye shops No 18
Gemikonağı. Tel: 727
8240 and 0548 860 1973.
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TUESDAY,
October 4
Lefkoşa — Neriman
Karataç Eczanesi: Mimar
Vahip Cad No 39/2 Küçük
Kaymaklı. Tel: 225 4500;
Damla Kardüz Eczanesi:
Atatürk Cad, Gönyeli. Tel:
223 4565 and 0533 884
0415; Ebru Başay Eczanesi:
Mehmet Akif Cad No 63/A,
Dereboyu (near Califorian
Rest). Tel: 227 0242.
Girne — Tören Eczanesi:
Ziya Rızkı Caddesi, Yusuf
Ziya Apt No 210/3. Tel:
815 8979, 815 4043 and
0533 834 4308; Sevin
Çağay Eczanesi: Ecevit
Cad. Next to Papageno
Pub and Yokyoktur
Market. Tel: 815 2025 and
0533 841 7207; Maryam
Eczanesi: Ankara Cad.
No:155 Lotus Park Site A
Blok Shop 1, Alsancak.
Tel: 0533 842 3637.
Gazimağusa — Uzay
Eczanesi: ‹smet ‹nönü
Bulvarı Dumlupınar area
Halken 8 Apt, No 32.
Opposite Ziraat Bankası.
Next to Özdilek yani. Tel:
0392 365 5656 and 0533
835 0310; Veziroğlu
Eczanesi: Veziroğlu
Anafartalar Cad, Alibey
Apt, Karakol. Tel: 365
6977 and 0533 875 2144. Güzelyurt — Uyumsal
Eczanesi: Kutlu Adalı
Bulvarı No 1-C, opposite
bus terminal. Tel: 714
3005 and 0533 863 6183.
‹skele — Nalan Eczanesi:
Kordonboyu Cad, No 35,
Bahçeler. Tel: 371 4006
and 0548 881 2202.
Lefke — Sadiye Taşar
Eczanesi: Atatürk Cad.
26/A. Tel: 728 8312 and
0542 889 2336.
WEDNESDAY,
October 5
Lefkoşa — Cemile
Fırıncıoğluları Eczanesi:
Gaz Hasan Tahsin Cad,
81/C 9 (opposite Lemar),
Kermiya. Tel: 223 8222;
Sabiha Bulduk Eczanesi:
Şht. Ecvet Yusuf Cad.
Bulduk Residance Apt. No
3, Yenişehir (Opposite
Forestry Department. Tel:
0533 874 6114; Nilcan
Avcı Eczanesi: Rauf
Denktaş Cad. No.55 Shop
No.2, Göçmenköy. Tel:
223 2333.
Girne — Ziya Sencer
Eczanesi: Mete Adanır
Cad, opposite Barış Park.
Tel: 815 4611 and 0533
826 5191; Arda Çelik
Eczanesi, Zafer Cad,
Ozanköy Bellapais Road.
Tel: 815 2069 and 0533
886 6085; Nazım Varış
Eczanesi: Karaoğlanoğlu
Cad, Yayla Mahallesi No
149, Alsancak. Tel: 821
3088 and 0542 855 3114.
Gazimağusa — Aybenk
Eczanesi: Cahit Sıtkı
Tatancı Sok, Reflex Apt,
Gülseren Road, Karakol.
Tel: 365 1011 and 0533
870 3788; Zerin Volkan
Eczanesi: ‹smet ‹nönü
Boulevard, Sosyal Konut
Apt, Dumlupınar. Tel: 365
5959 and 0548 849 2932.
Güzelyurt — Gilanlı
Eczanesi: Piyale Paşa
district, Industrial Site No
583. Tel: 714 4790 and
0533 868 4790.
‹skele — Sultan Topel
Eczanesi: Makenzi Cad. No
6. Tel: 0392 330 1720.
Lefke — Enver Polili
Eczanesi: Şht Mehmet
Salahi Sok, Doğancı Life
Sitesi on LAÜ road. Tel:
727 7646 and 0533 860
6396.
THURSDAY,
October 6
Lefkoşa — Halksever
Eczanesi: Şht Hüseyin
Amca Sok, No.1/97, Near
Aytan Market Sırası,
Gönyeli. Tel: 223 1050;
Öznem Kılınçkını Eczanesi:
Mehmet Akif Cad. Mustafa
Derviş Apt No 111/H.
Opposite Golden Tulip
Hotel, Dereboyu. Tel: 227
1110; Arasta Eczanesi:
Şinasi Sok, Şah Apt,
No.36/1, Çağlayan area,
next to ‹timat. Tel: 229
1112.
Girne — Aşar
Karaoğlanoğlu Eczanesi:
Paşaoğlu Centre No 3,
Karaoğlanoğlu. Tel: 822
3885 and 0533 861 1060;
Adaşehir Eczanesi: Girne
Ecevit Caddesi, Avrasya
Gold Apartment, Shop 2,
Central Girne (Next to
Arçelik, opposite Yok
Yoktur Market ) Tel: 815
0118; Özenir Eczanesi:
Mareşal Fevzi Çakmak
Cad, Kocatepe Sok No
46/1. LA Hotel strip area.
Tel 0542 876 0660.
Gazimağusa — Veli
Nurluöz Eczanesi: Hasan
Barbaçolli Sok No 48,
Döveç Apt B block No 1.
Salamis Road. Behind the
new Lemar, Sakarya. Tel:
365 3631 and 0533 882
3631; Gizem Karahasan
Eczanesi: New Hospital
road, next to the go-karting
track, Tuzla. Tel: 364 8494
and 0533 849 5018.
Güzelyurt — Nilgün
Eczanesi: 25 Ecevit Cad.
Tel: 714 3847 and 0533
865 5395.
‹skele — Avicenna
Eczanesi: Bereket Sokak
No 2/4, Bahçeler. Tel: 0542
855 0015 and 0548 882
0023.
Lefke — Ayşe Altıntuğ
Eczanesi: Şht Fuat Yakup
Sok, No 7, Denizli. Tel: 0542
872 6974 and 727 8565.
FRIDAY,
October 7
Lefkoşa — Ferin Eczanesi:
Cebeci Sok, No 35, Cemal
Irgat Apt, Yenikent. Tel:
223 4282 and 0548 840
5954; Sevcan Eczanesi:
Gazeteci Kemal Aşık Cad,
No 25, Cabacaba Apt. Tel:
227 6071 and 0548 863
6545; Eda Ataçağ 2
Eczanesi: Şht Mustafa
Mehmet Sok, No.4/A
(opposite Bülent Ecevit
Anadolu Lise and ve Eziç
Göçmenköy). Tel: 0548
845 8847.
Girne — Başak Eczanesi:
Ziya Rızkı Cad No 95/B.
Tel: 815 3620 and 0533
862 8147; Aşar Eczanesi:
Mustafa Çağatay Cad,
Yetkili ‹ş Merkezi No 9. Tel:
815 7075 and 0533 862
7089; Tokay Varış
Eczanesi: Ankara Cad.
Yayla Ard. Plaza B Blok
Shop No 1 Alsancak. Tel:
0542 855 3114.
Gazimağusa — Çisem
Eczanesi: Halil Hamza
road, Dr Hasan Tacel Apt.
Next to Çağ Market. Tel:
365 4004 and 0533 866
0401; Rezan Eczanesi:
‹smet ‹nönü Boulvard.
Presidential Building Shop
No 6. Tel: 365 6911 and
0533 865 6826.
Güzelyurt — ‹lkin Sadrazam
Eczanesi: Binatlı Sok, No 6
A/B. Tel: 714 1222 and
0533 823 9004.
‹skele — Gökberk Alp
Yakar Eczanesi: Makenzi
Cad. Cevizli Royal Sun
Residence No 3, behind
Doktorlar Sitesi. Tel: 0539
109 9577.
Lefke — Derviş Kutret
Eczanesi: Dr ‹zzet Salih
Suphi Meydanı No 5
(Opposite Osman Adil
Petrol station). Tel: 0533
882 9456.
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Let’s not forget (2)
10pm Friday night sees a
genuine clash of the
heavyweights in women’s
football as European champions
England take on the mighty
USA at a sold out Wembley.
This will be a genuine test
for England as to whether
or not they really are as
good as many people and
pundits (including that
dipsy woman from Guisborough)
think they are. I may even
watch it; after all it can’t
possibly be as bad as watching
Middlesbrough.
F1
Singapore Grand Prix
tomorrow, 3pm. This could,
depending on where Charles
Leclerc finishes, be the race that
confirms Max Verstappen’s first
legitimate world title.
Alternatively this could be the
race that sees Lewis Hamilton
get his first F1 win of the
season.
My money’s on the former,
especially given that pole
position on this street circuit is
so vital and that Red Bull are
way better in qualifying than
both Mercedes and Ferrari.
And finally
Last week’s question: who
appeared at 11 FA Cup finals
but was never on a winning
side? Well done to those who
saw the topicality of the
question because it was of
course none other than the
Queen, who attended 11 FA Cup
finals at Wembley plus of course
one World Cup final. This week:
what connects Kansas City,
Johannesburg, Exeter, and
Leeds?
22 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 Opinion
Derby and I expect this game to
be no different.
If I were a betting man and a
neutral my slip would look
something like this: Harry Kane
to score, one or more penalties
awarded, at least one red card in
the game, five-plus yellows,
Arsenal to have over 60 per cent
possession, four plus goals in the
game.
Meanwhile up in Manchester;
Citeh, like Spurs, are still
unbeaten and with Erling
Haaland flying I don’t expect this
status to change but United have
been in reasonable form lately,
so with the likes of Rashford and
Sancho on either wing they can
get behind Citeh’s defence and do
some damage. I still fancy a
Citeh win but a draw wouldn’t
particularly surprise me.
In Europe
Who doesn’t love a good old
fashioned footballing battle of
Britain? Well that’s what we’ve
got at Anfield as Liverpool take
on Rangers. Conventional
wisdom says that Liverpool
should win but previous cross
border battles haven’t gone all
England’s way in the past and
with a little bit of both good
fortune and old-fashioned pluck
Rangers may well escape
Liverpool with a draw.
Let’s not forget (1)
Thursday night in South
Nicosia as hordes (probably
Steve Barwick and one other) of
TRNC-domiciled Manchester
United fans converge on the GSP
Stadium to watch their beloved
Red Devils take on local side
Omonia. Given the locals’
reputation things may get a bit
spicy after the game.
Selected Championship
today 5pm; Blackpool vs
Norwich, Coventry vs
Middlesbrough, Sunderland vs
Preston, West Brom vs
Swansea. Tuesday 9:45; Luton
vs Huddersfield, Sheffield
United vs QPR. 10pm; Reading
vs Norwich. Wednesday 9:45;
Middlesbrough vs Birmingham,
Watford vs Swansea. 10pm;
Preston vs West Brom. Friday
10pm; QPR vs Reading.
League One today 5pm;
Ipswich vs Portsmouth.
Selected Scotland today 2:30;
Hearts vs Rangers. 5pm; Celtic
vs Motherwell, Ross County vs
Hibs.
Champions League Tuesday
10pm; Liverpool vs Rangers,
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Spurs.
Wednesday 7:45; RB Leipzig vs
Celtic. 10pm; Chelsea vs AC
Milan, Citeh vs FC
Copenhagen.
Europa League Thursday
7:45; Omonia Nicosia vs United.
10pm; Arsenal vs Bodo/Glimt.
Europa Conference Thursday
7:45; Anderlecht vs West Ham.
10pm; Hearts vs Fiorentina.
Games to watch
There are two Premier
League blockbusters for our
delectation this weekend as
Spurs travel to the Socialist
Republic of Islington in the
latest instalment of the best
derby of them all, while in
Manchester the club otherwise
known as United Arab Emirates
FC take on Manchester
Buccaneers, aka Tampa Bay
Buccaneers sans Tom Brady.
The Goners (sic) are flying
while Spurs are unbeaten this
season but form usually counts
for nothing in the North London
Main picture: Nick
Pope gifted Kai
Havertz an equaliser
as Germany snatched
a draw after England
came from 2-0 down
to lead at Wembley in
a Uefa Nations
League
match on
Monday.
Right,
Jordan
Pickford.
World of Sport
by Rev Walker
in Russia in 2018 his waistcoats
grabbed the attention while of
late it’s been his sharp suits that
have come to the fore.
However more and more
people are realising that when it
comes to things football it has
become increasingly apparent
that the Emperor has got no
clothes.
His biggest problem is his
inherent negativity, as we saw in
the Germany game. When he sets
up the side to cover England’s
perceived defensive deficiencies,
England look and are poor; when
he gives the attackers free rein,
England look good as they should
with the quality forwards they
have at their disposal.
Lose the negativity at the
World Cup and you never know,
England might make the
quarter-finals and beyond; set
up with effectively seven or
eight defenders then they’ll do
well to get out of the group.
Zut alors Donner und Blitzen
It’s not just England; the
French and Germans are also
struggling at the moment, the
only problem is that unlike
England I think they’ve got
midfielders who can actually
create, and there the difference
lies.
This week’s games
Premier League today 2:30;
South London Nomads vs Spurs.
5pm; Bournemouth vs
Brentford, Palace vs Chelsea,
Fulham vs Newcastle, Liverpool
vs Brighton, Southampton vs
Everton. 7:30 West Ham vs
Wolves. Tomorrow 4pm; Citeh
vs United. 6:30; Leeds vs Villa.
Monday 10pm; Leicester vs
Forest.
Who passed the audition?
WITH realistically only
Jordan Pickford,
Declan Rice, Raheem
Sterling, and Harry
Kane guaranteed,
injury permitting, to start in
England’s first game at the
World Cup, who made their case
for inclusion last week?
Coming on as substitutes
against Germany, Bukayo Saka
and Mason Mount booked their
tickets on the plane to Qatar.
Eric Dier surely did likewise,
despite being left horribly
exposed by the hapless Harry
Maguire, who should be
nowhere near the national side
at the moment, but the saintly
Gareth thinks otherwise so he’ll
also be going.
In goal Nick Pope’s howler
against the Germans merely
confirmed Pickford’s status as
number one while probably
confirming Aaron Ramsdale as
number two keeper.
Luke Shaw, despite being,
like Maguire, out of favour at
Old Trafford is in pole position
at left-back, assuming he
regains his place in his club
side, and Jude Bellingham all
but confirmed his place in the
starting eleven.
For any others who are or
maybe on the cusp there’s just
five weeks left for them to force
their way into Southgate’s
plans, so the squad as is
currently set in stone though I
would hope that there’s room for
a genuine creative midfielder to
come through.
Never mind the quality feel
the width
Gareth Southgate in his time
as England manager has acquired
a reputation as a snappy dresser;
Sport Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 23
By TOM CLEAVER
THE Aksa Super League returned
for another season last weekend,
with all 16 teams in action across
an action-packed five-day programme.
Reigning champions Mağusa
Türk Gücü (MTG) began their
title defence away at Türk Ocağı
Limasol (TOL) last Thursday
night, and fell behind after 21
minutes when İbrahim Halil
Karadal curled the ball in off the
post from the edge of the box.
TOL’s lead did not last long,
however. They gave away a penalty just two minutes after going in
front, which Beninese striker
Mickael Pote converted.
MTG got themselves ahead
just before the half hour mark,
with Eray Vudalı perfectly arrowing a header into the far corner
of the net from an Emre
Kuvvetlişahin cross.
They were two ahead five
minutes before half time, with
the head of Eray Vudalı once
again leading to a goal, this time
rising highest to glance a corner
from Arif Uysal into the net.
Ten minutes after half time,
TOL halved the deficit. Ertaç
Taşkıran and Remzi Betmezoğlu,
both summer signings from
Mesarya, combined to score, with
last season’s Super League top
scorer Betmezoğlu opening his
account for the new season by
slotting the ball between the legs
of MTG goalkeeper Ufuk Şimşek.
However, their progress in
attempting to salvage a draw was
thwarted by a loss of discipline,
with a member of their coaching
staff being shown the red card
before Ertaç Taşkıran also received
his marching orders. MTG held on
to record their first win of the
season and the first three points
of their latest title charge.
Last Friday night’s game saw
Yonpaş Dumlupınar and Cihangir
play out a goalless draw. Dumlupınar’s Tahsin Kaya thought he
had put his side ahead when he
kneed the ball in from a corner,
but his effort was chalked off
after referee Evren Karademir
saw a foul in the box. However,
aside from that, the game saw few
chances, and finished 0-0.
Newly promoted Miracle
Değirmenlik have made the rest
of the Super League sit up and
take notice after beating last season’s third-place side Doğan Türk
Birliği (DTB) 2-0 on Saturday.
Değirmenlik dominated the
game from the start and won a
penalty midway through the first
half.
Captain Burak Koçar, signed
from Gönyeli in the summer,
stepped up to take it, but was
denied by a terrific save from
Ozan Moroğlu.
Moroğlu was on hand to make
a number of other saves to keep
the scores level, and when he
could not keep Değirmenlik out,
the linesman’s flag could, with
Hüseyin Deynekli having a goal
ruled out for offside.
Just minutes into the second
half, Arda Eren Metin thought he
had given DTB an unlikely lead,
but his header was plucked out
of the top corner in magnificent
fashion by Değirmenlik goalkeeper Hasan Piro.
Değirmenlik eventually got
their lead through their second
spot kick of the game, with
Emmanuel Akabueze, signed in
the summer from Turkish second-tier outfit Bandırmaspor,
placing his effort beyond the reach
of Moroğlu and scoring his first
competitive goal in North Cyprus.
Değirmenlik then had to
weather a few DTB chances,
before scoring their second in
stoppage time, with Akabueze
on the end of a swift attacking
move. The win, at this early stage,
puts Değirmenlik top of the league.
Saturday’s other game saw
North Cyprus’s most decorated
club Çetinkaya begin life back
in the Super League with defeat
away at Göçmenköy.
Çetinkaya had the better of
the chances and saw more of the
ball in the first half, but were
undone in first half stoppage
time when Mahmut İneci rose
highest from a corner to bullet a
header into the net.
The away side continued to
dominate possession in the opening stages of the second half, but
suffered from a lack of pace in
attack.
In contrast, pace in attack
seems to be exactly Göçmenköy’s
strength this season, with summer
signing Samet Akrep latching on
to a pass from Hüseyin Sadıklar,
before bearing down on the penalty area and
doubling his
side’s lead with 56
minutes played.
Akrep and
Ndue Mujeci,
who was
signed from
Montenegrin
side FK Jezero, combined
well going forward but were
unable to kill the game
with a third goal, and things
looked a little nervier for Göçmenköy when Ekrem Sümeraka latched onto a Malick Mane
pass and kept his composure to
beat two players and score his first
senior goal at the age of 18.
However, their lack of pace
going forward seemed to hurt
them, as their front two of Malick
Mane and Özgür Ongun were simply slower than Göçmenköy’s backline, and the game finished 2-1.
Last season’s runners up
Merit Alsancak Yeşilova (MAY)
started like a house on fire at
home against Gönyeli on Sunday, scoring three times within
the opening 13 minutes.
They took the lead in just the
second minute when Gönyeli failed
to make any attempt whatsoever
to defend the first corner of the
game, allowing Bill Osman Beyza
to emphatically volley home.
Gönyeli did not make much of
a better fist of defending MAY’s
second corner of the game three
minutes later, with a goalmouth
scramble eventually allowing for
Mejdi Direniş to score his side’s
second from point blank range.
Direniş scored his second and
MAY’s third soon after, when
Aksel Kaptanoğlu whipped in a
free kick and not one Gönyeli
defender thought to mark him,
allowing for him to head yet
another goal past Gönyeli goalkeeper Mustafa Dağman.
MAY’s mercurial start, and
Direniş’s contribution to it, was
dampened somewhat when a mixup in their defence saw Direniş
head the ball beyond his onrushing goalkeeper Cenk Yılmaz and
into the path of Gönyeli striker
Osita Obiekwe, who had an open
goal.
Yılmaz then petulantly tripped
Obiekwe, giving away a penalty
and getting himself sent off in the
process, just 17 minutes into his
MAY debut. Substitute goalkeeper Kemal Molla was brought
on, but was sent the wrong way
by Mehmet Fatih Parlak, who
reduced the arrears.
On the stroke of half time,
MAY’s lead was reduced to just
a single goal when their defence
sat off Kadir Çetinkaya and
allowed him to cross for Osita
Obiekwe to flick the ball past
Molla and into the net.
In the second half, MAY managed to sufficiently shore up their
defence to hold onto their lead and
begin their season with a win
that they no doubt made harder
than it needed to be.
Küçük Kaymaklı twice came
from behind to earn a point away
at Hamitköy on Sunday. Hamitköy
took the lead through Emmanuel
Ernest, who they signed in the
summer from Romanian outfit
FC Argeş Piteşti. He headed home
from a Toykan Hacet cross to
score his first goal in North Cyprus
after just four minutes.
They held their lead for 20
minutes, before a through ball
from Mehmet Öztürk sent Obada
Felix one on one to level the scores.
Hamitköy were back in front
just shy of the hour mark when
Ernest was left unmarked from
a free kick, allowing him to head
in his second goal of the game.
However, they were pegged back
again just five minutes later
when Felix robbed a napping
Hamitköy defender of possession
on the edge of the box and crossed
for Yağış Gençay to head home his
first goal for Küçük Kaymaklı
after returning to the club from
Düzkaya in the summer.
On reflection, both sides will
likely be happy with a point.
Mesarya hosted Lefke on Sunday with both sides having had
their squads raided over the summer. Okan Göktürk scored the
game’s only goal, beating three
players on a mazy run and capping it off with a fantastic finish
into the top corner.
In the final game of match
week 1, played on Monday
evening, Yenicami beat Gençlik
Gücü 3-2 at the Lefkoşa Atatürk
Stadium.
Gençlik Gücü took the lead
after just four minutes when
Hasan Akkuyu took advantage of
a defensive mix-up.
Yenicami then hit back with
three goals in the space of 10
minutes – two from new signing
Badara Naby Sylla and one from
Hascan Kırmaz – to go into the
break 3-1 up.
Gençlik Gücü pulled a goal
back in the 67th minute when
Akkuyu was brought down in
the box and Charlton Mashumba converted the subsequent
penalty, but the side were unable
to score an equaliser.
The Super League’s second
match week began last night
after Cyprus Today went to press,
with Doğan Türk Birliği hosting Yonpaş Dumlupınar.
New Super
League
season
kicks off
Champs Mağusa Türk Gücü start title
defence with a win
AKSA SUPER LEAGUE
WEEK 2 FIXTURES
(GAMES KICK OFF AT
4:30PM UNLESS
OTHERWISE STATED)
Today: China Bazaar Gençlik
Gücü v Merit Alsancak
Yeşilova, Gönyeli v Türk
Ocağı Limasol, Lefke v
Göçmenköy
Tomorrow: Çetinkaya v
Hamitköy, Cihangir v
Mesarya, Küçük Kaymaklı v
Yenicami
Monday: Mağusa Türk Gücü
v Miracle Değirmenlik (7pm)
Yonpaş Dumlupınar v Cihangir
From left, Yenicami v Gençlik Gücü, Mesarya v Lefke and Hamitköy v Küçük Kaymaklı
Photo:
Ebru
Akgü r
Pehlivan
CyprusToday OCTOBER 1, 2022
Rev Walker: Who made their
case for inclusion in the
England World Cup squad
last week? Sport
PAGE 22
By TOM CLEAVER
NORTH Cyprus has been
selected to host next year’s
Confederation of Independent Football Associations
(Conifa) European Football
Cup. The tournament, which
is organised for unrecognised states and minority
people groups across Europe,
will take place between
June 3 and June 13, 2023.
It is set to feature 12
teams from across Europe,
and marks North Cyprus’s
return to Conifa competitions
after a four-year absence.
The national side last
competed in the 2018 Conifa World Football Cup,
which was held in the UK on
behalf of Barawa, an area in
south-western Somalia.
On that occasion, North
Cyprus finished as runners
up, being beaten by
Karpatalja, the national
side of ethnic Hungarians
in western Ukraine, on
penalties in the final.
Following that tournament, the national team
were invited to take part in
the 2019 Conifa European
Football Cup, which had
been due to be held in the
“Republic of Artsakh” in the
Nagorno-Karabakh region
of western Azerbaijan.
The Cyprus Turkish
Football Association (KTFF)
declined to take part due
to “security fears”, and later
suspended its membership
of Conifa due to its inclusion
of a team by the name of
“Western Armenia”, a reference to irredentist Armenian claims in eastern Turkey,
into the confederation.
These issues appear to
have been resolved, however, and as a result North
Cyprus will become the first
nation to host the Conifa
European Football Cup twice.
In 2017, the first time
the TRNC hosted the tournament, games took place at
the Atatürk Stadium in
Lefkoşa, the 20 July Mete
Adanır Stadium in Girne,
the Dr Fazıl Küçük Stadium
in Gazimağusa, and the
Üner Berkalp Stadium in
Güzelyurt.
On that occasion, North
Cyprus were also beaten
finalists, losing on penalties to Padania, a region in
northern Italy. They will
be hoping to go one better
this time.
Shortly after the
announcement that North
Cyprus would host the tournament, Conifa unveiled
the list of 20 teams which
will be competing to qualify for the tournament.
The teams are:
Abkhazia (an unrecognised
country on the Black Sea which
broke away from Georgia)
Artsakh (an unrecognised
country in the Caucasus
mountain range which broke
away from Azerbaijan)
Canton Ticino (an Italianspeaking canton in southern
Switzerland)
Chameria (ethnic Albanians from
north-western Greece)
Cornwall
Elba Island (an island off the
coast of Tuscany)
Ellan Vannin (the Isle of Man)
Karpatalja (ethnic Hungarians in
western Ukraine)
Occitania (a region in southern
France)
Padania (a region in northern
Italy)
Raetia (a region in Switzerland)
Sapmi (an ethnic minority in the
north of Norway, Finland,
Sweden, and Russia)
Sardinia
Sicily
South Ossetia (an unrecognised
country in the Caucasus
mountain range which broke
away from Georgia)
Szekely Land (a region in
Romania inhabited by ethnic
Hungarians)
Two Sicilies (the island of Sicily
and a region in southern Italy)
Western Armenia (an Armenian
irredentist claim to land in
eastern Turkey)
Yorkshire
However, it is widely
expected that neither “Artsakh” nor “Western Armenia” will take part in the
tournament due to the fact
that the two groups represent political bodies that
have ongoing disputes with
Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Country to host Conifa European Football Cup for second time
Padania players celebrate after winning the 2017
Conifa European Cup, which was hosted by the
TRNC
Super League team
is fined 10,000 TL
over political advert
By TOM CLEAVER
THE North Cyprus Drift Championship
has returned after a three-year absence,
this time with the sponsorship of Near East
University.
The first race of the championship was
held last Sunday at the Cemsa Karting and
Sports Centre on the outskirts of Lefkoşa,
with a total of 17 drivers taking part.
Enver Haskasap finished the day
with the highest score, racking up an
impressive 97 points. Mehmet Çavuş
won the semi-professional category, with
Onur Gani finishing in second place and
Ahmet Bağrıçık finishing in third.
In the overall knockout competition, İbrahim Yücebaş came
in first place, beating Enver
Haskasap in the final, with
Oktay Erülkü finishing in third
place.
After the conclusion of the
competitions, the winners were
presented with their awards by
Niall Gunn of the European “Drift
Masters” championship, who had
come to North Cyprus to adjudicate at the competition.
International football set
to return to North Cyprus
By TOM CLEAVER
AKSA Super League side Miracle Değirmenlik
have been fined 10,000TL for displaying a political advert on the big screen of their Sadık Cemil Stadium partway through their 2-0 victory over Doğan
Türk Birliği last Saturday.
The advert in question wished success for the
National Unity Party (UBP)’s mayoral candidate
for Değirmenlik, Ebru Törehan, in the forthcoming local elections. Ms Törehan is also the vice chairman of Miracle Değirmenlik.
The Cyprus Turkish Football Association (KTFF)
referred the issue to its disciplinary board, which
ruled on Thursday that its rules surrounding
advertising had been broken and ordered the club
to pay a fine.
The semi-pro podium. Left, the finalists.
The pro podium
Drifting closer
Winner İbrahim Yücebaş