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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’

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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”.

6 Cyprus Today, October 1, 2022 News

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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

[email protected].

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

c/o [email protected]

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