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A new Turkish TV drama series called Bir Zamanlar Kıbrıs (Once Upon a Time in Cyprus) has been showing the suffering of Turkish Cypriots from 1963 to 1974. GÜLDEREN ÖZTANSU speaks to six people about their recollections and experiences of the events and how they have been portrayed in the programme so far.

THE United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (Unficyp) has said it has “concerns” over the Greek Cypriot authorities’ decision to lay razor wire across land on the southern side of the buffer zone.

The Associated Press (AP) news agency reported on Tuesday that the barrier had been installed some 30km west of the capital in a bid to stem the flow of migrants and refugees seeking to cross into South Cyprus from the TRNC.

In a statement to Cyprus Today, Unficyp sp

The study by the UK’s University of Exeter and the TRNC’s Society for the Protection of Turtles (Spot) confirms previously unknown breeding sites of the endangered Mediterranean monk seal, of which fewer than 700 are believed to exist. It holds the title of the rarest seal in the world.

Details of the research concerning the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) “Red List” seal species were this week revealed in the peer-reviewed international conse

This Monday, Monday 8, is international Women’s Day. GULDEREN OZTANSU looks at how women have fared in the world of TRNC politics.

US PRESIDENT-elect Joe Biden is “no stranger to Cyprus”, an academic told Cyprus Today this week, as he and others evaluated what his election success could mean for the island.

Speaking to Cyprus Today Ahmet Sözen, a political science and international relations professor at the TRNC’s Eastern Mediterranean University, said that Mr Biden met both of the island’s leaders when he visited Cyprus as US Vice President in 2014.

He said that Mr Biden’s victory is import

2020 has been declared a “record year” for the number of turtle nests recorded on the TRNC’s shores, a new study has revealed. GÜLDEREN ÖZTANSU examines the report.

A RECORD 2,408 turtle nests were recorded in the TRNC in 2020, according to a new Marine Turtle Conservation Project study from the North Cyprus Society for the Protection of Turtles (Spot), the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and Exeter University’s Marine Turtle Research Group.
The conservation project is carried out across five “Specially Protected Areas” between the Güzelyurt and Gazimağusa bays.

WORLD Water Day has taken place on March 22 every year since 1993, following the adoption of a United Nations resolution by its General Assembly.

Its aim is to celebrate water and raise awareness of related issues such as water waste, the water crisis and of the 2.2 billion people around the world who do not have access to safe water.

In North Cyprus, water management is an issue that should be addressed in the path towards water security.

Environmental Engineers C

GULDEREN OZTANSU asks animal welfare experts what should be done to improve the lives of cats and dogs.
WE OFTEN hear about threats animals face both externally and at the hands of their owners. Poisonings, road accidents, falling into dangerous pits, intentional abuse and torture, negligence and poor living conditions are just some of them.