Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci and his wife Meral Akinci will receive well-wishers at their residence tomorrow morning. The chairperson of the “high election council”, Narin Ferdi Sefik said that the results of the voting regarding the “mayors” will be known within a few hours after the ballot boxes are closed, but the other results will be announced on Monday morning.Īccording to illegal Bayrak television (14.06.18, ), Muslims in the occupied area of Cyprus, alongside Muslims all around the world, are set to celebrate the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr starting tomorrow until Sunday, the 16 of June, marking the end of 30 days of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. The total number of “municipalities” is 28, notes that paper adding that the numbers of the candidates who will be competing for each position are the following: 111 for 28 “mayors”, 1,092 for 280 “municipal council members”, 425 for 184 “mukhtars ” and 1,043 for 596 “member of village council”. The voters are distributed as following in every occupied area: Nicosia: 60,938, Famagusta 48,331, Keryneia 40,548, Morfou 14,699, Trikomo 19,830 and Lefka 6,771. Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi newspaper (14.06.18) reports that the number of the persons, who have the “right to vote” in the forthcoming “municipal elections” to be held on 24 June, 2018, in the occupied area of the Republic of Cyprus, reached 191,153 and increased by 600 persons since the recent “early parliamentary elections” held on 7 January, 2018 when 190,553 persons had the “right to vote”. “ We demand that active initiatives are immediately launched towards the UN and foreign countries’ Ambassadors on this issue”, he said arguing that in case these initiatives give no results, they expect “counter steps to be taken by reexamining the possibilities offered to the Greek Cypriots” in the occupied area of Cyprus. He said that they cannot accept the fact that the breakaway regime’s “authorities” remain silent and unresponsive to the “bad treatment” towards the tourists and the fact that they are sent back. He argued that in spite of this, the breakaway regime’s “authorities” allow the Greek Cypriots to hold religious services in occupied churches and do not impose “tariffs” on goods sent from the government-controlled area to the enclaved Greek Cypriots and Maronite Cypriots. The vice chairman of the “union”, Ercan Turhan claimed yesterday that the EU citizens cannot be prevented, but tourists from Russia and Middle East countries are not allowed to enter Cyprus, in spite of the fact that they possess a visa, on the grounds that they intend to visit the occupied area of the island. Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (14.06.18) reports that the Turkish Cypriot “hoteliers’ union” has alleged that the Greek Cypriots, as he described the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus, prevent tourists, who come to the island through the International Larnaca Airport, from visiting the occupied area of Cyprus. Illegal Bayrak television (14.06.18, ) broadcast that these statements were made during a radio program. Even a bird cannot fly here without Turkey’s permission. Referring to the relations with Greece and the issue of the Aegean islands, Cavusoglu alleged that the issue of the islands is manipulated and argued: “ There has been no change in the legal and de facto status of the islands since the Imia crisis, not only in our period. We will allow no one to absorb the rights of the TRNC and the Turkish Cypriot people both from the point of view of economic interests and from the point of view of the natural gas and oil and the wealth around Cyprus”. However, we are also carrying out drilling activities in this area. You know, during the past months we prevented some drillings, including the Italians. “ Now we are also starting drilling activities around Cyprus. Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (14.06.18) reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has claimed that no concessions will be made in Cyprus or the Aegean and that the rights of the Turkish Cypriot “people” will be defended until the end. Cavusoglu: “We are starting drillings around Cyprus” Polls present Erdogan to be the winner of the presidential election in first roundĪ.Turkish Cypriot Press 1. Albayrak: “Turkey's 3rd nuclear power plant will probably be constructed in Thrace”Ħ. “Euro court has rung the alarm bell for Turkish Cyprus”ĥ. Istanbul court orders Kılıcdaroglu to pay 142,000 liras in ‘offshore case’ involving ErdoganĤ. Erdogan slams jailed HDP presidential candidate Demirtas and asks for his candidacy nomination to be removedģ. Three day Eid al-Fitr holiday begins tomorrowġ.Erdogan vows to lift state of emergency if re-electedĢ. Six hundred new voters since January 2018Ĥ. “Hoteliers’ union” alleges that tourists are prevented from visiting the occupied area of Cyprus and ask for measuresģ.

Cavusoglu: “We are starting drillings around Cyprus”Ģ.

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