Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots protest against , ‘govt’
Fact: Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots took to the streets to protest against the north’s ‘government’.
Zeki Celer
North opposition figure refused entry to Turkey
Evrim Hincal, the financial secretary of Turkish Cypriot opposition party the TDP, was refused entry to Turkey on Wednesday. He was sent back to Cyprus alongside his wife and his four-year-old daughter after being told he was on Turkey’s N-82 list.
Zeki Celer elected new TDP leader
Zeki Celer was elected as the leader of the TDP, a north opposition political party, unopposed, replacing Mine Atli. He emphasized the party’s commitment to “clean politics” and noted that the TDP has never held the position of prime minister. Celer called for an early parliamentary election and defended the party’s support for a federal solution to the Cyprus problem. The TDP, which lost all its seats in the last parliamentary election in January 2022, has reunited with the TKP-YG party. Zeki Celer previously served as labour minister when the TDP was part of a four-party coalition government. Parliamentary elections in the north are required by February 2027.