Cyprus has seen countless diplomatic moments that promised more than they delivered. The island has lived through phases of hope, disappointment, silence and outright denial of shared political space. Yet something quietly significant happened in Nicosia last week. For the first time since the collapse of the Crans Montana negotiations in 2017, the two Cypriot
The upcoming Oct. 19 presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), has long ceased to be a mere leadership contest. It has become a referendum on identity and direction: whether the Turkish Cypriot community will consolidate its pursuit of sovereign equality and the two-state model, or re-engage with the United Nations framework

