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Ataoğlu examined the newly discovered TRNC water source  Ataoğlu examined the water source discovered by the Geology and Mining Department on the slopes of Çatalköy on-site... "THE MOST EFFICIENT WATER SOURCE EVER DISCOVERED" As a result of the water source exploration activities carried out by the Deputy Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment, Geology and Mining Department on the Çatalköy slopes of the Beşparmak Mountains for about a month, the richest water source discovered in the history of the TRNC has been reached. The water source, which has a water capacity of 80 tons per hour with safe drafting, has been restored to history as the most efficient water well ever dug in the Çatalköy part of the Kyrenia Mountain Range Aquifer, as a result of the devoted work carried out by the engineers and technical personnel of the Geology and Mining Department under the chairmanship of Geological Engineer Oğuz Vadilili, Deputy Chief...

The Iskele Dump Fire Was Brought Under Control The fire that broke out in the dump area between Iskele and Ardahan Village Road, belonging to the Iskele Municipality, and whose cause is still unknown, but whose possibility of sabotage is being considered, and which spread due to the wind, was brought under control as a result of the high-speed efforts of the Iskele Municipality and Iskele Fire Department. High-Speed efforts to control the fire While the Iskele Municipality intervened in controlling the fire with construction equipment and water tankers at the point of the, the fire was brought under control before it could grow any further thanks to the on-site intervention of the Iskele Fire Department. Source (Turkish): Iskele Municipality To read more News click here https://cyprusscene.com/2024/08/01/the-iskele-dump-fire-was-brought-under-control/

Iskele Summer Activities For Children Are Starting The 2nd Summer Activities to be organized by the Iskele Municipality for children, are starting on August 5th. In the activities that will continue until September 10th, children between the ages of 6-12 will  learn and have fun during their summer vacation. Iskele Municipality Summer Activities, which include many activities such as Modern Dance, music, chess, folk dances, small chefs workshops, (ceramic and clay making), art workshops (painting, pencil drawing, watercolour, pattern work, handicraft, stone painting), and when completed, children will be presented with participation certificates. At the end of the course, children will have the opportunity to visit Famagusta Suriçi and Kapalı Maraş in the cultural tour program. ACTIVITIES; BETWEEN AUGUST 5TH AND SEPTEMBER 10TH Summer Activities, where children between the ages of 6-12 can participate and registration is 100 TL with  Ziya Başkal in Music, Hasine Felek in Modern ...

Great Summer Activities For Girne Children Throughout August Throughout July, as part of the program prepared for every weekend, with various workshops for children, activities such as the Mandala Workshop, Ceramics Workshop, Little Prince Workshop, Magnet Workshop, Hairpin Design Workshop, Accessory Workshop, and Creative Art Workshop were fully enjoyed. The fun and educational summer holiday activity program were organized for children aged 5-12 by the Life-Long Learning and Social Living Center, which is affiliated with the Girne Municipality Social Affairs Branch. Now a program of summer holiday activities has been prepared for the 8-13 age group. Activities Throughout August The activities, created with the guidance of instructors Deniz Poyrazoğlu, Nevin Halis, and Social Affairs personnel, are held free of charge at the Life-Long Learning and Social Living Center located in the old Girne Municipality building. It was announced that pre-registration is required for participati...

Girne Ancient Harbour To Host The Leymosun Festival The Leymosun reunion is taking place at the Ancient Harbour this year. The 9th traditional Leymosun Festival, organized by the Leymosun Culture Foundation with contributions from the Girne Municipality, will be held on Wednesday, July 31 at 18:00 at the Girne Ancient Harbour. According to the information provided by the Foundation, it was decided to hold the 'Leymosun Festival' at the Girne Ancient Harbour this year, instead of the picnic usually held at the Boğaz Picnic area. The 9th traditional Leymosun Festival will feature performances by the group Otantik and Cypriot tunes, a folk dance show by Folk–Der, and local stalls offering food, drinks, and souvenirs. Source (Turkish): Girne Municipality Editor's Note: The Leymosun Festival aims to bring together the Turkish Cypriot refugees from Limassol, to integrate them, and to keep alive the culture of Leymos by passing it on to future generations. To read more N...

Revived Girne Co-operation With Turkish State Theatres A cooperation protocol was signed between the Municipality of Girne and the General Directorate of Turkish State Theatres. The signing ceremony, held in the Girne Municipality Assembly Hall, was attended by Girne Mayor, Murat Şenkul, General Director and General Art Director of Turkish State Theatres, Tamer Karadağlı, Deputy General Directors of Turkish State Theatres, Sukün Işıtan and Hüsnü Emre Başer, Art Technical Director Hakan Dündar, Girne Municipality Social Affairs Branch Manager and Culture and Art Advisor Serdar Tuksal. Prior to the signing ceremony, a brief conversation took place and mutual gifts were exchanged. Purpose Of The Protocol The protocol aims to promote the organisation of joint events and activities, to develop Turkish Cypriot Theatre, to strengthen its aesthetic and ethical values, and to contribute to the cultural and artistic dimension of tourism through theatre art. Şenkul: "An Important Contrib...

WHO IS FERDİYE YURDAKUL? Ferdiye Yurdakul was born on 05.02.1976 at Kalkanlı village in Cyprus. She completed her primary, secondary, and high school education in North Cyprus then she graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of "Turkish Language and Literature" in 1997 and worked in banking at Finansbank A.Ş. between 1998-2001. From the years 2001 untıl 2008, she worked as a Turkish Language and Literature teacher in various schools affiliated with The Turkish Republic Ministry of National Education. She then returned to The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 2008 and continued her teaching at Near East College until 2010. Meanwhile, she completed her master's degree in the "Department of Educational Management, Supervision and Planning" at Near East University. In 2010, she started working in schools affiliated with The TRNC Ministry of National Education and currently, she works as a Turkish teacher a...

Greetings to friends of CyprusScene, we have been working hard this week trying to locate more news and reviews for you and we have added 4 pages to our e-newspaper although there are no football reports as the league clubs are resting during the summer heat. We thank our contributors for their continued support in helping make CyprusScene an interesting and entertaining publication and we look forward to receiving more news and reviews as early as possible so we can share them with our readers and followers worldwide. Issue 288 is now complete and you can download your free PDF file of this week’s e-newspaper by clicking below: For those readers who wish to read past news and reviews from our wide selection of e-newspapers, please click below in the listing to make your selection. Chris Elliott brings CyprusScene videos - YouTube 2024 Enewspapers: Issue 275  Issue 276 Issue 277 Issue 278 Issue 279 Issue 280  Issue 281 Issue 282  Issue 283  Issue 284 Issue 285 Issue...

Thank you Çetin of Şenbaş Garage in Ozanköy By Chris Elliott…. With a lifetime of driving mainly company cars, sad to say I never developed an interest and knowledge of maintaining vehicles I was driving, as someone always arranged this for me.   Time moved on and in my retirement, I bought a brand new car and continued to have this serviced and looked after. Cars like people when they get old, need that extra care and attention and with my lack of developed maintenance skills, when problems occurred, I had to try several local garages when I needed help, and as so happens you eventually find a garage you feel comfortable with. Now my search for help and support has led me to  Şenbaş Garage in Ozanköy where from time to time I called by for help or advice which was given by Çetin Şenbaş with a smile. Seeing there on my visits some expensive and quality cars being maintained, I did feel I had found the right place to keep my car running and being looked after. These days i...

President Tatar participated in the ceremony commemorating the martyrs of Taşpınar President Ersin Tatar has participated in a ceremony held on Thursday 25th July 2024 to commemorate the martyrs of Taşpınar. The ceremony, which started with the laying of wreaths and flowers at the Taşpınar Martyrdom, continued with a minute’s silence and the playing of the national anthem. Gülten Çağla Uluşan, a schoolteacher of the Doğancı Primary School, delivered a speech on the importance of the day. 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation In his speech at the ceremony, President Tatar stressed that the TRNC is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation, and said “in all the ceremonies, we have remembered with respect and gratitude our martyrs and paid tribute to the sacrifice they made for the Turkish Cypriot cause and the struggle for our people to live in peace and freedom”. Stating that the Greek-Greek Cypriot duo had carried out an attempted genocide of Tur...

TOPÇUKÖY MARTYRS WERE REMEMBERED WITH A CEREMONY SADIKOĞLU: “MAY GOD BLESS US ALL TO LIVE IN PEACE UNDER OUR CRESCENT-STAR FLAG” Topçuköy Martyrs, who fought heroically without blinking an eye so that the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus would live forever and our star-crescent flag would wave proudly, and who were martyred during these struggles, were remembered with a ceremony held at the Topçuköy Martyrdom. While prayers were read for the souls of the martyrs at the ceremony held at the Topçuköy Martyrdom, carnations prepared by the İskele Municipality were left on the graves of the martyrs. TOPÇUKÖY MARTYRS REMEMBERED WITH A CEREMONY A ceremony was held at the Topçuköy Martyrdom for the 9 martyrs from Topçuköy who lost their lives during the years of national struggle and the Happy Peace Operation. The ceremony at the martyrdom began with a moment of silence and a salute after wreaths were laid at the martyrdom according to protocol order, and continued with the raising of f...

ATAOĞLU TALKED ABOUT THE WORK ON TOURISM At the beginning of his speech, Minister Ataoğlu pointed out the importance of the messages given on the 50th anniversary of the Peace Operation and said, "The unity and solidarity shown 50 years ago was also shown in the 50th year. I hope that the events of those years will not happen again." In response to a question about the motion passed in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Minister Ataoğlu said, "If such a motion is needed, the Parliament will convene after a call to be made here and I am sure it will pass unanimously here as well." Minister Ataoğlu also conveyed the work on the promotional campaign under the name of "Island Cyprus", which was carried out in order to attract more tourists from Turkey to Northern Cyprus. Stating that the work on the campaign has been going on for about 9 months, Ataoğlu said, "We want everyone in the TRNC to come to the TRNC. We call on them to come to this is...

Celebration of 20th July Peace and Freedom Anniversary In the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, there has been peace and freedom for half a century. We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Peace Operation, which gifted independence to the Turkish Cypriots, brought peace, and transformed captivity into freedom.  On this anniversary of the operation, pride and enthusiasm dominate in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The 20th July Peace and Freedom Festival was celebrated with ceremonies in İskele, as well as across the island. The ceremonies, held at Atatürk Monument and Ecevit Square, were marked by enthusiasm for 20th July, with participation from political and military officials as well as citizens of all ages, from 7 to 70. The ceremony began in front of the Atatürk Monument and continued at İskele Ecevit Square, concluding with an official parade and a reception. Peace and Freedom The 20th July Peace and Freedom Festival, which symbolizes the transition from d...

Fahri Zihni: Did we really need to have so many episodes of violence? Did we really need to have so many episodes of violence? Readers mail…. From Fahri Zihni…. Hello, Chris please would you share with your CyprusScene worldwide readers my article which was published in the Cyprus Mail,  Thank you and with best wishes Fahri By Fahri Zihni, Did we really need to have so many episodes of violence? What would have happened if the Cypriots had lived the pacifists’ dream, as opposed to the nationalists’, and there had been no fighting at all? I am with Maria Angela Holguin, personal envoy of the UN secretary-general all the way with her almost poetic open letter to the people of Cyprus about the 60+ year old “Cyprus problem”. Male politicians and officials often talk about the mechanics of inter-communal problem solving – constitutions, structures, territories, military quotas, deadlines, etc. As a woman, Ms Holguin spoke kindly, from the heart, and identified the crucial im...

60 years ago the Swedish UN attended a booby trap scene Readers mail.... From Anders Arvidsson a Former Swedish UN Peacekeeper in Cyprus……. From the diary of Swedish UN soldier Lars Ingvar Lindblom Cyprus 21st July 1964 Jeansson and me walked down to Mansoura to collect the mail. Sergeant Svensson had made a delicious breakfast. The Greek Cypriots sent a booby trap parcel to the Turkish Cypriots in Ayios Theodoros, three died and one was wounded in the blast. We are on permanent alert on the radio now. There are lots of Aiyos Theodoros type villages in Cyprus, this is the one, since August 1964 has been abandoned and situated between Mansoura and Piyenia in Tilliria area. Murder of Turkish Cypriots by a booby trap bomb Hakki Önen born 1944 in Nicosia and a fighter in Erenköy area was present when the bomb exploded he recalls the day like this. Before the Greek attack in August, we could move freely in the area. We raised roadblocks on the roads in our area. At the checkpo...

The TRNC Department of the Environment continues its inspections Ataoğlu: "Plastic causes serious damage to nature and people" The Famagusta Unit of the Environmental Protection Department of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment of the Deputy Prime Ministry continues its inspections within the scope of the regulation on the reduction of the use of Single-Use Plastic Products. The Famagusta Unit of the Environmental Protection Department inspected a total of 23 markets between June and July and gave a time notice to the markets on plastic products that are prohibited to being used in 11 market aisles. In its single-use plastic inspection last week, the department inspected 10 markets and found plastic products that are prohibited for use in the aisles in five of the markets. The personnel of the department, who give time notices to business owners, will continue to carry out these inspections in all regions at regular intervals. Within the scope of...

Readers mail.... From A. A. Wisley.... Just Stop Oil - A Danger To Democracy There is something rather dangerous underlying the confected uproar over the sentencing of the founders of the Just Stop Oil ("JSO") campaign. Let's start at the beginning. Aims of JSO The objectives of JSO are, according to Wikipedia, "to convince the British government to commit to ending new fossil fuel licensing and production …" No one can object to anyone having the opinion that fossil fuel production in the UK should be ended in order to help reduce climate change. It is, of course, a totally stupid objective. The UK has a demand for fossil fuels which has to be met. Increased production in the UK would result in more UK jobs, more tax revenues and decreased imports benefiting the, currently appalling, trade balance. Banning UK production would mean the loss of all those benefits but would require the importation of the same amount of fossil fuels. Imported fuels will ca...

Girne Mayor Şenkul Meets Mayor of Istanbul. The Mayor of Girne, Murat Şenkul, met the Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Ekrem İmamoğlu. The meeting, which took place at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality on Monday, July 22nd, included Girne Municipal Council Members Ali Tektan, Burak Güler, and Hüseyin Çakır. Regarding the meeting, Şenkul made a statement on his social media account. "We had a very productive meeting today with Mr. Ekrem İmamoğlu, Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. The agenda of our meeting with our Municipal Council Members was focused on Girne. During our conversation, Ekrem Mayor clearly expressed his interest in the important issues that were brought up, demonstrating his affection for Girne like us. I thank him very much on behalf of our city for his interest and attention shown to us and our city." Source (Turkish): Girne Municipality To read more News click here https://cyprusscene.com/2024/07/24/girne-mayor-senkul-meets-mayor-of-i...

Girne Summer holiday activity programs are full The enjoyable and educational summer holiday activity program organized by the Girne Lifelong Learning and Social Life Center affiliated with the Social Affairs Branch of Girne Municipality for children between the ages of 5-12 continues. Within the scope of the program prepared with various workshops for children every weekend throughout July; Mandala Workshop, Ceramics Workshop, Little Prince Workshop, Magnet Workshop, Buckle Design Workshop, Accessory Workshop and Creative Art Workshop activities were completed. The activities, which come to life with the help of trainers Deniz Poyrazoğlu, Nevin Halis and Social Affairs Staff, are held free of charge at the Lifelong Learning and Social Life Center located in the old Girne Municipality building. It was stated that you can apply to the telephone numbers 0392 815 16 08 and 0539 112 63 63 for the events where it is announced that pre-registration is required to participate. THIS WE...

Greetings to friends of CyprusScene, this past week has very hot with a great deal of excitement over the weekend with celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation and we have received more very informative articles telling the Truth of the Cyprus Issue.  We thank our contributors for their continued support in helping make CyprusScene an interesting and entertaining publication and we look forward to receiving more news and reviews as early as possible so we can share them with our readers and followers worldwide. Issue 287 is now complete and you can download your free PDF file of this week’s e-newspaper by clicking below: For those readers who wish to read past news and reviews from our wide selection of e-newspapers, please click below in the listing to make your selection. Chris Elliott brings CyprusScene videos - YouTube 2024 Enewspapers: Issue 275  Issue 276 Issue 277 Issue 278 Issue 279 Issue 280  Issue 281 Issue 282  Issue 283  Issue 28...

President Tatar spoke to BBC World Service radio about Cyprus Peace Operation. “Türkiye intervened using her Guarantee rights to protect the Turkish Cypriots who were on the verge on being exterminated” President Ersin Tatar participated on Newsday breakfast news programme of BBC World Service radio on the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation. The programme, which was hosted by James Copnall, was broadcast live on Friday morning 19th July 2024. President Tatar stated that the Turkish Cypriot People were celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Cyprus Peace Operation, “which is an important anniversary for us, because it was a Peace Operation. And I underline the word “peace”.   Türkiye as a guarantor power intervened to protect the Turkish Cypriots, who were on the verge of being exterminated, at a time when our people were being massacred by Greek-Greek Cypriot forces.  This is a well-known fact in history”. Explaining that the island-wide attacks on the Turkish Cypri...

More Pro Greek Black Propaganda From The Guardian So how did The Guardian malign Turkey? Read it for yourself here   Reader's Mail.... From A A Wisley.... "Turkish troops fired on our hotel, the invasion had begun” On 14th July 2024, a date of extremely symbolic importance in Cyprus, the Guardian Newspaper published an article by Colin Smith with the headline “Turkish troops fired on our hotel, the invasion had begun”. Mr Smith, a former journalist who was present in Nicosia during the events of July 1974, wrote of his recollection of the events of that month. He outlines the 14th July 1974 assassination attempt on the President Makarios, by the partisan group EOKA- B, engineered and funded by the government of Greece. Makarios was able to escape and later to go on to address the UN on 19th July. Whilst this speech, in English, was broadcast to the world on TV directly from the UN, the Guardian found itself unable to print a single word of that speech. It did not mention...

CYPRUS-THE MYTH OF UNITY Readers mail…. From Cem Hudaverdi, Australia.... Saturday, 20th July 2024 will mark the 50th anniversary of Türkiye’s intervention in Cyprus. Ever since the intervention by Turkiye on the 20th of July 1974 Greece, the Greek Cypriot administration, Greeks around the world, and their followers and supporters have been spreading the lie that Turkiye invaded Cyprus on that date and that Turkiye is continuing to occupy Northern Cyprus. They claim Cyprus was a united, stable, and democratic republic, they claim the two ethnic communities were coexisting in peace and tranquility, and that the place was an exemplar of national unity, compromise, and cooperation. This is fantasy and myth which may perhaps describe Cyprus in an alternate universe, a fictional universe. The proponents of that argument willfully dismiss or ignore the historical fact. Their argument lacks a legal basis, it lacks historical accuracy and it lacks moral authority. There is no questio...

Thank you Alex and JulySep53 for Buying Me Coffees By Chris Elliott…. After 10 years or more running a blog and due to popular demand, it fast became the CyprusScene.com website where many contributors came to share their news and reviews from Northern Cyprus to the world which was great as our mission statement was the promotion of the TRNC and to make the world aware of it. As our media promotions were growing, new features and apps became available which helped us expand our outreach in different formats but these came at a price that continues to grow. Increasing interest is being shown in our online e-newspaper which was designed by my beloved soulmate and partner, Margaret Sheard who died and it is my task to continue with its design and publication in her memory.  Whilst retaining our non-commercial status, we introduced a Buy Me A Coffee app where followers and those who appreciated our free online E-newspaper can leave their comments of appreciation and donations to ...