A close personal associate of Turkish Cypriot 'prime minister' Unal Ustel denied any involvement in a series of social media account closures and post deletions targeting journalists and news outlets in Cyprus.

Turkish Cypriot 'prime minister' Unal Ustel has traveled to Ankara to sign an annual financial protocol with Turkey, following a week of protests and a dispute over planned policies in Northern Cyprus.

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday evening, with rumours abounding that he intended to use the meeting to gain Erdogan’s blessing to hold early legislative elections in the north. No mention of any election was made in Ustel’s statement after the election, with his office […]

Turkish Cypriot 'prime minister' Unal Ustel is facing widespread criticism from within and outside his ruling coalition for his handling of attempts to reduce cost-of-living allowance payments for some public sector workers.

The north’s ‘prime minister’, Unal Ustel, accused the Republic of Cyprus on Monday of exploiting tensions from the US-Israeli conflict to strengthen defence partnerships. Speaking at an iftar event in Istanbul, Ustel said the ‘government’ was using the regional security climate to expand military cooperation with foreign powers. According to reports in the Turkish press, […]

Unal Ustel, the 'prime minister' of Northern Cyprus, has denied claims that he accepted a £300,000 bribe to facilitate the construction of a cable car in Kyrenia, following allegations made by a social media journalist.

Turkish Cypriot 'prime minister' Unal Ustel and Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz signed an annual financial protocol, outlining €480 million in financial provisions from Turkey to northern Cyprus for the coming year.

The Turkish Cypriot cabinet was called to an emergency meeting over the ongoing conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran by ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel on Saturday.