01.05.2026 – The Union of Cypriots announces that its members, Panayiotis Taliotis and Oz Karahan, will be candidates for Nicosia in the parliamentary elections of 24 May 2026, as part of our joint struggle with the Movement of Ecologists – Citizens’ Cooperation (Green Party of Cyprus).
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02.03.2026 – US–Zionist-led attacks against Iran, and the reported missiles directed toward British military installations at Akrotiri, have renewed public debate in Cyprus regarding the status and implications of the British Bases. When foreign military infrastructure on Cypriot soil becomes a potential target, the issue shifts from abstract geopolitics to a direct matter of national security and public safety.
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(Youth Lead the Struggle: From the Mediterranean to the World) Contribution of the Union of Cypriots at the International Youth Symposium
10.01.2026 – Whenever imperial power declares itself order, youth are the first to refuse it. When dissent is criminalised, futures are stolen, and obedience is enforced as stability, neutrality becomes a lie. Young people meet empire face to face through repression, surveillance, militarised streets, and economic exclusion. This is why, throughout history, youth are forced to the frontlines of resistance, not as a choice but as a condition imposed by empire, where resistance becomes the only way to exist with dignity.
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10.11.2025 – The International League of Peoples Struggle – Europe (ILPS Europe) successfully concluded its three day Assembly in Nicosia, held from 8 to 10 November 2025 and hosted by the country committee members in Cyprus, Union of Cypriots and the Cyprus Democratic Lawyers Association (CDLA). Delegates, observers and organisations from across Europe and beyond participated in the gathering.
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08.11.2025 – The Union of Cypriots has presented the 2025 Ihsan Ali Honorary Award to Niki Katsaouni, saluting her lifelong commitment to justice, truth, and the preservation of collective memory in Cyprus.
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08.11.2025 – The Cyprus Declaration is adopted at the Assembly of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) Europe, convened in Nicosia, Cyprus, on November 8, 2025.
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10.10.2025 – October is a month of action for the independence and sovereignty of Cyprus and the Cypriot people, both on the island and across the world in the spirit of international solidarity. 1 October marks Cyprus’s Independence Day from British colonialism, and 10 October is recognised as the International Day of Solidarity with the Cypriot People, when anti-imperialists around the world unite their voices and actions for Cyprus.
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26.06.2025 – The Union of Cypriots participated in the Resist NATO campaign, standing alongside anti-imperialist organizations from around the world in opposition to NATO’s annual summit and its broader agenda of militarism, war, and imperialist plunder.
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24.05.2025 – The Union of Cypriots represented Cyprus at an international theoretical conference on Comprador and Bureaucrat Capitalism in the Neocolonies, organized by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Communist Party Marxist Kenya (CPMK), held in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 23–24.
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(Cyprus and Palestine: Lessons in Negotiation and Struggle) *Contribution to the journal of “Palestine Magazine” published on 5th May 2025 on the occasion of Palestine Solidarity Day
23.05.2025 – Cyprus and Palestine are united by history, geography and destiny as two neighboring countries colonized by the same empires. This situation led to the combined development of resistance practices as well as colonization in Cyprus and Palestine. Starting with the 1931 uprising in Cyprus and the 1936 uprising in Palestine, events and phenomena develop at different paces, repeating and following each other.
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26.02.2025 – The Union of Cypriots took part in the launch of CODEPINK’s new international campaign UK-US Bases Off Cyprus, amplifying the Cypriot voice in the struggle against Britain’s colonial military presence on the island. Speaking on behalf of the Union of Cypriots, Oz Karahan delivered a powerful address situating the British bases within the broader architecture of imperialism, linking them to the NATO-backed Turkish occupation, Zionist settler-colonialism, and decades of divide-and-rule strategies. He stressed that liberating Cyprus is not only essential for Cypriots, but also a decisive step toward weakening imperialism across West Asia and North Africa, and reaffirmed solidarity with the Palestinian struggle. Among the other speakers were Jeremy Corbyn (Peace and Justice Project, Independent MP) and Matt Kennard (investigative journalist who reported on the role of RAF bases in Cyprus in facilitating the U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza).
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30.12.2024 – The Union of Cypriots has released the latest edition of Liberate Cyprus, focusing on the theme “Echoes of Unity, Liberty & Solidarity.”
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11.12.2024 – Oz Karahan, President of the Union of Cypriots and Vice Chair for Europe of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle, addressed the European Parliament to expose the ongoing settler colonization and land usurpation in the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus.
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30.11.2024 – The Union of Cypriots represented Cyprus at an international theoretical conference on National Liberation from Imperialism, organized by the NDFP and held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from November 29–30.
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15.09.2024 – The International Coordination of Revolutionary Parties and Organizations (ICOR) organized the seminar “Lenin’s Teachings Are Alive,” bringing together more than 700 participants from 45 countries and 40 organizations, spanning from Argentina to Palestine, Germany to Congo, Tunisia to the USA, and Mexico to Cyprus, in Thuringia, Germany.
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11.09.2024 – In light of our statement on the 50th anniversary of the NATO-planned Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Union of Cypriots reaffirms its commitment to the complete liberation of Cyprus from imperialist occupation and settler colonialism. For five decades, the occupation has been oppressing Turkish-speaking Cypriots and continues to deny Greek-speaking Cypriots their right to return to their homes.
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20.07.2024 – 20 July 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the NATO-planned Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
For half a century, imperialist occupation and settler colonialism have persisted on the island, with ongoing colonial policies oppressing Turkish-speaking Cypriots and preventing Greek-speaking Cypriots, forcibly displaced during the Turkish invasion, from returning to their homes. Imperialists use these policies to enforce ethnically-based segregation among the Cypriot people through plans like the “bi-zonal bi-communal federation” and the “two-state” arrangement, in order to keep their presence on the island.
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11.07.2024 – The Union of Cypriots participated in the 7th International Assembly of the largest global formation of anti-imperialist organizations, the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS), on June 21-24, 2024, in Penang, Malaysia. The assembly hosted 535 participants, consisting of 432 delegates from 192 ILPS member organizations and 103 observers.
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25.05.2024 – As Union of Cypriots, we organized the event “Cypriot Republicans: The Struggle for Unitary State and Constitutional Citizenship” and presented the Honorary Award we give annually in memory of the Cypriot leader Ihsan Ali. This year, our Honorary Award was given to Ibrahim Aziz, who inspired us with his struggle. In 2022, we did not have the opportunity to present the award to the representatives of the Project “Season of Women”, which adapted the struggle of the “Women Walk Home” into a theater play. At this event, we finally had the chance to present the award to Magdalena Zira and Nedie Antoniades, representatives of the Project “Season of Women”.
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Cypriot Republicans: The Struggle for Unitary State and Constitutional Citizenship
16.05.2024 – On May 25, 2024 at 18.30 at the Home for Cooperation, we are keeping the ideas of the “Cypriot Republicans” alive.
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29.02.2024 – The Union of Cypriots has decided to support the Green Party of Cyprus (Movement of Ecologists – Citizens’ Cooperation) and its list for the coming elections for the European Parliament and the Municipalities to be held on 9 June 2024.
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29.12.2023 – The Union of Cypriots presents Honorary Awards to recognize the contributions of Cypriot individuals or organizations for our independence struggle. The Union of Cypriots Honorary Awards are given in memory of a Cypriot community leader, Dr. Ihsan Ali, who spent his life for his people and the Cypriot Republic.
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26.12.2023 – As the Union of Cypriots, we are pleased to announce the launch of our podcast “Liberate Cyprus – Defeat Imperialism”. We believe that national liberation struggles are interconnected around the world and that international solidarity is an important force in the quest for freedom and justice. Each episode of the program “Liberate Cyprus – Defeat Imperialism” will highlight both the theoretical and practical aspects of the struggle for freedom, highlighting the experiences of Cypriots and peoples around the world against the yoke of imperialism.
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11.11.2023 – The Union of Cypriots stands unconditionally with the Palestinian people and supports their resistance. The Cypriot people have consistently expressed their unwavering solidarity with our neighboring Palestinian people. Both Cypriots and Palestinians have become victims of ongoing occupation, settler colonialism, and violations of international law.
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07.09.2023 – The Union of Cypriots represented Cyprus at the 1st World Congress of the United Front (International Anti-Imperialist United Front Against Fascism, War, and Environmental Destruction), which took place in Thuringia, Germany.
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20.07.2023 – Today, on the 49th Anniversary of the Turkish invasion, 49 citizens of the Republic of Cyprus from both the occupied and the free areas, are publishing a declaration that aims to become a point of reference for the solution to the Cyprus issue.
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05.06.2023 – The new issue of the “Liberate Cyprus” publication by the Union of Cypriots is now available. This issue focuses on the theme of “Free West Asia and North Africa, End Imperialism.”
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(Palestine and Cyprus: A Story of Peoples’ Fraternity) *Contribution to the journal of “The Palestinian Liberation Struggle” published on 30th March 2023 on the occasion of Palestine Land Day
30.03.2023 – The Union of Cypriots sees Cyprus and Palestine as two countries where imperialism has taken root in the heart of Western Asia. As long as these two national and colonial issues, which can be compared in different contexts, are not resolved, imperialism, colonialism, racism, sectarianism and Zionism will spread like cancer in the demands of the peoples of the region for peace, equality, brotherhood, bread and freedom.
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30.12.2022 – Union of Cypriots presents Honorary Awards to recognize the contributions of Cypriot individuals or organizations for our independence struggle. The Union of Cypriots Honorary Awards are given in memory of a Cypriot community leader, Dr. Ihsan Ali, who spent his life for his people and the Cypriot Republic.
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22.02.2022 – Trapped in the northern part of Cyprus, Turkish-speaking Cypriots are trying to continue their lives under the oppression of the Turkish occupation. The social, cultural and economic pressures they have been experiencing since 1974 have been increased more than ever before. Cypriots, who constitute a small part of the population living in the occupied northern region of Cyprus, are forced to migrate from their homeland by Turkey as a result of the socio-economic pressures they are exposed to due to the settler colonialism initiated by Turkey after the occupation.
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31.12.2021 – Union of Cypriots presents Honorary Awards to recognize the contributions of Cypriot individuals or organizations for our independence struggle. The Union of Cypriots Honorary Awards are given in memory of a Cypriot community leader, Dr. Ihsan Ali, who spent his life for his people and the Cypriot Republic.
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02.07.2021 – “Cypriots and Palestinians united against terrorist occupier twins Turkey and Israel!” writes in the posters of Union of Cypriots on the streets of Nicosia. Two neighboring peoples are giving a national liberation struggle against the occupiers that are using the same rhetoric, the same lies, and the same strategy.
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15.06.2021 – Union of Cypriots represented Cyprus and Cypriots at the “No to NATO” counter-summit organised by the progressive organisations from all around the world. The counter-summit took place on 13-14 June 2021, during the annual NATO summit which hosted NATO Heads of State in Brussels.
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29.04.2021 – The united fronts of democratic, anti-imperialist, socialist, progressive, and revolutionary peoples’ movements of the world, published statements regarding the Cyprus talks which are taking place in Geneva between 27-29 April 2021.
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20.03.2021 – The relationship between Cypriots and Kurds is not just a matter of international solidarity. The fraternity of the two nations is based on sharing a common destiny.
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16.03.2021 – In 1833, the history of Cyprus had seen the biggest liberation struggle against imperialism. Greek-speaking and Turkish-speaking Cypriot people and peasants united against the Ottoman oppression and organized revolts one after another.
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15.02.2021 – Located in the center of the region that is the target of imperialism in the Eastern Mediterranean, Cyprus acts as an unsinkable aircraft carrier for NATO.
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19.01.2021 – Recently, the former minister and federalist ruling party’s deputy leader Harris Georgiades put down on paper a manifesto called “New realism” which officially declares that from now the two-state solution is an option for the survival of “Hellenism” in Cyprus.
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13.01.2021 – All social movements are having hard times functioning their democratic structures during the pandemic. The measures of governments and traveling limitations sometimes create different kinds of obstacles for people’s movements, like us, which have supporters from national and diaspora levels.
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28.12.2020 – Union of Cypriots presents Honorary Awards to recognize the contributions of Cypriot individuals or organizations for our independence struggle. Union of Cypriots Honorary Awards are given in memory of a Cypriot community leader Dr. Ihsan Ali, who spent his life for his people and the Cypriot Republic.
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25.09.2020 – The Union of Cypriots and all genuine progressive and patriotic forces in Cyprus understand the significance of “paying the price.” That’s why we offer our support and solidarity to all those who are fighting against the occupation and ongoing colonization policies in Cyprus.
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18.09.2020 – The Union of Cypriots is monitoring the reactions of Turkish officials regarding United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres’s proposal for a 5+1 (Greek-speaking Cypriots, Turkish-speaking Cypriots, Greece, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United Nations) meeting to resolve the Cyprus problem.
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25.08.2020 – As an organization, we have consistently voiced our stance regarding Cyprus’ “golden passport” program, which has recently garnered attention from the world and media. We consider passport selling as the second act of treason against our country, following the coup d’état in August 1974, which led to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
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16.08.2020 – 16th of August. 60 years ago, today, our nation became independent after experiencing centuries of colonialism and imperialism. It is the date that our unitary and consociational Republic of Cyprus declared its independence. And it is also the date that the Turkish-speaking Cypriot İsmet Güney gifted us our national flag, the flag of the Cypriot Republic.
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15.08.2020 – The Union of Cypriots stands against the Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the French Republic, which was signed in April 2017 and came into force in August 2020.
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09.06.2020 – The Union of Cypriots condemns the ongoing closure of checkpoints by the occupation regime in the northern areas of Cyprus, controlled by Turkey, while the authorities of the free areas of Cyprus have opened them.
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14.04.2020 – As Union of Cypriots, we condemn the Church of Cyprus’ and the Archbishop’s pronouncement of an illegal Turkish settler as the “Mufti of Cyprus”. Our organisation would like to shed some light on the matter and inform all Cypriots about the scandalous relationship between Archbishop Chrysostomos II and Erdogan’s chosen one, Talip Atalay, a relationship dating back to almost a decade.
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03.02.2020 (revised on 09.06.2020) – The elections for the Turkish-speaking Cypriot leadership on 11 October 2020 (previously scheduled on 26 April 2020) in the occupied area of Cyprus do not have any legitimacy under current circumstances and this situation has also reached a dimension that affects all Cypriots and the future of Cyprus Problem.
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18.12.2019 – As the Union of Cypriots, we closely monitor the recent military activities conducted by Turkey in the occupied areas of Cyprus. Turkey, a member state of NATO, currently maintains over 40,000 illegal military personnel on the island since its occupation of the northern regions in 1974.
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22.11.2019 – As the Union of Cypriots, we support the proposal made by members of EDEK and DIKO in the House of Representatives concerning the Cypriot citizenship of individuals who recognize the pseudo-state in the occupied area of Cyprus.
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15.11.2019 – The Union of Cypriots condemns the dark anniversary of the “Unilateral Declaration of Independence” (UDI) of the pseudo-state in the occupied areas of Cyprus.
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15.05.2019 – As the Union of Cypriots, we would like to inform all Cypriots and express our support for the final hearing of the Afrika newspaper, which will take place on May 16th.
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13.03.2019 – On May 26, we are going for the fourth time to the polls to elect the members of the European Parliament after our country joined the European Union in 2004. What is the “Jasmine Movement” and why is it participating in these elections?
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27.02.2019 – As Union of Cypriots, a few months ago we stated our intention to participate in the European Parliament elections which will be held in 26th May 2019 with our own candidate.
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22.01.2018 – The targeting, lynching, and attacks on all Cypriots following the headline of the Afrika newspaper, “Another invasion operation from Turkey,” on which we, as the Union of Cypriots, have signed our signature, will be answered.
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01.01.2018 – The Gavur Imam Revolt, the largest and most important people’s movement in Cypriot history, took place in 1833.
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