Northern Cyprus rejects EU Commission's 2026 Türkiye Report claims on Cyprus

The Foreign Ministry of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has fully rejected what it called biased, detached-from-reality and unfounded accusations in the European Commission's 2026 Türkiye Report that target the TRNC and the legitimate rights of the Turkish Cypriot people. It fully supports the assessments made by Türkiye's Foreign Ministry on the report.

The statement said the EU took sides on Cyprus by admitting the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus as a member in 2004, which it described as unlawful and contrary to EU law. It said the two-state vision criticised in the report was a natural result of failed federal efforts, blamed on the Greek Cypriot side's intransigence. The TRNC will keep defending this vision together with Türkiye.

The ministry also rejected the report's criticism of Turkish Cypriot outreach through the Organization of Turkic States and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and of Türkiye-TRNC cooperation in energy, transport, infrastructure and security. It described the report's comments on Maraş as one-sided.