The Conference on Cyprus in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, collapsed on July 7, 2017, after ten days of intense negotiations. This represented another failed attempt to reach a comprehensive settlement to the Cyprus problem. The talks, involving the Greek and Turkish Cypriot sides, as well as guarantor powers Turkey, Greece, and the UK, faltered primarily over security arrangements and Turkish troop presence. UN Secretary-General António Guterres declared the conference's closure without an agreement, marking another setback in the decades-long peace process.
These newspapers serve as invaluable primary sources, providing contemporary accounts of events that shaped the Turkish Cypriot experience. They offer researchers, historians, and the general public direct access to how these pivotal moments were reported and perceived at the time, free from later interpretations or revisionism.