The UK Government has stated that there are “no plans to authorise direct flights between the UK and the north of Cyprus”, as it referred to the Turkish-occupied northern third of the island.In a response to a relevant Turkish Cypriot petition on the British Parliament’s website, the Foreign Office have reiterated a previously stated position, namely that “in accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared ‘Turkish …








