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CyprusGlobalIsland EditionNo. 11

Notes from the island

Market reads, buyer's guides and slow days on the coast — written on the ground in Northern Cyprus.

The market

8 min read

Investing in property in North Cyprus — what you need to know

Why prices are lower than elsewhere in the Mediterranean, how payment plans work, and what to ask a lawyer before you reserve.

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Currency, prices and payments — how money works in North Cyprus

Turkish lira in the shops, pounds in real estate — why prices are quoted in a different currency than the one you buy coffee with.

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Apartments

5 min read

Iskele and Long Beach — where the new Cyprus is being built

The east coast, three kilometres of sand and the island's busiest building district — what to know about Iskele.

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Island life

7 min read

Karpaz — the wild end of the island

Eighty kilometres without a single resort — wild donkeys, empty beaches and a monastery at the very end of the road.

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Nine thousand years on one island — a short history of North Cyprus

Ancient Salamis, a Gothic abbey, Venetian walls and three castles in the mountains — what to see and why it still stands.

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The beaches of North Cyprus — from Long Beach to the golden sand of Karpaz

Where the sand is, where the rocks are, where turtles hatch and where to go even in September — a guide to the island's coast.

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