{"id":754911,"date":"2026-08-30T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754911\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T20:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:38:11","slug":"captain-in-custody-after-boat-capsizes-off-northern-cyprus-local-leader-says-as-eight-reported-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/754911\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain in custody after boat capsizes off northern Cyprus, local leader says, as eight reported dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cyprus has been physically divided since Turkey&#8217;s 1974 invasionpublished at 18:09 BST<\/p>\n<p>18:09 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus climb up on a rooftop of an abandoned building while patrolling along a buffer zone\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0b4c6ce0-4a52-4d12-8c5b-396ad34d5b84.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Members of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The vessel capsized just off the coast of northern Cyprus, which is run by the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) &#8211; a self-declared state which is recognised only by Turkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkey invaded the north in response to a military coup on the island which was backed by the Greek government. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The island was effectively partitioned, with the northern third run by a Turkish Cypriot government and the southern two-thirds by the internationally-recognised government led by Greek Cypriots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United Nations troops have since patrolled a buffer zone &#8211; also called the &#8220;Green Line&#8221; &#8211; dividing the two parts, and reunification talks have made slow progress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The buffer zone extends approximately 180km across the island. In some parts it is only a few meters wide, while in other areas it is a few kilometres wide, according to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are several villages within the zone, where more than 10,000 people live and work, according to the UN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cyprus has been physically divided since Turkey&#8217;s 1974 invasionpublished at 18:09 BST 18:09 BST Image source, AFP via&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-754911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}