CMP employees in northern Cyprus to strike over unpaid wages

Guven Bengihan, the president of the Turkish Cypriot Civil Servants Union (KTAMS), has announced a full-day strike for Monday, February 16. The industrial action involves 52 employees of the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) who have reportedly not been paid for 43 days. According to the union, the local finance ministry has refused to process the payments because it does not recognize the signature of the presidency, which oversees the CMP staff. A protest is scheduled to take place at 09:30 AM on the day of the strike outside the finance ministry building. Bengihan attributed the situation to administrative friction between the two departments. The union stated that the employees remain unpaid despite their essential work on the island's missing persons cases. This strike aims to pressure the authorities to resolve the signature dispute and release the overdue funds. All union members working within the CMP are expected to participate in the protest and work stoppage.