The Turkish Cypriot community donates €120,000 to CMP
Release Date: 9 October 2025
PRESS RELEASE
(Nicosia, 9 October 2025) – The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) received a donation of €120,000 from the Turkish Cypriot community on 9 October 2025. This contribution brings the Turkish Cypriot community’s financial assistance to the CMP to a total of €803,000 since 2006. The funds will contribute to the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning the remains of missing individuals, bringing to an end the uncertainty which has affected the families for so many years.
The CMP was established in April 1981 under the auspices of the United Nations by an agreement between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, following a call to establish a mechanism made in two UN General Assembly resolutions.
The CMP Project on the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus became operational in 2006 and is co-funded by the European Union.
So far, 1,057 missing persons from both Cypriot communities have been identified and returned to their families for dignified burials.
CMP relies on donor support to implement its bi-communal project.