The Foreign Residents in the TRNC (TFR)

Review of the Year 2015

by Ralph Kratzer

The year 2015 is now drawing to its close and, like in the years before, I want to give you a brief recap of the activities of the TFR, an association for foreigners living in North Cyprus, with actually about 350 members from 26 different nations.

I only mention the most important events of the year.

Unfortunately we not only had happy events this year, we also had to mourn the death of our Finnish member Seppo Nikkanen.

I’ll start at the beginning of the year, all of the mentioned activities and events you can track on our website tfrnorthcyprus.wordpress.com by clicking the category TFR Topics at the top of the home page and then read the individual posts (of course for the older posts you have to scroll down…! or use the “Search” facility).

Or even easier, you click on the underlined links below and go directly to the corresponding articles and photos.

TFR activities and events 2015:

February: Presidential candidate Dr Kudret Özersay speaks to TFR members

February: Members of TFR made the Orchid Walk for Charity

March: Presidential candidate Dr Sibel Siber talks to members of TFR

April: Karmi Coffee Morning in Aid of the Cemetery Chapel Restoration

April: Lecture on the Norwegian Arctic Circle

May : Founding of the TFR Canasta group

June: TFR-committee support Alsancak´s Mayor in the Mare Monte Case

June: Trip to probably Europe´s last Paradise – the Karpaz

July: TFR plays vs the TRNC 10-Pin Bowling League

July: TFR are sailing into the Sunset

July: TFR welcomes 300th Member

August: German Ambassador speaks to TFR

September: TFR members celebrate Diamond Wedding

October: Second Bavarian Oktoberfest in Northern Cyprus a big Success

October: 18th Annual General Meeting

November: TFR Board Members at the Reception for the German Foreign Minister

December: Canasta Group Christmas Celebration

December: Year-End-Dinner 2015 – A different Kind of Christmas Dinner

December: KADS and TFR – Turkey and Tinsel “Who Dunnit” at the Pia Bella Hotel

Not to forget our well attended weekly “Stammtisch” get-together at the Sea Point restaurant in Lapta (during summer) and the Acmenya restaurant in Alsancak (during winter) and our monthly bowling event “Cup of the Nations”.

Again it was a successful year for the TFR-association, not least because there aren´t a lot of clubs in Northern Cyprus for foreign residents that offer so many occasions for their members to come together, get information and enjoy the company of like-minded people!