The club, then known simply as ‘Degirmenlik’ were initially promoted to the north’s second tier in 2020, before football was cancelled for a year in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Facing charges of laundering the proceeds of crime and operating illegal gambling websites, chairman of Kythrea-based Turkish Cypriot football club Miracle Degirmenlik Hakan Torehan, appeared in ...