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Cyprus Today - 18th May 2019

By Dominic Freeman

Good on you Cyprus Today, you’ve published the fact that the Afrika newspaper reporters have been found not guilty of insulting Turkey’s President Erdogan. It may have been a little late but better late than never.

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‘Landmark Verdict’ in Afrika ‘Erdogan insult’ cartoon case – see NCFP article North Cyprus Afrika Newspaper Staff Found Innocent of ‘insulting Erdogan’

UBP, HP are ‘in harmony’ over formation of govt –

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North Cyprus Afrika Newspaper Staff Found Innocent of 'insulting Erdogan'

By Richard Potato

According to the Turkish independent news site, Gazete Duvar, the District Court in North Cyprus has acquitted staff members of the left-wing Cypriot newspaper Afrika of charges brought against them for printing a cartoon deemed offensive by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The Turkish ambassador to the TRNC administration, Derya Kanbay, had brought the charges against chief editor Şener Levent and journalist Ali Osman Tabak after a cartoon of an ancient

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Did North Cyprus Afrika Newspaper Cause the Collapse of the TRNC Government?

By Richard Potato

The North Cyprus newspaper Afrika (16.05.19) reports that the District Court in Lefkosa is expected to announce today its decision on the lawsuit against the newspaper for publishing a caricature on 2 December 2017, which was considered an insult to Turkish President Erdogan and an effort to harm the relations between Turkey and the TRNC. The lawsuit was filed after a complaint made by the then Turkish Ambassador,

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Distinguish Between Yellow Stripey Insects That Sting and Those That Don't

By Natalie Nightingale

Summer is rapidly upon us and those yellow stripey insects are starting to buzz us again. The whole yellow stripey look is meant to tell you that the insect is dangerous and could sting you but in most cases it’s just camouflage. In other words, insects without a sting have survived because they look as if they could. Some insects will sting you for just being there,

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Did Turkey President Erdogan Cause North Cyprus Government Collapse?

By Dominic Freeman

Two different newspapers in North Cyprus point to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan being at the centre of the collapse of the North Cyprus government.

Firstly, according to the North Cyprus daily Afrika newspaper (14.05.19), the general secretary of the Turkish Cypriot teacher’s trade union (KTOS) Sener Elcil, referring to the resignation of the four-party “coalition government”, accused the leader of the People’s Party (HP), Kudret Ozersay, of being responsible for the collapse

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Cyprus Today - 18th May 2019

North Cyprus Afrika Newspaper Staff Found Innocent of 'insulting Erdogan'

Did North Cyprus Afrika Newspaper Cause the Collapse of the TRNC Government?

Distinguish Between Yellow Stripey Insects That Sting and Those That Don't

Did Turkey President Erdogan Cause North Cyprus Government Collapse?

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