From monkey to donkey, Afrika reverts to Avrupa
Outspoken Turkish Cypriot Afrika newspaper changed its name and logo on Thursday following criticism that its name and monkey logo were racist. Afrika changed its...
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TC newspaper Afrika gives in to pressure and removes ‘racist’ logo from masthead
Student pressure group says it’s a step but that publisher Sener Levent ‘must also recognise his mistake’ By Agnieszka Rakoczy A heated debate between the...
Turkish Cypriot ‘AG’ appeals Afrika acquittals
The Turkish Cypriot ‘attorney-general’ has filed for an appeal against the acquittal of daily Afrika publisher Sener Levent and one of his journalists in the...
Levent and journalist acquitted of ‘insulting’ Erdogan and Turkey
A court in the north of Nicosia on Thursday cleared two journalists who had faced up to five years in prison on charges of insulting...
Levent and Afrika file suit against Erdogan in north court
Sener Levent and the Turkish Cypriot publishing company Afrika have filed a lawsuit against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, for instigating attacks on the newspaper on...
Extradition of Turkish Cypriots ‘out of the question’ Akinci’s spokesman says
Authorities in the north on Friday said that the extradition of Turkish Cypriots to other countries was out of the question. Spokesman of the Turkish...
EU and OSCE weigh in on prosecution of Afrika and its journalists (Updated)
The European Commission said Thursday that the harassment and intimidation of journalists constituted violation of the freedom of expression, guaranteed under the European Convention on Human...
Erdogan closing net on Turkish Cypriots
By Esra Aygin Turkish investigations and detentions targeting Turkish Cypriot academics and journalists have alarmed the Turkish Cypriot community and caused fear that Ankara has...
Cyprus refers Levent case to OSCE (Update 2)
Cyprus on Wednesday said it had referred the attempted prosecution in Turkey of Turkish Cypriot newspaper Afrika and its journalists Sener Levent and Ali Osman...
Judge in Turkish-Cypriot newspaper case quits
The judge who tried the men who attacked Turkish Cypriot daily newspaper Afrika after it likened the Turkish invasion in Syria to Ankara’s occupation of...
EU Commission regrets Afrika violence
The European Commission is aware of the intimidation of Turkish Cypriot newspaper Afrika and regrets the violence of protesters against the newspaper’s offices, EU Commissioner...
Six sentenced for attack on Afrika
Six men in the north were sentenced on Wednesday to between two and six months in prison for the attacks last month against Afrika newspaper and...
Civil society groups in north ask Akinci to restore impartiality
A number of civil society organisations in the north sent a joint letter to Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Tuesday asking him to restore...
North ‘bar association’ condemns threats against Afrika judge
The ‘bar association’ in the north condemned threats made against a judge in the case of six people facing charges in connection with demonstrations outside...
Afrika suspected attackers detained for one month pending trial
Six suspected attackers of Afrika daily and the Turkish Cypriot ‘parliament’ were detained on Tuesday for one month pending trial. Police were looking for nine...
OSCE condemns Afrika attacks
The representative of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for Freedom of the Media, Harlem Desir, condemned the recent attacks on the...
Turkish Cypriot side braces for possible tensions at Friday’s democracy march
Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci on Thursday warned everyone participating in the planned ‘Peace and Democracy March’ on Friday in Nicosia to refrain from actions...
Volunteers in north to help Turkish forces in Afrin
Fifty volunteers in the north have signed up for the army to help Turkish soldiers fight in Syria’s Afrin region, it was reported on Wednesday....
Our View: Afrika attack scary show of Turkish influence in north
What took place outside Afrika newspaper’s offices in north Nicosia on Monday was scary. An angry mob of ultranationalists gathered outside the building, waving Turkish...
Afrika says demonstrators ‘came to kill’
Following violent protests against Afrika on Monday, the daily in its headline, alleged the demonstrators “came to kill” heeding “orders from a high place”, while...