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...
