Sener Levent acquitted in ‘insulting’ Erdogan case
Turkish Cypriot journalist and editor Sener Levent was acquitted in northern Nicosia on Wednesday of “insulting a foreign statesman” and “driving a wedge between the TRNC and Turkey”.
The case ...
TC journalist sentenced in absentia for insulting Turkish president
Controversial Turkish Cypriot journalist and Avrupa newspaper editor Sener Levent has been sentenced in absentia to a year in prison in Turkey.
He had been put on trial in Ankara ...
Turkish Cypriot publisher Levent takes Turkey to ECHR
Turkish Cypriot publisher and writer Sener Levent, editor-in-chief of newspaper Avrupa, has filed a lawsuit against Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for alleged violation of his ...
Jail sentence against Turkish Cypriot publisher reduced to fine
The one-year jail sentence imposed by Ankara on Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been reportedly been commuted to a fine amid public ...
EU and CoE ‘concerned’ over freedom of the press in the north
The EU and the Council of Europe (CoE) are watching “with serious concern” any attempt to undermine the freedom of the press in the Turkish Cypriot community through persecution and ...