Posts tagged with "Sener Levent"

2018: midwifing all sorts into the spotlight Cyprus

2018: midwifing all sorts into the spotlight

December 30th, 2018 By Theo Panayides It was a good year for bar owners: Christos Koukkides (a.k.a. ‘Moulos’), who runs Savino Rock Bar in Larnaca, followed a few months later by Panayiotis Kyriakou, the soft-spoken chap who ran Romylos Pub in Nicosia for 39 years (we spoke in late September, just after the pub changed hands). It was a good year for...
Court in north throws out Levent case against Erdogan Cyprus

Court in north throws out Levent case against Erdogan

October 22nd, 2018 A court in the north has thrown out a case filed by Sener Levent and Afrika newspaper against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, for instigating attacks on the newspaper’s offices on January 22, 2018. According to the Cyprus News Agency the court said there was not sufficient testimony and evidence to bring a case against Erdogan....
Levent and Afrika file suit against Erdogan in north court Cyprus

Levent and Afrika file suit against Erdogan in north court

August 18th, 2018 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 January 22, 2018, according to Afrika’s front page on Saturday. The front page led with the title “We have taken Tayyip Erdogan to court”, and showed images of...
Cyprus refers Levent case to OSCE (Update 2) Cyprus

Cyprus refers Levent case to OSCE (Update 2)

August 1st, 2018 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 to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)and the EU, government spokesman Prodromos Prodromou said. In a written statement, Prodromou notes the...
Under-threat newspaper owner living in reality Profile

Under-threat newspaper owner living in reality

February 5th, 2018 The owner of a newspaper attacked in the north last week for defying Turkey says he is the freest person in Cyprus. THEO PANAYIDES meets a man proud to call himself a marginal A day before the first round of the Greek Cypriot presidential elections, I cross the checkpoint to the occupied north and walk about 200m, down Ikinci Selim...
Afrika says demonstrators 'came to kill' Cyprus

Afrika says demonstrators 'came to kill'

January 23rd, 2018 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 most party leaders complained of a lack of security. "On the orders of Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday, a Sivas Madimak exercise took place against our newspaper Afrika,"...
Turkish Cypriots fear delayed impact of coup in the north Cyprus

Turkish Cypriots fear delayed impact of coup in the north

July 24th, 2016 ‘There is a real risk of a witch hunt as the uninformed point fingers without really knowing what is going on’ CONCERN, relief, and a state of anxious watchfulness have dominated in the north to Turkey's failed coup just over a week ago and some Turkish Cypriots fear it’s just a matter of time before Prime Minister Tayyip...
Some 30,000 Turkish Cypriots will not be able to vote Cyprus

Some 30,000 Turkish Cypriots will not be able to vote

May 24th, 2014 By Angelos Anastasiou SOME 30.000 Turkish Cypriots who reside in the occupied areas have been excluded from the electoral roll due to a domino-effect bureaucratic deadlock. On the back of Turkish Cypriot journalist Sener Levent’s protest on Thursday, when he wrote an article calling for the postponement of the European Parliament...
Turkish Cypriot MEP candidate appeals over voter address regulations Cyprus

Turkish Cypriot MEP candidate appeals over voter address regulations

May 23rd, 2014 By Angelos Anastasiou TURKISH CYPRIOT journalist Sener Levent, running as an independent candidate for one of Cyprus’ six Euro MP spots in Sunday’s elections, said he was seeking to have the elections postponed as his son’s name was not included in the list of Turkish Cypriot eligible voters. In an article in local daily...
Levent and Salih hope to raise strong support in race for MEP Cyprus

Levent and Salih hope to raise strong support in race for MEP

March 15th, 2014 By Stefanos Evripidou A BILL passed by parliament this week has opened the floodgates for 67,000 Turkish Cypriots to participate in the European Parliament (EP) elections in May that will send six Cypriot MEPs to Brussels and Strasbourg. So far, none of the current Turkish Cypriot politicians has expressed a desire to run for MEP,...
Sener Levent to stand for MEP Cyprus

Sener Levent to stand for MEP

January 27th, 2014 TURKISH Cypriot publisher and writer Sener Levent will stand as a candidate for Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the May euro elections, he said. It will be the first time a Turkish Cypriot has stood for MEP since Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. Last week, the government approved legislation that makes it easier for Turkish...
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