Attorney-General Files Appeal to Convict Levent
The TRNC Attorney-General is filing an appeal against the acquittal of ‘Afrika’ newspaper’s editor and director Sener Levent and its chief reporter Ali Osman Tabak respectively asking for their conviction. The lawsuit against Afrika had been filed for publishing a cartoon, which was considered an insult to Turkish President Erdogan and an effort to deteriorate […]
Turkey Preparing Second Drillship
Final preparations are being made on a second drillship which Turkey will deploy for test drilling in the eastern Mediterranean. ‘Deepsea Metro-1’ drillship, which belongs to Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has been docked in Çolakoğlu port for maintenance. Turkey, as part of its national energy policy, purchased Deepsea Metro-1 at a cost of 262.5 million […]