Young Man Gets 15 Years Jail For Kyrenia Murder

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 A young man who admitted murdering his friend 25-year-old Halil Karakız in Kyrenia in December 2019 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, Yeniduzen reported. Arif Gökçek (20), who was tried for causing the death of Halil Karakız, who was found dead in the sea on 6 December 2019 near […]
Unions Withdraw Lawsuit Against Government

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 Following the government decision published in the Official Gazette today, to repeal the salary cuts by between 10 – 20 percent, public sector unions have decided to withdraw the lawsuit they brought before the Constitutional Court, Kibris Postasi reported. Representing the unions, Attorney Öncel Polili noted that they had applied to […]
Lions Club And Queer Cyprus Virtual Talk

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 Lions Clubs* in collaboration with the Queer Cyprus Association are holding a virtual event on August 4, 2022, to create social awareness of LGBTQ+ rights in the Turkish Cypriot community as part of the Lions Global Peace activities. Yasemin Taneri and Derviş Taşkıranlar, two activists from the Queer Cyprus Association, […]
Meryem Özkurt Released From Prison Today

Wednesday, 27 July, 2022 BRTK director Meryem Özkurt, who served two months in prison for breaking the election bans in 2020, was released today. Waiting to greet her outside the prison gates were her family, BRTK employees and journalists Meryem Özkurt was greeted with applause, she hugged her family and friends and shed tears for […]