The ‘bar association’ in the north condemned threats made against a judge in the case of six people facing charges in connection with demonstrations outside the Turkish Cypriot newspaper Afrika. According to media reports from the north on Friday, a team of lawyers and the head of the ‘bar association’ Unver Bedevi stood outside court saying justice should be allowed to run its course. Harsh sentences would be a message towards Erdogan and Turkish people that live in the north and don’t know their limits, he added. Incensed by the article, Erdogan had called ‘on my brothers in north Cyprus to give the necessary response’. His supporters had attacked Afrika’s offices and protested in front of the Turkish Cypriot ‘parliament’ on January 22.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 09, 2018 15:37 UTC