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French TV crew fined filming north Cyprus ghost town

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

NICOSIA - A French TV crew was arrested and fined for filming the ghost town of Varosha in northern Cyprus, rights groups said on Monday, just days before the European Union is expected to criticise Turkey over its Cyprus policy.

Two journalists working for German-French public channel ARTE were arrested on Sunday for allegedly violating the military restricted area by filming the former Greek Cypriot holiday resort now under Turkish Cypriot control.

"We strongly condemn the arrests of journalists who are just doing their job," European Federation of Journalists Chairman Arne Konig said in a statement.

"We repeat our calls for Turkish and Turkish Cypriot authorities to respect basic principles of press freedom."

Cyprus was partitioned in a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a brief Greek Cypriot coup. Numerous peace efforts have foundered, with the latest bid in a U.N. drafted reunification plan failing on Greek Cypriot rejection in a 2004 referendum.

The two French journalists were released on Monday after each of them were fined 1,000 lira (363 pounds) by a Turkish Cypriot military court, said the northern Cypriot rights group Basin-Sen, which also paid the fines.

The EU executive is to issue a progress report on Wednesday criticising a slowdown in reforms in the year since Turkey began EU membership talks and noting Ankara's failure to meet a requirement to open its ports to shipping from Cyprus.

Diplomats say the negative findings could prompt EU leaders to suspend, at least partially, accession negotiations with Turkey when they hold a summit on enlargement in mid-December.

http://www.keralanext.com/news/?id=895460

they must have something to hide


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Turkish Troops Out of Cyprus

Why are photos of Northern Cyprus not allowed to be taken? check the post above


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Turkish Troops Out of Cyprus

Because Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots think that they can do want they want. They make the rules up as they go along as this is a pseudo state that is absent from integrity and rule and order. Turkish and Turkish Cypriots Military and police forces cannot be trusted if you are visiting the North of Cyprus . .divide and rule - anything goes in a psuedo state my friend Pitsilia

vourka wrote:

Because Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots think that they can do want they want. They make the rules up as they go along as this is a pseudo state that is absent from integrity and rule and order. Turkish and Turkish Cypriots Military and police forces cannot be trusted if you are visiting the North of Cyprus . .divide and rule - anything goes in a psuedo state my friend Pitsilia

I guess at any given time they could close the border and all access to north (for those in the south), and the south (for those in the north).

Does anyone trust the Turkish Military??? LOLOLOLOLOL


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Pitsilia wrote:

vourka wrote:

Because Turkey and the Turkish Cypriots think that they can do want they want. They make the rules up as they go along as this is a pseudo state that is absent from integrity and rule and order. Turkish and Turkish Cypriots Military and police forces cannot be trusted if you are visiting the North of Cyprus . .divide and rule - anything goes in a psuedo state my friend Pitsilia

I guess at any given time they could close the border and all access to north (for those in the south), and the south (for those in the north).

Does anyone trust the Turkish Military??? LOLOLOLOLOL

I trust them more than the Tpap goverment, now that is a micky mouse goverment.