New Turkish ambassador demands Cypriot news outlets delete articles about him

The new Turkish ambassador in the north Yasin Ekrem Serim has taken out a court order to demand that three news outlets in the north delete articles which were written about him.

The articles in question focused on Serim’s previous business dealings in Cyprus, with it having been claimed in the Turkish Cypriot press that he was a business partner of late Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who, in related articles, was accused of “drug dealing, illegal betting, millions of dollars in money laundering, and blackmail”.