North denies reports of extradition request for journalist Levent

The north’s ‘foreign ministry’ on Friday denied reports that Turkey had filed an extradition request against veteran Cypriot journalist Sener Levent.

Turkish Cypriot news agency Tak reported that ‘ministry’ sources had said that reports of an extradition request “do not reflect the truth” and are “disinformation”.

“The Turkish justice ministry has not made any extradition request from the TRNC regarding Sener Levent,” the sources said.

Levent himself had said he had...