"Turkish army bars ‘biased’ Turkish Cypriot media from exercise
By Simon Bahceli
THE TURKISH military took a swipe at the Turkish Cypriot administration yesterday by barring media outlets sympathetic to the leadership from covering a search and rescue exercise off the northern coast.
The annual event is popular with the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot media, and is traditionally covered by all outlets regardless of political leanings.
“The army is trying to punish the AKP [Justice and Development Party] government in Turkey, and is trying to find their allies. And what better ally is there than the CTP [Republican Turkish Party] and Mehmet Ali Talat?” Dr Ahmet Sozen, head of the Cyprus Policy Centre think-tank at the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) told the Cyprus Mail yesterday."
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