Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Turkish Cypriots remember slain lawyers - Cyprus Mail

Turkish Cypriots remember slain lawyers
Published on April 24, 2012


TURKISH CYPRIOT civil society will tomorrow mark the death of two lawyers killed in 1962 during a period of heightened tension.

The Turkish Cypriot lawyers, Ahmet Muzaffer Gurkan and Ayhan Hikmet, owners of the Cumhuriyet newspaper, were killed between April 23 and 24, 1962, allegedly by the Turkish Cypriot paramilitary organisation TMT.

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