US EditionTurkish Cypriot journalist threatened, source murdered after reporting on alleged government corruption - Committee to Protect Journalists
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Turkish Cypriot journalist threatened, source murdered after reporting on alleged government corruption - Committee to Protect Journalists
Istanbul, May 8, 2025—Authorities in Turkish occupied Northern Cyprus must do everything in their power to ensure the safety of chief editor Ayşemden Akın, who was threatened after her Turkish news site Bugün Kıbrıs published her three-part investigation into alleged government corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday. Akın said she received a threatening phone call a day before whistleblower Cemil Önal, her main source in …
The former "accountant" of a Turkish Cypriot mafia shot dead in the Netherlands after making revelations about a vast corruption network
Cemil Önal allegedly managed the financial affairs of the Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali, who was killed in 2022. A few weeks before his death, Mr Önal had claimed that he was afraid of being murdered because he had evidence of the corruption of several men close to the government in Turkey.
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