Former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s defamation lawsuit against newspaper Yeniduzen was rejected by a court in northern Nicosia on Tuesday , with the court finding that the newspaper had acted within its rights to freedom of expression.
Chief justice Serife Katip read the decision, referring to the Council of Europe’s committee of ministers, which had in 2023 warned against “strategic lawsuits” against journalists, which she said “constitute indirect interference
