Anti government protests have spread to the occupied part of Cyprus with thousands of people demonstrating against the administration of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
As Turkish Cypriot media report, students gathered Saturday to protest the events in Istanbul and express their grievances over the policies of the Erdogan government and what they describe as police terror, according to Melis Tutan, a journalist in northern Nicosia. Tutan said that thousands of people took to the streets of Nicosia, Kyrenia, Famagusta and Morphou.
Activists gathered in front of Turkey’s embassy and chanted slogans against Erdogan and his ruling AKP party. A group of students shouted “We send greetings from the island, Nicosia Taksim are shoulder to shoulder against fascism”. At one point police barricaded the area and there were a few small scuffles, but no injuries were reported. Many civil organizations and students walked together towards the Turkish Embassy in occupied Nicosia. Demonstrations in Cyprus were organised via Facebook and Twitter, with more action planned for the next days.
