Tatar ‘insulted’ by Christodoulides calling arrest of five in north an act of piracy

President Nikos Christodoulides “insulted” the Turkish Cypriots with his statements over the detention of five Greek Cypriots in the north , Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said on Sunday.

In a written statement, he said Christodoulides branding the decision of the courts in the north as “piracy” is “a blatant insult to the Turkish Cypriot people and their independent judiciary”.

He said such statements reflect “a mentality that rejects mutual