
A photograph circulating online showing two blindfolded men, believed to be Greek Cypriot prisoners of war from 1974, has been verified as authentic by a former Turkish broadcaster who says he appears in the image.
The Cyprus Independent Reporting Network, (Ciren), contacted Turkish journalist Selim Esen after questions were raised regarding the photograph’s authenticity on social media, where it had also been circulated in enhanced and colourised form.
Esen, who






