Turkish vice president condemns Southern Cyprus mosque attack
Türkiye's Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz on Sunday strongly condemned a recent attack on a mosque in the Greek Cypriot administration, Azernews reports, citing Anadolu Agency.
After a Molotov cocktail was hurled on Saturday at the Koprulu Haci Ibrahim Aga Mosque in the city of Limassol, Yilmaz said that the act was "a clear attack on human rights, democracy, freedom of thought and belief."
"Communal peace and human values were targeted in this act of arson," he said on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Yilmaz also underlined that the attack was another manifestation of rising Islamophobia in Europe in recent years.
The attack was also condemned by other Turkish officials and politicians, including the head of the country's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) Ali Erbas and the spokesman of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Omer Celik.
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