Turkey intends to take strong legal and political step against the Greek Cypriot hooligan attack on Turkey basket ball team. The incident took place in Greek Cyprus during a match.

 In a newspaper a diplomat said, “Our first priority was to ensure the players’ safe return after the attack. That was done and the next step will be to bring the issue onto the international agenda.”

Turkey will file complain in the world basketball governing body, and will pressurize the United Nations and the European Union to take action.

“We will, of course, complain to the United Nations both in Nicosia and New York because while our team’s initiative to play the match in Greek Cyprus was a [friendly] gesture, our players’ safety was not ensured,” the diplomatic source said. “Because Greek Cyprus is a member of the European Union we will also take initiative at the EU level.”