The religious affairs directorate in the Turkish controlled sector of Cyprus has claimed that deliberate interference caused popular Greek-Cypriot radio programmes to broadcast from mosque rooftops instead of the Islamic call to prayer.
Specifically,dDue to interference in radio frequencies which link the mosques PA systems, Greek pop hits could be heard blasting through the air. The incident took place on the 16th of December and was published by the Famagusta Gazette the day after.
Each mosque broadcasts the call to prayer via powerful speakers placed on the minarets of the building.
Shocked residents of several districts informed the religious affairs directorate whose chairman Talip Atalay claimed that it was a deliberate action by Greek Cypriots.
He said they had experienced similar problems in the past, but they were solved in cooperation with Turkey. He also noted that a specialist team was coming from Turkey in order to fix the problem and in 2-3 days the quality of the broadcasts would be better.
It is understood that the problem was caused by weather related radio frequency interference which can bleed into sound systems from nearby radio stations. Cyprus has a crowded radio-waves spectrum with nearly 100 Greek and Turkish Cypriot stations operating on the FM dial.
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