"Kostis Ahniotis"

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Kostis Ahniotis (1952-4 April 2017) was a Greek Cypriot activist in favour of the reunification of Cyprus and an active member of the extra-parliamentary Left of Cyprus.

Kostis Ahniotis was born in Nicosia in 1952 and studied Biochemistry in Montpellier, France. Upon his return to Cyprus, he worked with the form "Conversation Report" from 1976. In 1985 he participated in the publication of the magazine "Inside the Walls" and from 1999 to 2004 in the publication of the magazine "Out of Being". From 1998 to 2001 he participated in the editorial group of the bicommunal magazine "Hate" and from 2008 in the publication of the magazine "The Kalemi", which was a publication of the Greek Cypriot component of the EC and TK Educational Platform "United Cyprus". He was also one of the founding members of Akamas' friends and a member of the Nicosia Film Club. In the referendum on the Annan Plan in 2004 he was active in favour of "Yes".

Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots attended the funeral of Kostis Ahniotis. Among the speakers was Takis Hatzidimitriou, as well as the president of the T/k teacher guild, Sener Erchil, who spoke about the common struggles they had given. Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinji sent a wreath.

In September 2017, supporters of Kostis Ahniotis called for the renaming of the road in front of the symbolic building Ledra Pallas (a place where talks on the Cyprus issue were held) to "Kosti Ahniotis road", but the mayor of Nicosia, Konstantinos Yorkatzis (son of Polykarpos Yorkatzis, stepson of Tassos Papadopoulos, grandson of Anastasios G. Leventis) rejected the application.

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