YUSUF KANLI

A stillborn plan YUSUF KANLI

A stillborn plan?

Greed must be considered a serious illness. Greed accompanied by ignorance must be even a far serious condition. If greed and ignorance are accompanied with the power of the top seat of the most powerful state of the world, I have no idea how I can describe the situation other than pointing at the White House.

January 29 2020
Quakes don’t kill YUSUF KANLI

Quakes don’t kill

The Elazığ-centered quake was very painful. So many people lost their lives and over 1,000 people were injured — some in critical condition. Unfortunately, some of the wounded will carry for the rest of their lives the memories of the disaster that hit them. Hopefully, the Turkish state and society will undertake whatever assistance and help possible to ease their lives.

January 27 2020
Libya conference was a success but… YUSUF KANLI

Libya conference was a success but…

The decision to send “military elements” to Libya was an issue not so much embraced by the nation. Would they be combat troops or just military advisors? Would they include Turkish conscripts or was the “other elements” remark an indication that some paramilitary elements - probably recruits from the Syrian opposition - would be sent there? The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was playing the game witch cards close to its chest while even many key figures of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) preferred to stress that even though “Turkey’s defense started from Tripoli,” engaging directly in the conflict might not be in Turkey’s best interest.

January 22 2020
Russia and Cyprus YUSUF KANLI

Russia and Cyprus

There was a speculative claim in a leading Turkish newspaper. The leading opposition newspaper Sözcü claimed in a news story that Russia might recognize Turkish Cyprus.

January 20 2020
Has the Libya truce effort failed YUSUF KANLI

Has the Libya truce effort failed?

It would have been a major foreign policy and strategic victory if together with Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan managed to achieve a ceasefire and play an effective mediator role to guide Libya out of the devastating civil war.

January 15 2020
Ankara and North Cyprus electioneering YUSUF KANLI

Ankara and North Cyprus electioneering

As the scheduled April presidential elections are coming closer and pressure is building on presidential hopefuls to officially join the race, it is becoming clear that a multi-candidate process is shaping up. So far, officially two politicians have declared that they will be running for the presidency.

January 13 2020
Presidential race gets underway in Northern Cyprus YUSUF KANLI

Presidential race gets underway in Northern Cyprus

Finally, former Prime Minister and Republican Turks’ Party (CTP) leader Tufan Erhürman declared his presidential candidacy and got an overwhelming endorsement from his party. Thus, the first official candidate for the April 2020 presidential race has stepped forward.

December 18 2019
UAVs in Cyprus YUSUF KANLI

UAVs in Cyprus

Within days, control units were deployed, preparations were completed and as of yesterday (Monday) morning, the first of the unmanned aerial devices left its base at Dalaman, flew for more than five hours and redeployed at the Geçitkale airport in Northern Cyprus. Thus, after the Israeli-Greek Cypriot UAV deal under which eight vehicles were deployed in Southern Cyprus, there are now UAVs deployed in the north.

December 16 2019
Why Greece is crying YUSUF KANLI

Why Greece is crying

The memorandum of understanding signed between Libya’s U.N.-supported government and Turkey on maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean infuriated Greece. The deal has created a new political map in the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Ersin Tatar, an evaluation shared by many people and probably one of the reasons that enraged Athens.

December 09 2019