YUSUF KANLI

Futile Cyprus efforts YUSUF KANLI

Futile Cyprus efforts

There are some serious signs that a team of international diplomats were working discreetly to achieve a miraculous revival of the Cyprus intercommunal talks process.

May 01 2019
Midnight at Taksim Square YUSUF KANLI

Midnight at Taksim Square

Istanbul is wild and crowded. For me, being there has always been something very much like being in a jungle full of wild beasts. The most beautiful city of not only Turkey but probably the entire world somehow instills in me a very strong sense of insecurity. Doing business in that city, I believe, must be a serious pain, but spending a weekend or holidaying, however, have always been fun.

April 29 2019
Tselebis’ confessions in the Cyprus talks YUSUF KANLI

Tselebis’ confessions in the Cyprus talks

Remarks made by Tumazos Tselebis, a former member of the Greek Cypriot negotiations team, confirm in all its bitterness the awkward mindset and greed of the Greek Cypriot leadership.

April 24 2019
Life continues YUSUF KANLI

Life continues

When was I last in Diyarbakır? Five years ago? More? Definitely before the November 2015 murder of peace advocate Tahir Elçi, the Bar Association chief of the city.

April 22 2019
Democracy and the media YUSUF KANLI

Democracy and the media

Independence and pluralism of media are among the fundamental requirements of democratic governance. Only if there is an independent and pluralistic media in a country can people make healthy and free opinions on issues of the country.

April 17 2019
Something new in Cyprus, really YUSUF KANLI

Something new in Cyprus, really?

Almost everything is just the same, if not worse, since the collapse of the Cyprus talks process in Crans Montana in July 2017.

April 15 2019
Time to face reality YUSUF KANLI

Time to face reality

Failure was obvious right from the beginning. Yet the Greek Cypriot leader was pretending as if he might eventually agree to some sort of a federal resolution.

April 10 2019
Failed again, no surprise YUSUF KANLI

Failed again, no surprise

Sunday was a rather busy day on both sides of Cyprus. Jane Holl Lute, the special adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, met the two communal leaders separately in a last-ditch effort to kick back from the death of the Cyprus intercommunal talks process.

April 09 2019
A new Cyprus policy shaping up YUSUF KANLI

A new Cyprus policy shaping up

As federal resolution on Cyprus is becoming less popular, United Nations secretary-general special Cyprus adviser Jane Holl Lute is expected to make yet another trip to Cyprus in hopes of bringing an end to the impasse in the Cyprus peacemaking process.

April 03 2019