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Cartoon controversy YUSUF KANLI

Cartoon controversy

An incredible controversy about Cyprus is spreading between Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot state.

August 22 2017
Cyprus prospects YUSUF KANLI

Cyprus prospects

Were federation prospects dead in Cyprus? Can it be claimed that whatever may be done the two people of the island cannot be geared towards creating a working and sustainable federal resolution?

August 20 2017
A bitter anniversary YUSUF KANLI

A bitter anniversary

Over 18,000 people perished, tens of thousands left homeless; the industrial heartland of the country was devastated. The Aug. 17, 1999 earthquake and the consequent Dec. 12 tremor were sufficiently bad for a country with a miserable three-way coalition government to slide into a financial crisis, making the 2000-2001 twin financial collapse inevitable.

August 17 2017
Turkish Cyprus President’s mandate set to change YUSUF KANLI

Turkish Cyprus President’s mandate set to change

When Cyprus intercommunal talks started in 1968, the target of Turkish Cypriots in the process was to negotiate “local autonomy.”

August 15 2017
Barbaros at Güzelyurt YUSUF KANLI

Barbaros at Güzelyurt

After the collapse of the Cyprus intercommunal talks and with the Greek Cypriot side insisting on taking unilateral actions in utilizing the offshore wealth of the island, tension started to build up with the start of drilling by French Total in Cyprus’ offshore Block 11 on July 13.

August 13 2017
Impunity is disgusting YUSUF KANLI

Impunity is disgusting

A middle-aged man who spends most of his life devoting himself to the promotion of intercommunal relations, a re-united Cyprus and the brotherhood of the people of the island, irrespective of ethnic, religious and of course political divisions, decided to take refuge from the roasting August sun in a hillside touristic facility in Paphos. His wife and two daughters, aged 9 and 11, were delighted.

August 10 2017
Revealing the agenda YUSUF KANLI

Revealing the agenda

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are often accused of having a secret agenda.

August 08 2017
Two states in the EU YUSUF KANLI

Two states in the EU

Everyone has an idea about the intractability of the Cyprus problem as well as the need to find a resolution for it. What kind of settlement should the island have? More than 50 years of intercommunal talks have failed many times in many attempts to resolve the problem

August 06 2017
Transformation pains YUSUF KANLI

Transformation pains

The Supreme Military Council, if it can still be called so after all the changes made in its structure, convened and ended within four hours with a decision to reshuffle almost the entire command of the Turkish Armed Forces.

August 03 2017