YUSUF KANLI

Referendum under emergency decrees YUSUF KANLI

Referendum under emergency decrees

Years ago many journalists, intellectuals and academics faced prosecution for daring to criticize a constitutional text written under the dictate of the five ruling generals that was submitted to a national referendum.

February 21 2017
Why a Turkish guarantee in Cyprus is a must YUSUF KANLI

Why a Turkish guarantee in Cyprus is a must

There is a proverb in Turkish, the direct translation of which might be “A bad development is sometimes better than a thousand words of good advice.”

February 19 2017
Turkey’s issue is not just the referendum vote YUSUF KANLI

Turkey’s issue is not just the referendum vote

The country has fixed its eyes on the upcoming April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments aiming to usher in an era of Turkey with an executive president.

February 16 2017
The hot potato is with Anastasiades YUSUF KANLI

The hot potato is with Anastasiades

A myth collapsed last week with Greek Cypriots walking the extra mile in oddity to legislate celebrating the anniversary of the 1950 “Enosis” (union with Greece) plebiscite in schools

February 14 2017
Hypocrisy at work YUSUF KANLI

Hypocrisy at work

Greek Cypriots demonstrated hypocrisy once again this week when the House of Representatives voted to mandate schoolchildren to commemorate the 1950 “enosis” or “union with Greece” plebiscite, which was suggested by the socialist Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) and supported by the Cyprus Church.

February 12 2017
Quo Vadis Turkey YUSUF KANLI

Quo Vadis Turkey?

It has been a painful period for Turkey since the state of emergency was declared on July 20, 2016, but the problem is not unique to this period.

February 09 2017
Akıncı clarifies, or further confuses YUSUF KANLI

Akıncı clarifies, or further confuses

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akıncı wrote a letter to Republican Assembly Spokesperson Sibel Siber, answering some of the questions the head of the legislature wrote to the president in early January.

February 07 2017
April hopes for a Cyprus deal YUSUF KANLI

April hopes for a Cyprus deal

Efforts are underway to fix a second international meeting on Cyprus, sometime between March 5 and 10. Like the first inconclusive meeting, the two communal leaders of Cyprus and the foreign ministers of the three guarantor powers, Turkey, Greece and Britain, are expected to sit around the table, with the European Union representative sitting behind as an observer.

February 05 2017
Psychological obsessions trouble Cyprus deal YUSUF KANLI

Psychological obsessions trouble Cyprus deal

Psychological disorders or phobias may constitute the most fundamental aspect of the Cyprus problem. They are probably the reason why reaching a settlement has become such a horrendous job that has defied almost half a century of efforts.

February 02 2017