By Pinar Temocin / Image via AK Rockefeller The Kurdish question has been considered as an important issue in struggling to build an independent nation. They are the second largest ethnic group living partly in the eastern part of Turkey with their own language, traditions and customs. The Kurds are considered as a stateless nation…
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Elections and hopes in post-Gezi Turkey
Many of us wonder who are the people who went to the streets during Gezi Park protests, who are behind the recent electoral success of the HPD party in Turkey, who has enough courage to sand up against Erdogan’s regime. Among others, there are also young activists connected to the green movement. While travelling back…
A Solution for Cyprus – Is it Possible with Annan Plan 5?
Since the 31st of March, when version 5 of Kofi Annan’s Plan (the Annan Plan) was given to representatives of the Greek and Turkish Cypriots in Lucerne, Switzerland, all Cypriots have been discussing this Plan. What is the viability of the solution? What will happen if there is a NO or a YES result from…
Cyprus Alternative News
The authorities in northern Cyprus put yet another obstacle to the freedom of movement of the media by no longer recognizing the “press cards” that it has issued itself. Till the first days of May, the professional journalists could cross between the north and the south easily by showing their press cards. According to the…
Cyprus alternative news
Yenicag newspaper under police investigation allegedly for the crime of insulting the military The Turkish Cypriot police started an investigation against Yenicag Newspaper on the 21st of March 2003, a weekly published in the northern part of Cyprus. The pretext of police for the investigation is a news item published on the 18th of May…
Speak up for Cyprus petition
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been split into a Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north since Turkey’s invasion in 1974 following an abortive coup by Greek and Greek Cypriot supporters of union with Greece. Only Turkey recognizes the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state, keeping 40,000 troops on the island. Around 100,000 Turkish settlers moved…
Cyprus overview
Cyprus, an island kept captive of its history, learns to look ahead of past grievances towards a common future between Greek and Turkish Cypriots After 28 years of separation Greek and Turkish Cypriots are hopeful that a “solution” will be found now for the divided island. Significant, historic changes are prompted by the fact that…