Turkey
President Obama spoke with Recep Tayyip Erdogan
THE WHITE HOUSE – Office of the Press Secretary October 15, 2015 Readout of the President’s Call with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey
EU Council President calls on Ankara to reduce influx of refugees
European Council President Donald Tusk believes that an agreement with Turkey with regard to the refugee crisis will make sense if Ankara reduces effectively the influx of refugees and warns that concessions to this candidate country will only be justified when this objective is achieved.
Bomb attacks, and into the background…. postponing the elections?
By Ilias Kouskouvelis* Erdogan’s plans to transform the Turkish political system into a presidential one, to enhance his powers and become himself a “sultan”, stopped on June 7, 2015. His party, the AKP, recorded one of the lowest electoral performances, 40.7%, nine whole points below the elections of June 12, 2011. Erdogan and his party […]
Kasoulides: We will not agree to open chapters 23-24 with Turkey
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides stressed that Cyprus will not agree to the opening of two EU -Turkey negotiating chapters so that Ankara cooperates in the refugees` crisis.
A lie of 41 years
By Sener Levent* There is one question that must be answered before all else: could it be that the US and the UK wish a solution to the Cyprus problem and somehow cannot achieve it? That is, could it be the case that we Cypriots prevent the US and the UK from doing what they […]
“The life of Harita Mandoles”: The woman that symbolizes the fight for the determination of the fate of the missing Cypriots
By Aristides Viketos, ANA–MNA Today, in a heavily charged emotional atmosphere in the standing-room only amphitheater of the European University of Nicosia, we were witnesses to the presentation of the novel of Euridice Perikleous-Papadopoulou titled “TRULY SPOKEN- THE LIFE OF HARITA MANDOLES” (Nefeli Publications), which records the life of the woman that is the symbol […]
Time for UN and US Officials to Wise Up on Cyprus
By Philip Christopher Now let me get this straight: UN and State Department officials are pressing – my country of origin and America’s long-time ally – Cyprus, to agree to Turkey’s latest attempt to steal Cyprus’ large natural gas discovery? Did these officials not hear Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently say that the US, […]
Turkey’s Vision of Cyprus as its Satrapy
By Μarios L. Evriviades Turkey’s vision of Cyprus is that of a satrapy. A Turkish satrapy. It does not extend beyond that. If this thesis is understood and accepted then the past and present policies of Ankara vis as vis Cyprus, be those of the Kemalists or, today as it happens those of the Islamists, […]
CPJ: Turkish authorities target media in nationwide crackdown
New York, December 14, 2014—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today’s raids on media outlets in which police detained journalists and media workers on politicized anti-state charges. Among those detained today were Ekrem Dumanlı , editor-in-chief of Turkey’s largest daily Zaman, and Hidayet Karaca, chairman of the Samanyolu Broadcast Group, reports said.
Ahmed, take them and you know where you can stick them
By Sener Levent How dare they insult us and make fun of us? And yet, none of us comes forth to put them in their place. Everyone swallows and digests whatever they place in his large intestine. This man considers our land as his own domain. As if it is inherited property from his father. […]