Prof. Dr. Ata ATUN English Papers
In 1959 Turkey, Greece and Great Britain agreed on a formula to settle the Cyprus problem. It was obvious that Enosis (union with mainland Greece) was out of the question as long as the Turkish Cy-priots refused to accept it…
ByAta ATUNThe misapplication of harsh politics towards the Turkish Cypriots by Greek Cypriot administration leader Tassos Papadopoulos is exacerbating the partition of the island. If he is re-elected as the so-called president of the Republic of Cyprus again in the February…
ByAta ATUNThese words belong to Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the archbi-shop of the Church of Cyprus, taken from his interview given to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, published on Jan. 5, 2007, and these shameful words start the very last sentence of the…
ByAta ATUNThe exclusion of universities in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) from the Bologna Process, in other words a further em-bargo on the Turkish Cypriots — this time on education — is another thing of which the European Union…
ByAta ATUNAfter the Turkish Cypriots declared the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) — an independent state in the northern terri-tories of Cyprus — on Nov. 15, 1983, UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar without delay called the Security Council for…
ByAta ATUNAfter the passage of three years since the April 24, 2004 Annan plan referendum it is now clearly visible that the side punished by the international community is the Turkish Cypriots, who voted “yes,” ra-ther than the Greek Cypriots, who…
ByAta ATUNThe new and the coming advancements in EU do not seem too good for Turkey. And the proceedings for the accession negotiations are not ad-vancing as well as in the honeymoon days. The first change took place in Germany. German…
ByAta ATUNThe destiny of Cyprus might have been settled along with all of the other problems between Greece and Turkey ages ago if the notorious “Megalo Idea” (The great project) of the Hellenic nation hadn’t poisoned the minds of the Greeks…
ByAta ATUNIf this is what you think of the presidential elections in Turkey, you are singing the wrong tune. This very election will help Turkey’s democracy to deepen, to be more stable, rest on a solid basis and widen the…
ByAta ATUNIn the Greek Cypriot version of history, Greece’s national issue, the “Megali Idea” (Mega Idea), the wish of “Enosis,” — meaning the annexation of Cyprus to Greece — stands firm. The Enosis concept, based on the map of the Megali…
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