Prof. Dr. Ata ATUN English Papers
The recent parliamentary elections gave Turkey the chance for a fresh start on a blank page with the US — or vice versa. The damaged bilateral ties now have the opportunity to be replaced with a strong tie made of…
ByAta ATUNThe leader of the “Greek Republic of Cyprus,” Tassos Papadopou-los, played a chief role in the Greek Cypriot administration during the notorious “Dark Era” — 1964 to 1974 — in Cyprus. “We will exterminate all the Turks” (Papadopoulos, 1964) Following…
ByAta ATUNWhen inter-communal talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots started in 1968, two main ideas surfaced within the Greek Cypriot community. One of these ideas envisaged a harsh military operation be launched to suppress the Turkish Cypriot resistance and enosis (the…
ByAta ATUNThe politburo of the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL), probably the only communist party still actively playing a strong role in politics within the Western world, recently approved the presidential candidacy of its general secretary, Dimitris Hristofias, in the…
ByAta ATUNThe Greek Cypriot administration has displayed many times since 2004 its unwillingness for a new start of negotiations based on the Annan plan. The request of the former UN secretary-general from the Greek side for a written submission of their…
ByAta ATUNFor most of the people, the July 22 elections in Turkey will forcibly divert the political life of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (KKTC) onto a new path. It’s a correct judgment based on simple assumptions, like the saying,…
ByAta ATUNThe main factors that have made Greek Cyprus unwilling to help solve the dispute on the island are international powers requiring that the roots of the problem and the responsible party be disregarded and clearing the path for Greek Cyprus’s…
ByAta ATUNI often wonder about those who say the Cyprus problem started after the Turkish intervention in 1974. This depiction is just a fairy tale and is often used to mislead people with minimal knowledge of the issue. I am also…
ByAta ATUNCyprus’s joining the European Union has been overshadowed by the country’s unresolved political division that has existed since 1956. The island has been divided into a Turkish sector and a Greek sector as far back as 1956 under the British…
ByAta ATUNThe prospect of joining the European Union of Cyprus is over-shadowed by the country’s unresolved political division since 1956. The island was divided into Turkish Sector and Greek Sector as far as in 1956 by the British Colonial Government. First…
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