Island Talks

The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus has been attacked by the Turkish Cypriot police in the buffer zone close to Pyla village during an ongoing work of fixing a road to connect the bicommunal village to the Turkish Cypriot controlled areas. While the Turkish & Turkish Cypriot side citing humanitarian reasons, the international community as well as the permanent members of the Security Councils, barring Russia, condemned the attack. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı discuss the developments and underline that there is no-such thing as status-quo without a settlement. Against the background, the annual General Assembly meeting in New York will take place in September, efforts for a break-through in the current deadlock of the Cyprus problem talks continue. Is Russia repositioning itself vis-a-vis the Cyprus problem? Is it possible to talk about confidence building measures while the situation in Pyla is still tense? After a short break - Nicosia Uncut is back, discussing politics in Cyprus.

Mayıs ayını pass geçen Garip Zamanlar ekibi, bu bölümde dövmeyi (tatoo), mangayı ve alt kültürleri konuştular. Yerelden küresele vücutlarını bir kanvas gibi kullanan gençleri, Kıbrıs'ın kuzeyinde en çok satılan kitapların manga kitaplar olmasını, Evren'in ilk kitabı Oyalan Biraz'ı, Sertaç'ın yolsuzluk algısı raporunu ve Island Talks podcast istasyonundaki yeni programları olmasını masaya yatırdılar. Unutmadan döner dediğin ya Berlin'de yenilir ya Viyana'da! (Bkz:döner macht schöner.) Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan'ın hazırlayıp sunduğu Garip Zamanlar 41.bölüme ulaştı. Biz de kendilerine 41 kere maşallah diyoruz!

In this episode of Figure It and the first in a series of episodes devoted to energy, Sapienta Economics Director Fiona Mullen and analyst Andromachi Sophocleous put on their professional energy hats to analyse the regional energy workshop of oil and gas companies on 29-30 May.

We are drowned in elections. Elections in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus. Do we have any time or window of opportunity to discuss politics - Cyprus problem in particular? In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı evaluate the results of elections in Turkey and Greece as well as the upcoming by-elections in the north. CBMs, local politics, and DISY's and AKEL's initiatives in the Cyprob.

It has been 20 years since the crossings across the division line in Cyprus started. It is clear that the existing crossings are not enough. Should we expect unilareral initiatives by the Greek Cypriot side on this? While the elections in Turkey are underway, is it possible to talk about a new era for the Cyprus problem? Depolitization of political parties, critical look to the political scene on the island, by-elections in the north, first diplomatic test of the new DISY leader and new developments in the saga of natural resources around Cyprus. Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss Cyprus politics in Nicosia Uncut.

Gene mi dualite? Kelebek güzel de hamamböceği niye değil? Etiğin estetik kaygıları var mı? Kayıp bölümün gizemi. Alman Beyaz Gül hareket, Hans & Sophie Scholl, Japon yönetmenler ve Kurosawa, kötülüğün sıradanlığı, karamsarlıktan sıyrılmak için ipuçları, otorite, etik, vicdan ve iktidarların sonu. Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan Kıbrıs'tan podcast'lamaya devam ediyorlar.

Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan'ın hazırlayıp sunduğu Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde Sertaç, kutsal topraklara yaptığı seyahati, gözlemlerini, semavi dinlerin doğduğu coğrafyaya ziyaret edenlerin yaşadığı Kudüs sendromunu anlattı. Varoluşçu kaygılar, devlet baba otoritesi, insan doğasının vahşi hali ve programa ilişkin biçim sorgulamaları diğer konulardı.

Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan'ın hazırlayıp sunduğu Garip Zamanlar podcast'ta bu bölüm çok özel bir konuk var: Türk sinemasının en önemli isimlerinden, yapımcı, yönetmen, yazar ve akademisyen Derviş Zaim. Derviş Zaim'le yaşadığımız çağın tuhaflığını, sinemayı, edebiyatı, elbette ki filmlerini, Freud ve Jung'u, zombie filmi çekme olasılığını, Baba Zula'nın çıkışını, konularını nasıl belirlediğini, yeni kitap yazma ihtimalini, Kıbrıs'tan eserlerine neler kattığını, akademisyen olarak yeni nesillerle olan diyaloğunu ve Filler ve Çimen'in Kıbrıs galasında yaşadıklarını konuştular.

Election in Cyprus is over as Turkey is now on the eve of the historical election that will take place on 14 May 2023. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı discuss the cabinet of the newly elected Greek Cypriot president. Turkish opposition finally agreed on their candidate: CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will be challenging Erdoğan. The mayors of Istanbul and Ankara will support his campaign together with the other opposition leaders. Back in Cyprus, DISY has elected Annita Demetriou, speaker of the House of Representatives, as the new party leader.

While the Turkish Cypriots are mourning for 49 members of their community, including the entire members of two junior volleyball school teams from Famagusta, who lost their lives in the major earthquake that hit Turkey; second round of presidential campaign has been concluded on the other side of the divide. Nikos Christodoulides has been elected as the new president of Republic of Cyprus, defeating his opponent Andreas Mavroyiannis 52% - 48% in the second round. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss the responses of both communities to this massive trauma Turkish Cypriots are currently going through. In the second part of this episode, they discuss the election results, position of the parties, candidates and more importantly what we should be expecting in the upcoming months with a particular focus on the Cyprus problem.