Tugay ULUÇEVİK*   16 Kasım 1983 Çarşamba sabahı Türkiye’de gazeteler şu veya benzeri manşetlerle çıkıyordu:  “Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti ilân edildi – Çözüm için zorunlu karar” (Cumhuriyet);  “KUTLU OLSUN” (Tercüman); “GURUR GÜNÜ”  (Hürriyet);  “Mutlu Son” (Güneş); “Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti kuruldu – KUTLU OLSUN” (Milliyet); “Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyetini selâmlıyoruz” (Son Havadis); “Ve Kıbrıs KTFD, artık bağımsız!” (Millî Gazete); “Ankara, Denktaş’ın yanında yer aldı” (Günaydın). Bir gün önce 15 Kasım 1983 Salı sabahı erken saatlerde Nejat Konuk başkanlığında olağanüstü toplanan “Kıbrıs Türk Federe Devleti” (KTFD) Meclisi’nde KTFD Başkanı Rauf R. Denktaş Kıbrıs Türk halkı adına Bağımsızlık Bildirisi’ni okumuştu.  Meclis Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti’nin  kuruluşunu ve Bağımsızlık Bildirisi’ni onaylayan  50 sayılı kararı oybirliğiyle ...

Daily Sabah (21 November 2019) Teoman Ertuğrul Tulun*   As different parts of the world, including Europe, face some deep-rooted and complicated issues, there is an urgent need for a nuanced, constructive and cooperative approach in order to solve these problems. French President Emmanuel Macron has presented himself as a champion of the spirit of solidarity and cooperation in Europe. He often expresses his views on European affairs in a manner that signifies that he fancies himself as the headteacher of Europe. However, he has also made provocative and hyperbolic statements opposing EU enlargement in the Balkans and against certain EU member and partner ...

18 November 2019   by Farid Shafiyev and Vasif Huseynov             The international efforts to normalize relations between Armenia and its Turkic neighbours and to settle long-running conflicts face numerous impediments. However, one of these impediments has a serious potential to cause even more troubles in the region if it is not overcome. This impediment is generalized hatred and often distorted collective memory about the past. Armenia’s resentment against its Turkic neighbors due to the disputes on the events took placed during the World War I and their claims on the territories of Azerbaijan and Turkey has rapidly transformed into massive hatred and ...

War on the Rocks (13 November 2019) Edward J. ERICKSON   In the wake of a nearly unanimous House resolution on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide, powerful voices are now calling for an accompanying Senate resolution and presidential action. The former, at least, is likely. Turkey bitterly opposes such action for obvious reasons and, to be honest, the reason that the resolution has gained traction at this moment has more to do with authoritarianism in Turkey and the invasion of Kurdish-held northeastern Syria than with history. Former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power published a strident op-ed in the New York Times demanding that ...

Daily Sabah (11 Kasım 2019) Merve Şebnem Oruç   As is widely known, the U.S. Congress has been threatening Turkey with sanctions almost daily, after Turkey's unilateral intervention into northern Syria last month with Operation Peace Spring. The operation was undertaken to remove all terrorist elements along Turkey's border including the terrorists of the U.S.-backed People's Protection Units (YPG), the Syrian offshoot of the outlawed PKK. In line with this, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed two bills against Turkey, which were a sign of further deterioration in Turkish-American relations, which are already at rock bottom. One of the bills had appeared and ...