The first rounds of the elections in Turkey and Greece have been completed. Join us for a discussion on the results, the perspectives and the tasks of the left on Wednesday 24th of May, at 7pm.
guest speakers
Andros Pagiatsos, Xekinima, Greece
Ecehan Balta, Workers’ Party of Turkey, TİP, Turkey.
On Tuesday 10 of November 2020 thousands of people, angry of the turkish intervention before, during and after the presidentail elections, gathered in Dereboyu, a central road of north Nicosia and walked first to the Turkish Embasy and from there to İnönü Square chanting slogans “Ankara Elini Yakamazdın Çek ~ Ankara Take Your Hands of our collars” “Faşizme Karşı Omuz Omuza ~ Shoulder to shoulder against fashism” “Biat Değil Özgürlük ~ No obedience – freedom” “Müdahale Değil İrade~no intervention – will”.” Kıbrıs Laikdir Laik Kalacak ~ Cyprus is secular will remain secular”
While this article was being written, 10.000 turkishcypriots went on the streets against turkish intervention. A report will follow soon.
Ersin Tatar, the candidate of the traditional right wing nationalist party UBP won the elections of the 18th of October in northern Cyprus. With 51.69% to 48.31% defeated Mustafa Akinci, the social democrat president that was in office since 2015. Northern Cyprus is a semi-presidential democratic republic. The role of the president is mainly to negotiate the national question and represent the “state” abroad. The government is formed by the party that has majority in the parliament, while the president has (almost) no authority to the internal regime.
Κοινή ανακοίνωση από το Ξεκίνημα (μέλος της ISA στην Ελλάδα) Socialist Alternative (μέλος της ISA στην Τουρκία) και ΝΕΔΑ (μέλος της ISA στην Κύπρο)
the statement in english and turkish here and here
Η εύρεση κοιτασμάτων υδρογονανθράκων στο βυθό της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου προσθέτει ακόμη ένα λόγο ανταγωνισμού των αρχουσών τάξεων Ελλάδας, Τουρκίας και Κύπρου. Η σημερινή κρίση, που κρατά μήνες, είναι η χειρότερη από τον πόλεμο του 1974, τόσο σε σχέση με το χρονικό διάστημα που διαρκεί όσο και σε σχέση με τους κινδύνους που εγκυμονεί.