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Sinem Arslan

Dr Sinem Arslan is a conflict researcher and Visiting Fellow at LSE's Hellenic Observatory (Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus), studying civil wars, peace processes, and Turkish Cypriot politics.

Oct 6, 2026

18:13
But what has become, what the intervention has become, because now it's so visible, it's so brutal, uh, and it doesn't respect Turkish Cypriot identity Because what, uh, Justice and Development Party did when they come to power, uh, before Justice and Development Party, at least there was some sort of respect, uh, between Denktash and Turkish government.
18:38
So Turkish government and Turkish people respected Rauf Denktash.
18:44
After AKP come to power, Justice and Development Party, so the relation between Turkey and Turkish Cypriot community has changed.
18:52
Because now the intervention has become actually really top-down.
18:57
The way they actually talk with Turkish Cypriot leadership, especially around 2010, uh, '11, I mean, uh, Erdogan asking the salary of the, uh, Turkish Cypriot prime minister or, like, calling Turkish Cypriots, uh, in a very derogatory way, you know?

26 MINS LATER

45:21
I mean, the, the Greek Cypriots would never accept this as a condition.
45:25
Maybe that's the point.

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