Niyazi Kızılyürek Explained

Party: Cyprus: AKEL
EU: GUE-NGL
Constituency Mp:Cyprus
Term Start:2 July 2019[1] [2]
Term End:16 July 2024[3]
Parliament:European
Birth Date:19 February 1959
Birth Place:Nicosia
Nationality:Cypriot

Niyazi Kızılyürek (born 19 February 1959[4]) is a Turkish Cypriot political scientist and politician. He is, as of 2016, a professor of political history in the University of Cyprus, specialising on the political history of Turkey and Cyprus,[5] and the Dean of the School of Humanities there.[6]

Biography

Niyazi Kızılyürek born in Potamia, fled to Louroujina along with his family due to the intercommunal violence of 1964. After completing high school in Northern Cyprus, he went to University of Bremen,[4] where he graduated with a BA and MA in Sociology, Politics and Economics in 1983. He completed his PhD at the same university, with a thesis on the Cyprus problem.[4] [7]

He produced a documentary called Our Wall with Panicos Chrysanthou, later winning the Abdi İpekçi Peace Award for the documentary in 1997. In 1995, he entered the University of Cyprus as a lecturer. Upon his entry, he was targeted by fascists, nationalist politicians and media, facing a year-long campaign for his expulsion from the university. He resisted with the support of his co-workers and the university and remained there. He related that over the years, the working environment became much less hostile. In 2013, he was elected Dean of the School of Humanities.[8] [9] In 2014, Kızılyürek became one of the advisers of President Nicos Anastasiades on Turkey in the Geostrategic Advisory Council.[8]

Kızılyürek has authored around 20 books, including Glafcos Clerides: The Path of a Country. He is a columnist in the Turkish Cypriot left-wing newspaper Yeni Düzen and the right-wing Greek Cypriot newspaper Simerini. He has command of five languages: Turkish, Greek, English, German and French.[8]

Politics

Kızılyürek entered politics in 2019, as a candidate for the 2019 European Parliament election with the left-wing Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL).[10] His candidacy has proved controversial; Averof Neofytou and Eleni Stavrou of the centre-right Democratic Rally claimed that it only serves to reward Turkish intransigence and to normalize the presence of the occupying Turkish Army in Cyprus.[11] [12]

He was elected to the European Parliament with 25,051 votes, coming second among AKEL's candidates, behind Giorgos Georgiou.[13] [14] [15] His election led to renewed controversy because he said that he will promote the Turkish language as an official language of the European Parliament (because it is an official language of the Republic of Cyprus).[16] On the other hand, his supporters have repeatedly praised Kızılyürek's positions about a peaceful reunification of Cyprus and his explicit condemnation of the Turkish invasion and military occupation, as well as the ethnic cleansing and theft of property committed against Greek Cypriots since 1974.[17]

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Key dates ahead . European Parliament . 28 May 2019 . en . 20 May 2017 . 25 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190525003255/http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/elections-press-kit/0/key-dates-ahead . live .
  2. Web site: Key dates ahead. BBC News. 28 May 2019. en. 22 May 2017. 7 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234238/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48365702. live.
  3. Web site: What the non-election of Niyazi means for Turkish Cypriots. Cyprus Weekly. 20 August 2024. en. 16 June 2024.
  4. Web site: Niyazi Kızılyürek. İletişim Press. 24 July 2016. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20120524002203/http://iletisim.com.tr/ki%C5%9Fi/niyazi-k%C4%B1z%C4%B1ly%C3%BCrek-857.aspx. 24 May 2012.
  5. Web site: Department of Turkish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies. University of Cyprus. 24 July 2016. 13 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190913230630/http://www.ucy.ac.cy/pr/en/list-of-experts/16-en-articles/list-of-experts/29-department-of-turkish-studies-and-middle-eastern-studies. live.
  6. Web site: View from the Other Side. Cyprus Weekly. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160426003314/http://in-cyprus.com/view-from-the-other-side/. 26 April 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: Academic Staff. University of Cyprus. 24 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20140914211953/http://ucy.ac.cy/publications/documents/HUMANITIES.pdf. 14 September 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: Rum liderin beyin takımında bir Türk. Milliyet. 24 July 2016. 28 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190428210028/http://www.milliyet.com.tr/rum-liderin-beyin-takiminda-bir/dunya/detay/1979085/default.htm. live.
  9. Web site: İstenmeyen adamdı dekan seçildi. Hürriyet Daily News. 24 July 2016. 12 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083705/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/istenmeyen-adamdi-dekan-secildi-22592967. live.
  10. Web site: Turkish Cypriot on Akel ballot for EU elections . Cyprus Mail . 2019-01-19 . 2019-01-21 . 2020-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200122165914/https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/01/19/turkish-cypriot-on-akel-ballot-for-eu-elections/ . live.
  11. http://www.sigmalive.com/news/566201/apasfalise-i-stavrou-kata-kizilgiourek-kai-akel-h-anartisi-tis Απασφάλισε η Σταύρου κατά Κιζιλγιουρέκ και ΑΚΕΛ – H ανάρτηση της
  12. https://www.kathimerini.com.cy/gr/politiki/1-aberof-pros-akel-na-apokalypsoyn-ti-tazoyn-stoys-t-k Αβέρωφ προς ΑΚΕΛ: Να αποκαλύψουν τι τάζουν στους Τ/κ
  13. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/21/turkish-cypriot-poised-to-win-seat-in-european-parliament-elections/ Turkish Cypriot poised to win seat in European parliament elections
  14. http://www.ekathimerini.com/241140/article/ekathimerini/community/first-turkish-cypriot-mep-envisions-himself-as-division-healer First Turkish Cypriot MEP envisions himself as division healer
  15. https://politis.com.cy/politis-news/kypros/analytika-oi-stayroi-protimisis-protos-o-loykas-foyrlas/ Οι σταυροί προτίμησης όλων των υποψηφίων στις ευρωεκλογές
  16. http://www.sigmalive.com/news/politics/570154/diamaxi-tsouroulliniazienoxlitikes-erotiseis-amp-akatanoiti-glossa Διαμάχη Τσουρούλλη-Νιαζί:Ενοχλητικές ερωτήσεις & ακατανόητη γλώσσα
  17. https://dialogos.com.cy/niazi-echo-tin-tmt-na-me-lene-prodoti-echo-kai-ton-disy-na-me-theloyn-na-logodotiso/ Νιαζί: Έχω την ΤΜΤ να με λένε προδότη – Έχω και τον ΔΗΣΥ να με θέλουν να λογοδοτήσω

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