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Snippets from the Yeniduzen Trio

It is not my habit to read what columnists say and bother analyzing them specially when it is by Turkish Cypriot columnists because we do not really have the tradition of researching columnists, those with access to secret, semi-secret information and revealing them (few like Kutlu Adali are exceptions) or those who write very thoughtful evaluations of the events. But recently the trio Ekinci-Ozuslu-Mutluyakali caught my attention. First of all, they were complaining about others comments about their columns which is a funny thing to do for a public columnist. Secondly, they are projecting an image of powerful figures in CTP and its "new face".  So I wrote some entries about them. Anyway, last few months they were acting like a chorus about how the government should topple and CTP should rule on its own. They also brought in very praising thoughts about certain leaders (ex-leaders) of UBP. This gained momentum last two weeks and they joked about their involvement about the rumored (and now true) split from UBP and DP. Before, I forget, these guys are interesting because they represent the clear face of "neo-Denktashists" of CTP. Here are some snippets from them after the resignations were announced:

http://www.yeniduzengazetesi.com/index.php/cat/1/col/32/art/4097/PageName/Haberler 

Sami Ozuslu talks about the resignations, pretends to be an outsider again. Interesting part of his column is how he playing the role of an apologist for what happened. He declares that he does not give a rat's ass (yes, he is using may be a milder form of slang) whether it was ethical or not. He is wondering why leftists should worry about the ethics of right. This is clearly being an apologist since he had already declared that CTP Will be working with this so-called "new formation" from months ago and now he is actively calling for it.  If he can't hide the Turkish influence, if he can't brush under the rug the fact that this "new formation" happened contrary to basic political ethics, basic democratic norms, then he can't go work with these "brave" souls.

 http://www.yeniduzengazetesi.com/index.php/cat/1/col/1/art/4100/PageName/Haberler

Cenk Mutluyakali is another member of the trio.  His title was a repeat of his previous statements, "for the first time without UBP and without Denktash". His argument is/was that DP was a projection of  papa-Denktash and is tightly controlled by son-Denktash to be in line to papa-Denktash's will. One could ofcourse ask Cenk why then he is such a strong supporter of a party who keeps entering coalitions with DP but I am sure he has a good answer. He goes on to talk about how UBP is disappearing, how CTP will ofcourse form a new government with this new group (and quotes Kalyoncu who somehow as CTP's second-in-command says they did not bargain with the rebels but "talked to them"), and, watch this one, how CTP will continue to change the traditional way politics is carried out in TRNC. Hah ha! He could be a stand-up comedian (or may be he is not good in improvisation, I do not know) since this is very funny to me. You know, CTP complained for decades of precisely this type of interventions from Turkey and such "new formations".

 http://www.yeniduzengazetesi.com/index.php/cat/1/col/47/art/4098/PageName/Haberler

 And finally Ekmekci. I can't tell what is political leaning is because unless I pay attention to where his column is published (Yeniduzen, CTP's paper), he sounds like a member of DP or UBP. He repeatedly makes praising statements about leaders of UBP like Miroglu (who passed away while trying to replace Eroglu). He writes few extracts from his interviews with the rebels while boasting that they are the first to get hold of them.  He uses the favorite tactic of trio and pretends to be a complete outsider. He puts statements like they were ofered money , ministrial positions etc in quotes but another statement that "he heard" (from his buddies at CTP ofcourse) that there was no such thing without quotes. Another apologist essentially.

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"This is the first time Turkish ambassador was involved", hah hah!

Below is a snipped from UBP's president Ozgurgun's statements; "Mufti headed this conspiracy and they implemented it [...]. This is a dark spot in our political history and it is the first time a governing party of  Turkey is in the middle of the events. This is a major hit against TRNC democracy, politics and UBP which is a major party [...] UBP will survive this without harm but our country's democracy will be wounded. And the Turkish ambassador was part of this conspiracy [...]". Haha! It is the first time ha! What a joke. For decades UBP stood in power precisely because of Turkey's interventions. For decades, CTP who is now eating the fruits complained about them. For decades, we have complained about the interventions of Turkey. Eroglu, the ex-president of UBP complained of them when he lost the presidential election. For decades, we said that the Turkish ambassador was acting as Turkey's agent in Cyprus ruling its agency , i.e. TRNC. I suppose I can now take it that whole of TRNC has reached a consensus about Turkey's role in north Cyprus because even DP complained about that in the past!

http://www.kibrisgazetesi.com/popup.php/cat/2/news/31512/PageName/Ic_Haberler 

"Müftü de işin başı... Bu işi yapmışlar. Benim bu değerlendirmem kamuoyunun takdiridir. Siyasetçinin yargı yeri sandıktır. Ama bu, gerçekten siyasi tarihimize kara bir lekedir ve özellikle Türkiye'de hükümet partisinin bu olayların göbeğinde olması siyasi tarihimizde bir ilktir. KKTC demokrasisine, siyasetine ve bu ülkenin köklü partisi UBP'ye de vurulmuş köklü bir darbedir bu. Ama biz bunu atlatırız. İnşallah ülke demokrasisi bundan çok ciddi yara görmez. UBP dimdik durur da ülke demokrasisi bu açık karışmalardan yara alır... Ki buradaki büyükelçi de çok ciddi şekilde bu olayların içine girmiştir. Bize karşı ciddi olarak suçlamalarını her yerde söylemekten çekinmemektedir. Dolayısıyla çok ciddi siyasi demokratik sıkıntı yaşamaktadır KKTC... Bugünkü istifalardan çıkarılması gereken sonuç budur."

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Government Partnership for Auction
Yes, it happened. Nothing to be suprised of. Two MPs from UBP and one from DP plus some big-shots resigned after a period of rumors, claims that AKP (Erdogan's government) along with its agents (supposedly the head Mufti, i.e. the head of the religious authority) in north Cyprus were making substantial offers to get them to leave their parties and start a new part in the conservative right. Nothing suprising I said, because (1) north Cyprus is under Turkish occupation, Republic of Turkey controls the politics, the economy, the social life, the military and the police, (2) similar games have been played on multiple occasions in the past, DP's own formation was part of a similar game. What makes this more fun is that the "rebels" are making announcements on page of Kibris newspaper saying they won't be part of an effort to get CTP to rule on its own (in essence) but on the other page we are reading CTP's assembly gave the right to its board to dissolve the government. CTP who used to complain about such petty manevouring in north Cyprus is now right in the middle of it and is showing no shame. Akinci tried to put them in a hard position couple of months ago announcing that he is willing, as the sole MP of his party, to support CTP to form a minority government and ofcourse he is not "good enough" (what kind of times are we living in? Not too long ago, CTP was accusing Akinci of changing his views, his party etc to gain Turkey's favors!) so they turned a deaf ear to it. This is the face of north Cyprus politics. Anyone who claimed that with CTP's rise to power (a fake one ofcourse!) we would be seeing change in north Cyprus better be doing serious thinking now, or else, I doubt their honesty!

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