Last year, both Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot community accepted the Secretary General s proposals, which were, however, rejected by the Greek Cypriot side.

The talks between Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias are now entering a critical phase.

Although overwhelmed, the Greek Cypriot community reacted with humanity, solidarity, and prudence.

These steps could lead in turn to a Turkish, Cypriot, and Greek energy partnership that would provide positive incentives for Turkish Israeli reconciliation.

Not one incident of Greek Cypriot terrorism or violence against Turkish occupation has occurred in more than a quarter of a century.

Just two weeks earlier, the Turkish Community in Berlin had commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of the German Turkish bilateral agreement on labour recruitment in a ceremony with German and Turkish politicians.

Cyprus has long been divided between the Greek Cypriot majority in the south and the Turkish Cypriot minority in the north it is thus in some sense a miniature of the larger and long standing conflict between Greece and Turkey.

Congratulations to Cypriot patriots for their choice

While he has lost his parliamentary majority, Talat is still head of the Turkish Cypriot administration and will continue to lead negotiations on behalf of the north.

As the Turkish Cypriot side we have, undoubtedly, proved our firm commitment to the resolution of the Cyprus problem on the basis of power sharing and political equality.

Could the Cypriot setback catalyze a fresh start?

treat yourself to some Mezedes or Cypriot tapas

Currently, the island is split down ethnic lines between an internationally recognized Greek Cypriot south and a breakaway Turkish Cypriot north, the result of Turkey's invasion in 1974 following a military coup in Cyprus that aimed for Greece to annex it and therefore unify the two.

I'm Turkish.

A Greek Cypriot commentary in the daily Alithia of 8 July 2005 saw the Greek Cypriot representative's letter for what it is.

Fear and concern has been the reaction to this report in Turkey and within the German Turkish community in Germany.

The Turkish Chimera

Pan Turkish illusions?

The Turkish gambit.

Mehraba! (Turkish Hello!)

I learn Turkish.

I'm learning Turkish.

I learn Turkish.

I understand Turkish.

I am Turkish.

I am Turkish.

We speak Turkish.

We speak Turkish.

However, the majority of the Turkish population are of Turkish ethnicity.

Berlin's Turkish community and the North African communities around Paris seem increasingly separate, with their own public sphere and often language.

Turkish Esra Dogramaci explains

Do you speak Turkish?

Do you speak Turkish?

I am learning Turkish.

I am learning Turkish.

I don't speak Turkish.

I can't speak Turkish.

My Turkish is bad.

Do you know Turkish?

Do you know Turkish?

Cypriot presidential elections this month may give a second term to Tasos Papadopoulos, the Greek Cypriot leader who led the No campaign in the 2004 reunification referendum.

The expectations of the new Turkish government and of the Turkish people are high.

Principal publications in Turkish books

The Turkish music startles me.

Another 200 Turkish lira ( 70).