Umut Bozkurt is a lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. She is the author, with Nicos Trimikliniotis, of Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation published by Palgrave Macmillan.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Objectivity, neutrality and the call for virtuous anger in academe
The problem with this perception of academic research as objective, dispassionate and free from emotion runs deeper....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Yes we can? Mustafa Akıncı and a new hope for Cyprus
Akıncı's election victory was greeted with euphoria by both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. After 40 years of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On remembering and forgetting: reflections on the long summer of '74 in Cyprus
Though I was born two years after the ominous summer of '74, my life has been defined by Turkey’s military...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Cyprus: Divided by history, united by austerity
A political settlement to the Cyprus dispute is no longer just a romantic fantasy; it may be the only way out of the...