Niyazi Kızılyürek

Niyazi Kızılyürek (born 1959[1]) is a Turkish Cypriot political scientist. He is, as of 2016, a professor of political history in the University of Cyprus, specialising on the political history of Turkey and Cyprus,[2] and the Dean of the School of Humanities there.[3]

Born in Potamia, he fled to Louroujina along with his family in 1964 due to intercommunal violence. After completing high school in Northern Cyprus, he went to University of Bremen,[1] 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 dispute.[1][4]

He produced a documentary called Our Wall with Panicos Chrysanthou, later winning the Apdi 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 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.[5][6] In 2014, Kızılyürek became one of the advisers of President Nicos Anastasiades on Turkey in the Geostrategic Advisory Council.[5]

Kızılyürek has authored around 20 books, including 'Glafkos 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 commands five languages, Turkish, Greek, English, German and French.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Niyazi Kızılyürek". İletişim Press. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Department of Turkish Studies and Middle Eastern Studies". University of Cyprus. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "View from the Other Side". Cyprus Weekly. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Academic Staff" (PDF). University of Cyprus. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "Rum liderin beyin takımında bir Türk". Milliyet. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "İstenmeyen adamdı dekan seçildi". Hürriyet. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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