On 8 July 2015 I travelled by myself through the Kermia border crossing to the north of Lekfosia. I met a lovely man there named Kudret, who took me to interview his mother, his aunt and a close family friend. The first person I interviewed was Kudret’s mother, Sadiye. Sadiye was a gentle and kind woman who was fasting for […]

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On 7 July 2015 my interpreter and I travelled to Morphou (Güzelyurt) to meet with two Turkish Cypriot refugees who live there. We met at the Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi (CTP) office in Güzelyurt. The CTP is a social-democratic political party in Northern Cyprus which is pro-unification of the island. Several of the men that I interviewed in Morphou belonged to […]

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