The book titled "Past, Present And Solutions For The Future Of Cyprus" edited and compiled by Near East University Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Gökçekuş, lecturers Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Işıksal, Tuğçenur Yılmaz and Youssef Kassem was published by the Near East University Publications. The book consists of the presentations made at the conference titled "Past, Present And Solutions For The Future Of Cyprus".
The book, which will shed light on the near future of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, consists of 3 chapters and 290 pages. In the first part of the book, ‘Opening / Closing Speeches’, in the second part ‘Interviews’ and in the third part ‘Articles’ have been included.
According to the information provided by the Directorate of Press and Public Relations of Near East University, the outcomes of the Second International Cyprus Conference held by Near East University in April, “Cyprus Issue: The Vision of the Past, Present and Future of Cyprus, have been compiled in a book after the conference. About 30 of articles written in English will be published by Springer, and the Turkish version will be available at Amazon as an E-book very soon.
The book is an important resource for the future…
Near East University Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Gökçekuş stated that 30 articles will be published in Springer and delivered to 8000 libraries around the world.
Stating that such books are important sources for the future of the Turkish Cypriot people, Prof. Dr. Gökçekuş said "By this way, another step will be taken in the process of recognition of the TRNC. The duty of the universities in our country is to provide the highest quality education and training, to contribute to the research and development (R & D) issues in our country and to serve the society. In this way, we will fulfill our mission to serve the society as academicians."
Interviews and articles compiled…
The opening speeches section of the book includes the speeches of; Conference Chair Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Gökçekuş, Honorary President of the Conference and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Near East University Prof. Dr. İrfan Suat Günsel, Director General of Political Affairs and Maritime, Border and Aviation of Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Çağatay Erciyes, while the closing speech in this section belongs to the TRNC Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prof. Dr. Kudret Özersay.
The second part of the book includes the Interviews of the following participatns; Republic of Turkey Ambassador in Nicosia, Ali Murat Başçer, TRNC Presidential Undersecretary Ergun Olgun, Retired Ambassador, TRNC Presidency, former interviewer and Spokesman Osman Ertug, retired Vice Admiral Kadir Sağdıç, retired Admiral Ali Deniz Kutluk, retired Admiral Cem Gürdeniz, retired Admiral Mustafa Özbey, Professor Dr. Haluk Kabalioğlu, Professor Dr. Hakan Karan, Professor Dr. Sertaç Hami Başeren, Professor Dr. Tareq Ismael, Professor Dr. Ruşen Ergeç, Professor Dr. Anne Klebes Pelissier, Professor Dr. Füsun Arsava, Professor Dr. Jale Civelek, Professor Dr. Sanem Baykal, Professor Dr. Rauf Versan, Professor Dr. Hüseyin Bağcı, Professor Dr. Hasan Ünal, Professor Dr. Hakan Berument, Professor Dr. İbrahim Benter, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Çağlar, Professor Dr. Soyalp Tamçelik, Professor Dr. Mehmet Özay, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Işıksal, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Nesip Öğün, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Prof. Elif Çolakoğlu, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Nas, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nazım Beratlı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nur Köprülü, Assoc. Prof. Dr. İhsan Tayhani, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Behçet Öznacar, Dr. Murat Aslan, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ayhan Dolunay, Necdet Pamir, Gözde Kılıç, Yasin Şakir Alemdar, Yusuf Kanlı, Sabahattin Ismail, Fahri Zihni'.
In the Articles section, which is the third chapter articles of the following participants take place; Taner Erginel ‘’Kosovo Decision and Recognition of the TRNC"; Taner Erginel "Sea Law Disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean’, Admiral Mustafa Özbey “Building the Future for the TRNC in the Face of Developments", Dr. Jalan Civelek "International Legal and Political Dimensions of Migration from Turkey to Northern Cyprus since 1974 Cyprus Peace Operation: Reviews Towards the Future", Prof. Dr. Füsun Arsava “Evaluation of SDR in examples of TRNC, Kosovo and South Ossetia", Sabahatin İsmail "The Importance of Preserving the Turkish-Greek Balance Established in Cyprus in 1960 and the Necessity of a Two-State Solution to Protect this Balance '.