Can the Voice of Peace Be Silenced? (Tr: Barışın Sesi Susturulabilir mi?)
"Cyprus is too important to be left to the initiative of the Cypriots.” I don’t think I will be able to get this sentence out of my mind for a long time. And other sentences that say ‘Cyprus does not belong to the Cypriots’ like this one. For example, someone told me, “ Did you think you would determine the future of Cyprus just because we allow you Cypriots to express your thoughts? ” According to them, the land where I was born, grew up, and live is no different from a piece of property or a product, and determining its fate shouldn’t be in my hands anyway. In Cyprus, the voice and belief of the Cypriots should be considered worthless. Being a Cypriot is a crime, wanting peace in Cyprus is an even bigger crime (!), they said, so I should be lynched. What happened to almost all the Cypriot intellectuals eventually happened to me too. It’s strange that eight months ago, a documentary I made in another country has surfaced today. It’s even stranger that it happened just two days ...