SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY AHMET AN IN TURKISH:

1. The Stormy Years in Cyprus (1942-1962), published by the T/C Publishing House Galeri Kultur, Nicosia 1996, 175 pages. Second Print with pictures, Nicosia 2005, 250 pages. Third Print with pictures, Nicosia 2018, 208 pages)

The main theme of the book is the organisation of the Turkish-Cypriot Leadership under the name "Institution of the Turkish Minority in Cyprus (KATAK)" and the struggle of the oppositional working people to its policies in the fields of the trade unions and the press. Examples of the Turkish-Cypriot democrats, opposing the idea of partitioning Cyprus, information about the staging of the inter-communal conflict in Cyprus through the underground organisation "TMT" and its provocations, the attacks and the murder against the Cumhuriyet newspaper and its owners, which defended the Republic of Cyprus as a compromise formula are given for the first time to the reader with documents.

2. The Rebellions and the Struggle for Constitutional Representation in Cyprus (1571-1948), published by the Mez-Koop Bank, Nicosia, 1996, 124 pages.

It covers two studies that originate from the related extracts, translated from the 4th volume of "The History of Cyprus" by Sir George Hill. The first study gives information about more than 20 separate or common rebellions of the Greek-Cypriots and the Turkish-Cypriots, during the Ottoman Administration in Cyprus, because of the difficult economic conditions and heavy burden of taxes. In the second study, the problems of constitutional representation of the Greek-Cypriots and the Turkish-Cypriots during the British Administration and the reactions to the activities of uniting the island to Greece (enosis) are reflected.

 

3. The Formation of the Turkish-Cypriot Leadership-The Process of Making a National Community out of a Religious Community (1900-1942), published by Galeri Kultur, Nicosia 1997, 286 pages.

The book examines the struggle of the Turkish-Cypriot community in the subjects of Religious Properties (Evkaf), Religious Leader (Müftü), Gymnasium (Lyceum) etc. in a period from 1900 to 1942 with the documents from the Turkish-Cypriot Press, Legislative Assembly and the British Colonial Reports.

As the story of the development of to-day's chauvinist-nationalist ideology of the Cypriot Mohammedans is reflected with the documents, light has been shed on the historical roots of today's political division between the Greek-Cypriots and the Turkish-Cypriots.

4. The List of Turkish Language Books Published in Cyprus (1878-1997), published by the Ministry of National Education, Culture, Youth and Sport of the TRNC, No.41, Ankara 1997, 115 pages.

In this bibliographical study, the reader can find the list of all the books published in or outside Cyprus by the Turkish-Cypriots from 1878 to 1997. It is regarded as an essential book for those who study Turkish-Cypriots.

5. Notes on the Development of Cypriot Awareness, published by Galeri Kultur, Nicosia 1998, 151 pages.

In this study, information is given on the historical development of the idea of Cypriotism. Documents from the British Public Record Office, extracts from the Greek-Cypriot writers like N.C.Lanitis, Z.Stavrinides, M.Attalides, A.Markides and others are given.

As the Republic of Cyprus is being defended, the necessity of putting the Cypriot identity to the foreground, the nationalist faults of the two sides which make the solution of the ethnic-national question difficult, the evaluation of the aftermath of 1974 and some theoretical and practical explanations are being discussed.

The role of KKK/AKEL, the possibility of the formation of a Cypriot nation, the reaction of the Turkish-Cypriot Leadership to the idea of Cypriotism and Cypriot identity and the activities of the New Cyprus Association are the other subjects of the book.

6. Articles on Turkish Cypriot Culture, Kivilcim Publications No.5, Nicosia 1999, 263 pages.

30 different articles of the writer are collected in this book. Here are some titles:

1. Origins of Cypriot Culture from Historical and Ethnological Point of View.

2. The Changes in the Ethnic and Cultural Structure of Cyprus after 1571.

3. Cyprus and Inter-cultural influences

4. The First Turkish-Cypriot Libraries

4. Evkaf Department and its Archives

5. Cyprus Turkish National Archives and Research Centre

6. Cyprus Turkish Ethnographical Museum

7. The Past of the Turkish Law Institutions in Cyprus

8. Examples from the Turkish-Cypriot Thought in the Journals of the 1940's

9. Studies on History in Cyprus

10. An Overview of the Studies on Turkish-Cypriot Identity

11. The Impass of the Traditional Turkish-Cypriot Intellectuals

12. The Identity of the Cypriot

13. An Overview of the Inter-Cypriot Cultural Contacts

14. The Solution of our Cultural Problems and Various Book Critics and Some Obituaries

7. Backstage of the Cyprus Problem: The British bases and the American installations on the island, Gelenek Publishing House, Istanbul 2000, 92 pages.

The following titles are given to the four articles in the book, giving information about the past and the present roles of the British military bases and the American installations in Cyprus:

1. The British bases must be abolished immediately from our island

2.  The island of Cyprus must stay non-aligned and it must be demilitarized

3. Cyprus is still being used as an unsinkable aircraft carrier

4. The espionage activities of the British and the Americans via Cyprus

8. Quo Vadis Cyprus, Everest Publishing House, Istanbul, June 2002, 348 pages. (Second Print: April 2003)

27 research articles on various aspects of the Cyprus problem. Here are some titles:

* Legal relationship of Turkey with Cyprus and the "Partition Project"

* The history of the Cyprus problem of Turkey

* How Cyprus was made "The National Cause of Turkey"

* The role of the TMT in the Cyprus problem

* The Non-aligned Countries and Cyprus

* The "Political equality" and the plans of imperialism

* The Solution plans for the Cyprus problem as reported in the press in 1999

* The New World Order and Cyprus

* A short overview of the Turkish Cypriot Left: Past and Present

* The situation of the working and non-working sectors in North Cyprus

* The separatist Turkish-Cypriot leadership and the European Union

* The Turkish Cypriot Community and the process of civilizing

* Why the Cypriot awareness could not develop

* The interests of Turkey in Cyprus acquire new dimensions

* Will the conflict resolved or the partition be accustomed?

* How much is the Turkish-Cypriot property?

* A puzzle: How many are the Turkish-Cypriots?

* The AKEL and the Turkish-Cypriot factor

* The Cyprus problem and a federal solution

9. The Values Cyprus Cultivated, Volume:1 (1782-1899), Akcay Publishing House, Ankara 2002,  502 pages.

More than 160 biographies of celebrated Turkish-Cypriot personalities together with other information about the literature, educational institutions, commercial and daily life of the Turkish Cypriots during the Ottoman and the British period.

The book starts with a preface written by Turkish Cypriot cultural researcher Harid Fedai and with an introduction by the writer himself.

The first chapter opens with three articles by Mr.Fadil N.Korkut about the old days of the artistic life of the Turkish Cypriots, the life in the old konaks (mansions) and the celebrations of Ramadan (fasting days). Later Harid Fedai introduces the poets and their works during the Ottoman period in Cyprus. M.Necati Özkan conveys us detailed information about the Turkish Cypriot tradesmen and some other professions. 

The second chapter is the main part where the life stories of over 160 celebrated Turkish Cypriot personalities born between 1782 and 1899 are given. Most of the biographies were published in the old newspapers as obituaries by M.Akif. The history of the elementary schools Tarakchi, Victoria Girls School, Rushtiye, Idadi and Lyceum, the first theatre play, old sports, the music club “Darulelhan” are other features.

The third chapter is supplementary to the second one as it gives us information about some additional personalities.

The fourth chapter deals with the foundation stories of some institutions like the Nicosia Turkish Bank, Musical Band of the Lyceum and the National Assembly of the Turkish Cypriots.

10. Cyprus: Yesterday and Today, Compiled by Masis Kurkcugil, Writers: Ahmet An, Angelos Kalodukas, Mehmet Ugur, Mihalis Mihailidis, Niyazi Kizilyurek, Stavros Tombazos, Ithaki Publishing House, Istanbul, 2003, 371 pages.

The book has a collection of 8 articles on the following subjects:

1. From the First Republic to the New Cyprus by Niyazi Kizilyurek

2. Nationalisms in Cyprus by Stavros Tombazos

3. Cyprus Problem: From the Second World War to the Annan Plan by Angelos Kalodukas

4. European Union and Cyprus: Conflict Resolution and the Benefit of the International Community by Mehmet Ugur

5. Chronological References on the Right of Self-determination and the Turkish Cypriot Community in the Documents of the KKK and AKEL (Compiled by Ahmet An)

6. The Struggle for Perestroika in the AKEL and the Sad End of the ADISOK by Ahmet An

7. Cyprus Turkish Working Class and the Cyprus Labour Movement 1920-1963 by Michalis Michaelides (Translated from English into Turkish by Ahmet An)

8. Today's Turkish Cypriot Community by Ahmet An

  

11. Big Games on a Small Island: Separatism, Federal Solution and EU Membership of Cyprus, NK Publishing House, Istanbul, March 2004, 167 pages.

There are 7 articles on the separatist policy of the Turkish Cypriot leadership. 6 articles deal with the necessity of a federal solution to the Cyprus problem. Another 6 articles deal with the EU membership of Cyprus. The final chapter gives information about the inter-communal negotiations and the recent developments in 9 articles. The book ends up with a last article called "Where will Cyprus go?"

12. The Deep State: Turkey-Greece-Cyprus (Common book: Makarios Drushiotis, Ahmet An, Desmond Fernandes, Iskender Ozden), Alfadi Publications, Nicosia, December 2004, 222 pages.

In this book, which was published in Greek, Ahmet An has two contributions: How Cyprus was made the "National Cause of Turkey" and The Role of the TMT in Cyprus Problem

13. The Values Cyprus Cultivated, Volume:2 (1900-1920), Shadi Publications of Culture and Art, Nicosia 2005, 511 pages.

This second volume was arranged in four chapters. In the first chapter, the biographies of 154 celebrated Turkish-Cypriot personalities, who were born between the years 1900 and 1920, are given.

In the second chapter, information is supplied about the Turkish Cypriots, who became celebrities in Turkey, about the formation of Turkish Cypriot Associations established in Turkey.

In the third chapter, the life stories of 47 Turkish Cypriots, born between 1900 and 1920 and became famous in Turkey, are given. There is also a list of the Turkish Cypriots, who made a name in Turkey, and those, who took part in the liberation struggle of Turkey and received medals.

In the fourth chapter, 25 biographies to be added to those in the Vol.1 and some corrections are given.

14. Transition from Class Trade-Unionism into Ethnic Trade-Unionism in the Turkish Cypriot Community and the Opposition of the Working Class (1944-1960), Publications of the United Cyprus Newspaper No.1, (Nicosia), December 2005, 301 pages.

In this study, the struggle going between the Turkish Cypriot leadership and the Turkish Cypriot labour movement in the period from 1944 to 1960 and the transition from class-based trade-unionism into ethnic trade-unionism are reproduced with extracts from the documents and news taken from the old Turkish Cypriot newspapers.

15. The First Turkish Cypriots in the Field of Medicine, A Publication of the Turkish Cypriot Doctors' Association, August 2006, 58 pages , Enlarged Second Print, April 2014, 175 pages 

In this documentary booklet, you will find chapter titles like the list of 79 Turkish Cypriot doctors, some of them with their biographies, the first Turkish Cypriot dentists, pharmacists, the first women pharmacists and some other medical professionals, the list of first Turkish medical publications in Cyprus and some news items from the old Turkish Cypriot newspapers.

16. The Political History of the Turkish Cypriots (1930-1960): The Forgotten Political History of the Turkish Cypriots and the Struggles for the Leadership in the Mirror of the Press, Nicosia 2006, 710 pages.

Thousands of news items and articles, which were published between 1930 and 1960 in the old Turkish Cypriot newspapers, made the basis of this book in chronological order and they tell us which ideological heritage was taken over by Dr. Fazil Kuchuk and how he monopolized it and what was the views of his political opponents. In the light of these news items and articles, the political history of the Turkish Cypriots can be followed in historical documents, the views and comments of various man of thought and the development of political events can be traced.

17. The Under-development of the Turkish Cypriot Community (1892-1962), Shadi Publications of Culture and Art, Nicosia 2006, 254 pages.

A wide collection of articles about the reasons of the economic under-development of the Turkish Cypriot Community are reproduced in this book. The articles and news items are taken from the old Turkish Cypriot newspapers published between the years of 1892 and 1962. 

18. The History of the First Turkish Cypriot Football Clubs and "Chetinkaya", Ates Printing, Nicosia 2007, 91 pages.

The book gives information about the start of football game for the first time in 1902 at the English School with the British Administration in Cyprus. It later developed with the help of the football matches between the first pupils’ teams into sports and football clubs within the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities. The activities of the following clubs are given: Nicosia Ottoman Football Association in 1907, followed by the Nicosia Turkish Football Hearth, Nicosia Turkish Club, Nicosia Turkish Football Association, Turkish Sports Union and the Nicosia Turkish Sports Club, which was founded in 1930 and became one of the founders of the Cyprus Football Federation (KOP) in 1934. It amalgamated with the Chetinkaya in 1949 under the name of Chetinkaya and was very successful in the early 1950’s. Cyprus football team, consisting of players from the Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot and Armenian Cypriot communities played also abroad. The match results of the Turkish Cypriot football clubs, mainly Chetinkaya, are also given in chronological order up to the end of the year 1963. Some archival material is also published for the first time about the construction of today’s Chetinkaya club building by Chetin Turkish Sports Ltd.   

    

19. The Victims of the TMT, The United Cyprus Party Publications No.1, Nicosia June 2008, 123 pages.

The book consists of 15 articles, which were previously published in various Turkish Cypriot progressive newspapers. The first article is about the role of the Turkish Resistance Organization (abbreviation of the Türk Mukavemet Teşkilatı=TMT) in the Cyprus problem.

Information about the murder of the Turkish Cypriot progressives in 1958, 1962, 1965 and in 1996 can be read in the following 14 articles, where newspaper reports are also reproduced.

20. The First Pioneers of Our Working Class: Turkish Cypriots in the Labour Movement until 1958, Khora Publications, Nicosia, January 2011, 231 pages.

The book starts with a summary of the trade union and political activities among the Turkish Cypriot community after the formation of the Cyprus Communist Party in 1926. Later are given the biographies and the activities of the organizers of the working class such as Mustafa Zeki Milyalızade, Osman Vehbi Ahmet Raşit, Salim Aziz, Mustafa Bitirim, Hasan Şaşmaz. The trade union activities of the “Cyprus Turkish Trade Union Organization (KTIBK)” are described with the help of various interviews made with the trade unionists of the old generation. After the reproduction of the Ahmet Sadi Erkurt’s articles “Why I was expelled from KATAK?” and “The Foundation of the Cyprus Turkish Trade Union Organization”, biographical notes on Derviş Ali Kavazoğlu, Fazıl Önder, Ahmet Yahya, Kamil Şükrü Tuncel, Rezvan Mustafa Konti, Ferit Hüseyin Uray, Nureddin Seferoğlu, İbrahim Aziz are given. In the supplement, you will find some interviews of veteran trade unionists, published previously in Londra Postası newspaper, the text of the cooperation protocol between the PEO and the KTIBK, documents of the 1955 Cyprus Women Workers’ Meeting and some information about the cooperation of the T/C and G/C trade unions.

21. Harid Fedai and Ahmet An, The History of Turkish Cypriot Press with Excerpts -1- (1891-1963), Nicosia, November 2012, 232 pages.

This book gives information about 45 Turkish Cypriot newspapers, published in Cyprus between the years 1891 and 1963. The publishers, the date of the first and the last issues of all these newspapers 
are recorded. One can find also excerpts from all the newspapers, which were published until 1963, so that the reader can have an idea about the policy of each newspaper.

As a supplement of the book (p.159-214), two previous histories of the Turkish Cypriot Press were reproduced. The first one was written by the journalist M.Remzi (Okan), appeared in his own daily “Söz” (Word) newspaper as a serial in 1933. The second one was written by a printer and a journalist, M.Akif, under the title “Turkish Printing and Journalism in Cyprus” and it was published in his weekly “Kıbrıs” newspaper between April 1949 and April 1950.  At the end of the book, the photocopies of the first pages of these newspapers were given.

    

22. Three Periods in Cyprus, Three Intellectuals, Yazılama Publishing House, İstanbul, October 2013, 160 pages.

In this study, the relationship of three Turkish intellectuals with Cyprus in three periods are reported. In the first part reference is made to “Cyprus and Famagusta as a place of exile of the Ottomans” and then excerpts are shown from the letters of Namık Kemal, sent to Istanbul, about the town of Famagusta and the persons he had contact under the title “Namık Kemal’s Days in Cyprus (April 1873-June 1876)”. The staging of Namık Kemal’s theathre play “Homeland or Silistre” in Famagusta in 1908 and the erction of Namık Kemal’s bust in Famagusta in 1953 are the subjects, which follow. In the second part, under the title “Nazım Hikmet and Turkish Cypriots”, evaluations about Nazım Hikmet, published between 1945 and 1958 in the Turkish Cypriot press, the letter by Unions of Turkish Cypriot Workers sent the Turkish Grand National Assembly during the campaign for the release of Nazım Hikmet in 1950, Nazım Hikmet’s messages, sent to the Turkish Cypriots and the Greek Cypriots, the first declaration of the Turkish Branch of the AKEL, issued in support of Nazım Hikmet, the events happened after the poems of Nazım Hikmet were read to the pupils by Hasan Tanrıkut, who was a teacher in Cyprus in 1954 are all reported. The title of the last part is “Aziz Nesin’s visit to Cyprus (17-19 December 1990). He was invited to the southern part of Cyprus by the Writers’ Union of Cyprus and his press conferences there and in the northern part, the news and comments, appeared in the local press are included.     

23. The History of the Turkish Cypriot Press -II-, The List of Newspapers and Journals, published by Turkish Cypriots (1878-2013, A publication of the Association of Turkish Cypriot Librarians, Nicosia, November 2013, 311 pages.

Short information about the name, publisher and the number of issues of about 950 newspapers and journals, printed in Turkish in Cyprus, between the years 1878 and 2013 are recorded in this study. At the end of the book, there are additional information about the periodicals, published by Turkish Cypriots living in Turkey, England and Australia.

24. Our Unhealthy Health System (Articles 1984-2000), Publications of the Chamber of Turkish Cypriot Medical Doctors, No.3, Nicosia, August 2016, 241 pages.

The book contains 51 articles  which were published previously by Dr. Ahmet Cavit in various newspapers and magazines between 1984 and 2000, on health problems in our country. The book has four chapters. The President of the Chamber of Turkish Cypriot Medical Doctors wrote an introduction.  The first chapter, under the title “Problems related with the non-systemised health system” has 26 articles and they refer to the problems of the privately practicing doctors, the studies, carried out about the General Health Insurance both in the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities, the failures in the health services and their solutions are mentioned. The second chapter of the book provides information about the health systems in countries such as the USA, the USSR and the GDR. The third chapter has the title “Drug Problem”. The fourth chapter deals with the various subjects of “Preventive Medicine”. 

25. Cyprus, Partition or Federalization? Yazılama Yayınevi, Istanbul, January 2017, 127s.

After the editor’s "Presentation" entitled "Do the two halves make a complete?", the first article has the title "The history of the idea of Cyprus’ partition and the partition of the island, how can it be prevented by federalization?" There are four articles in the section "The Traces of the British-American Imperialism in the Cyprus Problem": 1. The London Conference and some facts 2. The aim of the USA in 1964 was again partition, 3. The roots of the Cyprus dispute in the light of the US documents 4. The right of self-determination that the British registered. In the last section of the book entitled "Archives", the following articles can be read : 1. First step of the British colonists in Cyprus: Separation of common municipalities, 2. Economy-politics of Partition, 3. What did the Greek Cypriot press write about the federal solution?

His other studies, ready for publication:

* The History of the Turkish Cypriot Press -III-, The List of Books published in Cyprus by Turkish Cypriots (1878-2013)  

* Looking at Cyprus from Left (Articles: 2002-2007)

* The Struggle for the Re-opening of the Turkish Cypriot Branch of the AKEL (Notes and Correspondences)