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Ahmet An was born in 1950 in Nicosia. After he completed his elementary and secondary education in the same city, he went to Turkey for medical studies. He graduated from the Cerrahpasha Faculty of Medicine of the University of Istanbul in 1975. He made his specialization in Children's Diseases and received his diploma in 1981 from the University of Leipzig/Germany. Since 1982, he works as a paediatrician in his private practice in Nicosia. He was the Turkish-Cypriot Coordinator of the bi-communal Movement for an Independent and Federal Cyprus formed in 1989. After waiting 11 years, Ahmet An won his case against Turkey in the European Court of Human Rights in February 2003 for his freedom of assembly which he was deprived because of his activities for more contacts between the two communities in Cyprus.
Since 1971, he has been writing articles and studies on Cyprus problem and the history of the island in various newspapers and journals in Istanbul and Nicosia. He has already published the following books, in which he collected some of his previously published works about the history of the Turkish Cypriots in the political and cultural fields:
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)
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 oppositonal 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 intercommunal 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).
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 (Lycee) 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 are 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 imperialsm
* 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 the 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 Lycee, 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 Lycee 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 intercommunal 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, 222pages
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, 511pages
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 lifestories 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
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 Matbaacilik, Nicosia 2007, 91p.
The book is gives information about the start of football game for the first time in 1902 at he English School with the British Administration in Cyprus. It later developed with the help of the football matches between the first pupils’s 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 Footbal 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 archieval material are also published for the first time about the construction of today’s Chetinkaya club building by Chetin Turkish Sports Ltd.
His other studies, ready for publication:
* The Victims of the TMT
* Looking at Cyprus from Left (Articles: 2002-2006)
* Namik Kemal, Nazim Hikmet, Aziz Nesin and Turkish Cypriots