Podcast - Island Talks

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 38: Derviş Zaim – Okyanusun kıyısında yürüyen Limasollu çocuk (21/3/2023)

Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan'ın hazırlayıp sunduğu Garip Zamanlar podcast'ta bu bölüm çok özel bir konuk var: Türk sinemasının en önemli isimlerinden, yapımcı, yönetmen, yazar ve akademisyen Derviş Zaim. Derviş Zaim'le yaşadığımız çağın tuhaflığını, sinemayı, edebiyatı, elbette ki filmlerini, Freud ve Jung'u, zombie filmi çekme olasılığını, Baba Zula'nın çıkışını, konularını nasıl belirlediğini, yeni kitap yazma ihtimalini, Kıbrıs'tan eserlerine neler kattığını, akademisyen olarak yeni nesillerle olan diyaloğunu ve Filler ve Çimen'in Kıbrıs galasında yaşadıklarını konuştular.

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 46: Turkish opposition chooses the candidate to challenge Erdoğan (19/3/2023)

Election in Cyprus is over as Turkey is now on the eve of the historical election that will take place on 14 May 2023. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı discuss the cabinet of the newly elected Greek Cypriot president. Turkish opposition finally agreed on their candidate: CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will be challenging Erdoğan. The mayors of Istanbul and Ankara will support his campaign together with the other opposition leaders. Back in Cyprus, DISY has elected Annita Demetriou, speaker of the House of Representatives, as the new party leader.

Sesta – Episode 13: On Democracy with Nicolas Kyriakides (26/02/2023)

Sesta-embracing the colours of culture! In this thirteenth episode of Sesta, Meltem Burak hosts Dr. Nicolas Kyriakides, a lawyer, academic and lobbyist from Cyprus, who received the EU Citizen’s Prize in 2022. He is the founder of Oxygono and its projects Cyprus Forum and Nomoplatform. Throughout the podcast, Nicolas elaborates on his TEDx Limassol talk on democracy during which he argues that democracy remains the best political system we have and we cannot afford to lose it. He explains how modern democracy could be improved through inclusive policy-making processes, involving all citizens, and regulated lobbying. More about Nicolas on Twitter https://twitter.com/nickyriakides?lang=en …

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 45: Nikos Christodoulides is the new president of RoC. What now? (17/2/2023)

While the Turkish Cypriots are mourning for 49 members of their community, including the entire members of two junior volleyball school teams from Famagusta, who lost their lives in the major earthquake that hit Turkey; second round of presidential campaign has been concluded on the other side of the divide. Nikos Christodoulides has been elected as the new president of Republic of Cyprus, defeating his opponent Andreas Mavroyiannis 52% - 48% in the second round. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss the responses of both communities to this massive trauma Turkish Cypriots are…

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 44: 2023 – the year of elections! (26/1/2023)

In this first episode of 2023, Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı analyze the upcoming elections in Cyprus, Turkey and Greece as well as the recent local elections in north. While the positions of presidential candidates in the Republic of Cyprus are more clear now, in the context of Cyprus problem not much are expected until the elections in Turkey which is scheduled to take place on 14 May 2023. Opposition candidates won Nicosia, Famagusta and Kyrenia in north as a demonstration of opposition parties to mobilize votes despite ongoing interventions of Turkey in the Turkish Cypriot…

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 37: Başlangıçtan bugüne gelmişimiz, geçmişimiz (2/1/2023)

2022'nin son günlerinde stüdyoya giren Garip Zamanlar ekibi zamanı masaya yatırdılar. Bir Genesis moment yaşayan Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan, Garip Zamanlar'ın baştan bugüne akılda kalan anları, zamanın anlamını, nostaljiyi ve melankoliyi konuştular. Tarihsel üçlemelerden, teolojiye, baba-oğul-kutsal ruhtan, semavi dinlere, Alman felsefeci Fichte'nin tez-antitez-sentezinden Hegel'e Evren felsefe, tarih, teorinin içinden geçti. Kemal son Almanya ziyaretini anlattı. Tarihin en iyi filmleri listelerine girildi. Sertaç, ruhu genç kalsa da, yılların kendisine neler getirdiğini anlattı. Öyledi böyledi derken 2022'yi de kapattılar, 2023'e göz kırptılar.

Sesta – Episode 12: On Female Self-Disposition and Documentary Theatre with Nayia T. Karacosta (20/12/2022)

WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT CONTENT! Sesta-embracing the colours of culture! In this twelfth episode of Sesta, Meltem Burak hosts actor, performer and drama facilitator Nayia T. Karacosta. Throughout the podcast, Nayia elaborates on her plays Under/Pants, Hymen and Τι θωρείς. She explains the relationship between Documentary Theatre and female self-disposition, female bodies and female pleasure. Nayia sheds a light on how a female collective body, constructed within the framework of a theatrical play, could pave the way to women's empowerment and healthier communities. More about Nayia on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/panagiota.karacosta/ – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nayiatkaracosta/

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 36: Ne güzeldir Belçikalılık (1/12/2022)

2022 senesinin sonuna yaklaştığımız bu günlerde Garip Zamanlar yapımcıları Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan kışın kasvetini, kış gecelerini bölen Uppsalla çığlığını, Sovyet lideri Nikita Kruşçev'in açıklamaları sonrasında binlerce kişinin niye intihar ettiğini, Cadılar Bayramı ve Black Friday'in niye sönük geçtiğini, ekseriyetin aksine Sertaç'ın Dünya Kupalarında niye Almanya'yı tuttuğunu, ve Kemal'ın Belçika'daki son tangosunu konuştular.

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 43: Sleepwalking towards destruction – civil society is resisting (17/11/2022)

Turkish Cypriots marching against 'külliye' (campus with the new palace, assembly buildings and a mosque). The banners read: No külliye but hospital and no külliye but school.

In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı criticize the political establishments on both sides of the divide and highlight the efforts of the civil society to resist partition. Political establishments on the both sides of the divide fail to address the division of the country while the forces of status quo are deepening the divide. Civil society and citizen initiatives are working tirelessly, albeit in limited capacity, to work to bring people together across the divide. The Turkish Cypriot leadership, now fully aligned with the Turkish government, is unpleasantly consistent in their rhetoric and actions…

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 35: Büyük resmi gördük, bilmediğiniz şeyler var (23/10/2022)

Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan, Sertaç'ın İrlanda izlenimlerini, Brexit'in İrlanda adasındaki yansımalarını, enerji krizinin Avrupa'daki BnB sektörünü nasıl etkileğini, komplo teorilerini, büyük resmi ve büyük kuklacıyı konuştular.