Niyazi Kızılyürek

Niyazi Kızılyürek (born 1959) is a Turkish Cypriot political scientist. He is, as of 2016, a professor of political history in the University of Cyprus, specialising on the political history of Turkey and Cyprus, and the Dean of the School of Humanities there.

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• Niyazi k z ly rek interview at biz e about the recent crisis at the cyprus problem
• At f m ezzinler ile sabah sabah prof dr niyazi k z ly rek
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Born in Potamia, he fled to Louroujina along with his family in 1964 due to intercommunal violence. After completing high school in Northern Cyprus, he went to University of Bremen, where he graduated with a BA and MA in Sociology, Politics and Economics in 1983. He completed his PhD at the same university, with a thesis on the Cyprus dispute.

He produced a documentary called Our Wall with Panicos Chrysanthou, later winning the Apdi İpekçi Peace Award for the documentary in 1997. In 1995, he entered the University of Cyprus as a lecturer. Upon his entry, he was targeted by nationalist politicians and media, facing a year-long campaign for his expulsion from the university. He resisted with the support of his co-workers and the university and remained there. He related that over the years, the working environment became much less hostile. In 2013, he was elected Dean of the School of Humanities. In 2014, Kızılyürek became the adviser of President Nicos Anastasiades on Turkey in the Geostrategic Advisory Council.

Kızılyürek has authored around 20 books and is a columnist in the Turkish Cypriot left-wing newspaper Yeni Düzen. He has the command of Greek, English, German and French.