"Take Two" takes a single recent episode of a Turkish-language current-affairs programme and explains it properly to an English-speaking listener who has not seen it. Each week the source is an interview programme from Northern Cyprus, where the guests are working politicians and the arguments assume a great deal of local knowledge. Our two hosts, created by AI (artificial intelligence), close that gap. One has watched the programme in full and carries its substance; the other has not, and asks the questions an ordinary listener would — who these people are, what the dispute is actually about, and why this particular ex...
Latest episodes
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13 min
CTP rankings, coalition talk and salary pressure
In Ev Meydanı, CTP finalised its candidate rankings amid a lively opening marked by weather complaints, mosquito jokes and football talk, before attention turned to UBP’s 51st anni…
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14 min
Gönyeli Alayköy merger, trunk line and police station
On Er Meydanı, dated 13 October 2026, Hüseyin Amcaoğlu set out the first four years of Gönyeli Alayköy Municipality after the merger of Gönyeli and Alayköy, describing a 125 millio…
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13 min
Ferry Crisis Sparks Blame Game in Northern Cyprus 🚢⚖️
In Mustafa Alkan’s Er Meydanı on 6 October 2026, a ferry emergency in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus became a political flashpoint. YDP leader Erhan Arıklı said he was ale…
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12 min
Turkey’s School Backlog: 185 Projects, 1,000 Rooms, Zero Easy Fixes
Er Meydanı aired on 29 September 2026 with Nazım Çavuşoğlu, Turkey’s National Education Minister in Northern Cyprus, discussing school infrastructure: construction, maintenance, ea…
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11 min
TRNC Vote Shock: Two Elections, One Day, Legal Test
In a Take Two discussion of Er Meydanı, dated 15 September 2026, the TRNC’s Supreme Election Board chair Bertan Özerdağ said the 6 December 2026 local and general elections were al…
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11 min
Kyrenia Tragedy: 14 Dead, 14 Missing, Questions Mount 🌊
On 8 September 2026, Er Meydanı focused on a maritime tragedy near Girne, on the northern coast of Cyprus, where a rescue operation had reportedly continued for ten days. Fourteen…
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11 min
Girne Ferry Disaster Sparks Safety Chain-of-Responsibility Questions 🚢
On 1 September 2026, a passenger ferry bound for Girne (Kyrenia) capsized in bad weather after departing on the Girne–Taşucu route, prompting an ongoing search-and-rescue operation…
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12 min
Erhürman Maps Turbulence, Youth, And Cyprus Dialogue ⚖️
On 2 June 2026, Mustafa Alkan’s Turkish-language programme “Er Meydanı” featured Tufan Erhürman, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, in a wide-ranging interview o…