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Nicosia Uncut

Andromachi Sophocleous & Kemal Baykallı

Cold, hard, truth from the divided capital of Cyprus.

Andromachi Sophocleous & Kemal Baykallı, two peace activists/political analysts from the island of Cyprus, provide a unique and informed perspective on Cyprus-related politics, undoing official narratives dominating the discussion when it comes to Cyprus.

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August 2 · 48 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 66: Guterres came. Guterres left. What now? (2/8/2026)
Join Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli as they unpack the latest developments in the Cyprus issue following UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recent visit to the island. With only months left in his term, Guterres met the two leaders, represe
Dec 29, 2025 · 44 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 65: Will negotiations resume in 2026? (Part 2) (23/12/2025)
In the last month of 2025, Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli produced two consecutive and special episodes. Recorded a few days after the first part, the second part focuses on the outcome of the first meeting of leaders w
Dec 29, 2025 · 40 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 64: What does the election of Tufan Erhürman mean? (Part 1) (9/12/2025)
In the last month of 2025, Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli produced two consecutive and special episodes. The first episode focused on the election of Tufan Erhürman in the first round with 63% vote as well as the intern
Oct 13, 2025 · 58 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 63: One week before the critical Turkish Cypriot election: What to expect? (13/10/2025)
The Turkish Cypriots will go to the ballots to elect a Turkish Cypriot leader on 19 October 2025. The main contenders are the incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, who has been adovcating a two-state solution for the solution of the Cyprus proble
Aug 7, 2025 · 59 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 62: UNSG Special Representative Colin Stewart answered your questions (7/8/2025)
In this special episode of Nicosia Uncut, UN Secretary General’s outgoing Special Representative and Head of UNFICYP Colin Stewart responded questions by Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli, as well by the podcast audience. Is UN part of the
Jul 16, 2025 · 36 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 61: The Divided Island – “The generational trauma is real and profound” (16/7/2025)
On the 51st anniversary of 1974 events, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli host Cey Sesigüzel and Andreas Tokkallos, co-producers of The Divided Island documentary at Nicosia Uncut podcast. These two British-Cypriot filmmakers of Two Fresh Product
Jun 25, 2025 · 49 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 60: Special guest Nilgün Arısan Eralp – Will Turkey and Greece finally solve their differences ? (10/7/2025)
In this epsiode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı host Nilgün Arısan Eralp, Director of European Union Institute of TEPAV, a leading policy and research centre in Türkiye. Latest state of affairs in Turkish-Greek political dialo
Mar 25, 2025 · 44 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 59: Geneva done. What’s now for Cyprus and where is the EU in this? (25/3/2025)
On 17 and 18 March, the Cypriot leaders and the guarantor powers met with the UN Secretary General in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was named as informal and nobody was sure what the expected outcome would be as the positions of the sides were clearly
Feb 22, 2025 · 48 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 58: Cyprus problem in Geneva again: What should we expect? (22/2/2025)
In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli host Fiona Mullen, Director of Sapienta Economics. A 5 party conference on Cyprus is scheduled to take place on 17/18 March 2025 at the UN in Geneva. Apart from the two Cypriot s
Jan 20, 2025 · 47 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 57: InPeace project elaborates on the bicommunal technical committees in Cyprus (20/1/2025)
In this first Nicosia Uncut episode of 2025, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli host Dr.Nasia Hadjigeorgiou and Fezile Osum to discuss the bicommunal technical committees that have been established within the framework of Cyprus problem. Both Fezi
Nov 18, 2024 · 35 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 56: Multiparty meeting: each side sees it differently (18/11/2024)
Following Guterres’ dinner with the Cypriot leaders in New York, an agreement has been reached to continue informal meetings with the participation of the Guarantor powers. The participation of the UK might not be at the same level as the other two
Oct 7, 2024 · 38 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 55: A dinner, but hardly a date (7/10/2024)
The two Cypriot leaders have agreed to meet for a “social dinner” at the presence of the UN Secretary General. The expectations are low as sides have shown no signs of departure from their respective positions. While the Turkish Cypriot side
Jul 1, 2024 · 52 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 54: July is the month of Cyprob (1/7/2024)
After a short break, Nicosia Uncut is back with Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discussing the recent attempts of UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin with the Cypriot leaders. There isn’t a lot of hope for a breakthrough for ther resumption of
Mar 6, 2024 · 41 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 53: Special guest Fiona Mullen: How can we revitalize the solution process ? (6/3/2023)
In this episode of Nicosia Uncut; Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli host Fiona Mullen, Director of Sapienta Economics and the producer of Figure It podcast. Fiona has been studying, advising and in the past working on the Cyprus settlement proces
Feb 1, 2024 · 44 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 52: Million dollar question: What is Holguin’s endgame? (1/2/2024)
UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy on Cyprus Maria Angela Holguín Cuéllar has arrived on the island and started her work by paying a visit to the Cypriot leaders. This new initiative to revive the talks, which collapsed in Crans Montana conferen
Dec 10, 2023 · 38 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 51: Is there light at the end of the tunnel? (10/12/2023)
Turkish-Greek reapproachment, appointment of a new envoy for Cyprus talks, ongoing failure of the international community to address burning issues in the world and establishment of a new political party in Cyprus. In this last episode of the year, Nicos
Nov 14, 2023 · 25 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 50: Frozen! (14/11/2023)
Is Cyprus a “frozen” conflict? What are the risk of it getting melted? As the so called frozen and fluid conflicts turning into active conflicts everywhere in the world, shouldn’t Cypriots be worried? What are the lessons the Cypriots a
Aug 21, 2023 · 45 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 49: Status-quo in Cyprus is an illusion (21/8/2023)
The UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus has been attacked by the Turkish Cypriot police in the buffer zone close to Pyla village during an ongoing work of fixing a road to connect the bicommunal village to the Turkish Cypriot controlled areas. While the Turk
May 30, 2023 · 45 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 48: Drowning in elections – CyProb anyone? (31/5/2023)
We are drowned in elections. Elections in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus. Do we have any time or window of opportunity to discuss politics – Cyprus problem in particular? In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykallı evalua
Apr 30, 2023 · 40 min
Nicosia Uncut – Episode 47: Age of apolitical & discussion on unilateral CBMs in CY (30/4/2023)
It has been 20 years since the crossings across the division line in Cyprus started. It is clear that the existing crossings are not enough. Should we expect unilareral initiatives by the Greek Cypriot side on this? While the elections in Turkey are unde

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