I am 21 years old. I was born in Famagusta in 1983. Then we moved to Nicosia when I was 10. My childhood passed in the open part of Varosha/ Marash, where I always used to dream of passing the border dividing our quarter and the dead city. Besides I had always wanted to see Greeks and Maronites when I was a kid. I was thrilled when we first made our visit to Korucam/Kormatiki. It was a very disappointing moment, since all of the Maronites were looking very similar to us: something I wasn't expecting. The very first interaction with a Greek Cypriot happened when I made a visit to London 10 years ago. His name was Gary and he was my cousin's best friend. At first, I was scared since I wasn't really prepared to see a Greek
Then I realised that whatever is a person's identity, s/he is a human after all. So I stop hating Greeks, and declared myself as a humanist, which regards people with their personalities and attitudes, not with their nationality, colour or religion.
I did my BA in political science in Turkey and came to London to do Masters in European Politics. My prospective career was to get a job in one of the EU institutions but I was disappointed since one of the requirements was being able to speak two Community languages fluently (since Turkish is not a Community language I was expected to speak other languages apart from English). I can communicate in Italian and Japanese, but I need to practice them, since it's been a year since the last time I studied these languages. I am also looking for some job in London, but since I have no previous job experience, it is really difficult to get a job in this country. At the same time, I do not want to do my military duty, at least not this year.
My dad is from Limassol and my mom is from Paphos, but was raised in Nicosia. My sister holds a PhD and she has almost no interest in Politics. (She voted for UBP in the general electes and voted for Talat in the presidential elections). That's all I can say about me.
