Kutlu Adalı (1935 in

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– July 6, 1996), was a

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journalist, poet, socio-political researcher, and peace advocate.

Background

His family emigrated to

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, when he was three years old. After completing his secondary education, he returned Cyprus in 1954 taking up employment at Cyprus Turkish Communal Chamber. Before his retirement, he was the head of the Department of Population and Birth Registration in the recently declared

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. In the years leading to his assassination, Kutlu Adali was a well-respected journalist working for the left-wing ''

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'' newspaper in

, writing daily in his regular column ''From Blue Cyprus''. While his early works, including his books and periodicals, were nationalistic in content, his latter contributions were critical of the then right-wing establishment prevalent in the north of his home island.

Death

On July 6, 1996, he was fatally

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ned, outside his home. To this day, the perpetrators of this crime are yet to be brought to justice. Some sources state the

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are responsible for his death, however another source states the

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is responsible. On May 23, 2021, Turkish criminal leader

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mentioned the former

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's role in the killing on his YouTube channel, claiming that Ağar demanded a hitman from Peker. He said that he sent his brother Atilla Peker to Cyprus upon Ağar's request, but later was told by

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that "another team killed Adalı."

Bibliography

* Köy Raporları (Village Reports), 1961, 1962, 1963 (Turkish) * Dağarcık (Shepherd's Bag), 1963, (travelogue) (Turkish) * Söyleşi (Interview), 1968, (Turkish) * Çirkin Politikacı (The Ugly Politician), Pof, 1969 (satire) (Turkish) * Hayvanistan (Animalistan), 1969 (satire) (Turkish) * Sancılı Toplum (Society with Birth Pains), 1969 (Turkish) * Köprü (The Bridge), 1969, (play) (Turkish) * Şago, 1970, (play) (Turkish) * Nasrettin Hoca ve Kıbrıs (Naseruddin Hodja and Cyprus), 1971 (Turkish)

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An article on the court case following his assassination

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