"'Denktas Still Thinks I am a Traitor to My Country'
If you are walking in Girne on Mersin Street, and come across a three story apartment building with police waiting in front that has a sign hung out front which says 'Talat Laboratories,' it means you have found the home of Mehmet Ali Talat.
The current Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and candidate for President of North Cyprus, Talat lives in this house with his much loved wife Oya. Entering the door to the garden, I came face to face with the Prime Minister. His hands were full carrying breakfast plates, and he was laughing. 'Why are you surprised, don't your prime ministers do this?' he asked. I couldn't answer. The breakfast table was set with fresh local produce from Cyprus, including the simits. Fried hellim cheese, herb breads, olives, Oya's own jellies, herb teas. Talat and I will go together to the villages of the region after breakfast-Sirinevler, Akcicek, Alemdag, Goceri, Pinarbasi, and Dagyolu. Later still we will go to the 9,500 square meter lemon garden left to Talat by his father. "
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