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'''Alkan Boudewijn de Beaumont Chaglar''' (born August 5, 1981 in [[London]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] and [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]]. He used to be [[editor]] and [[columnist]] for the [[Turkish Cypriot]] weekly bilingual (English-Turkish) newspaper ''Toplum Postası''. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the UK-based ''The Cypriot Chronicle'' and a member of the L'Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec. He currently lives in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], [[Canada]].

In his weekly column Cultural Encounters Chaglar writes with a passion for cross-cultural influences and diversity in multi-ethnic countries and the state of minority languages in the World. Coming from a Turkish Cypriot background, Chaglar expressed an interest in the phenomena of Crypto-Christians and the issue of conversion to Islam in Cyprus. On May 5, 2006 in ''Toplum Postasi'' Chaglar wrote about the Latins and Maronites in Cyprus who proselytised to Islam during Ottoman rule. He argued that "The fact is a substantial number of today’s Muslim Turkish Cypriots have a Christian past, and are partly descended from those Venetian, Genovese and French families that had estates on the island who proselytised to Sunni Islam. "Cypriot historians from both sides of the divide tend to focus too much on our Greco-Turkish heritage, at the expense of objectivity, but Cyprus has and always will be a convergence of cultures".

Alkan also writes about political events in Cyprus and Turkey. His articles have been published from time to time in the ''Daily Turkish News'' and the ''Cyprus Mail''. Often controversial, his most recent article in ''The Cyprus Mail'' is "Why Turkish Cypriots should not celebrate 1974" and "Why Cyprus cannot exclude its Turkish settlers".

But his interests also extend to the Antipodes. Chaglar wrote extensively about the threat of destruction of the [[Papua New Guinea|New Guinean]] [[rainforest]], and the tribes and rare species that they provide habitation for. In his article "Terra Incognita" published on May 25, 2006, Chaglar drew attention to the deforestation of the [[Papua New Guinea|New Guinean]] [[rainforest]] together with the recent discoveries of [[birds of paradise]] in the North Western mountain region. He called for greater responsibility on the part of the Indonesian and Papua New Guinean governments and for a switch over to [[eco-tourism]] to replace the revenue derived from [[logging]].

Chaglar also wrote extensively about Inter-planetary Alliances in the Moluccas or Spice Islands, the plight of the banishment of the "Acadians"<ref>[http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/949/PageName/Ana_sayfa Acadians] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311051016/http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/949/PageName/Ana_sayfa |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref> and the formation of the Cajuns.<ref>[http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/949/PageName/Ana_sayfa Cajuns] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311051016/http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/949/PageName/Ana_sayfa |date=2007-03-11 }}</ref> Among his more recent articles are "Marooned on Tristan",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/918/PageName/Ana_sayfa |title=Marooned on Tristan |access-date=2006-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070116050311/http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/918/PageName/Ana_sayfa |archive-date=2007-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chastity and Austere living,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/910/PageName/Ana_sayfa |title=Chastity and Austere living |access-date=2006-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061118/http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/910/PageName/Ana_sayfa |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Ferocious Waterfalls and Guanos.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/935/PageName/Ana_sayfa |title=Ferocious Waterfalls and Guanos |access-date=2006-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061157/http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/935/PageName/Ana_sayfa |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080504013930/http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/autorenindex/autor_chaglar_alkan/ Eurotopics Presschau]
* [http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=31841&cat_id=1 Why Cyprus cannot afford to exclude Turkish settlers in Cyprus Mail]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/All/DCAE1FBC719E851FC2257376003EE0C1?OpenDocument Is it still valid to speak of communal rights in EU Cyprus? Cyprus Government Press Office]
* [http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2006/07.01.06/index_tue.php The forgotten Christians of Mesopotamia, feature in Zinda Magazine]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527223946/http://www.tcca.org/current_projects/toplum_postasi.php Turkish Cypriot Community Association]
* [http://www.cypriotacademy.com/articles.html Cypriot Academy]
* [http://www.karpasha.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=1&id=69&Itemid=2 Karpasha Forum]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306085133/http://thecypriotchronicle.com/ The Cypriot Chronicle]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060427143144/http://www.toplumpostasi.net/ Toplum Postasi]
* [http://www.cyprus-mail.com Cyprus Mail]
* [http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/Turkish Daily News]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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