Uncle Mete: the ‘go to’ man on Cyprus

Agnieszka Rakoczy meets DJ, artist, former hotel manager, political analyst and Cyprus expert Mete Hatay, and is not at all surprised to learn he reads four books at a time

With his distinctive head full of white hair, Turkish Cypriot writer and researcher Mete Hatay, aka Uncle Mete, is one of the permanent fixtures of northern Nicosia.

Even though his house is now located on the other side of the Pentadaktylos mountains, not a day passes wihout Mete visiting his birth place. One can always bump into him...