Mr Talat faces a presidential election in early April that he may well lose.
The festival opens with Talat Aziz singing ghazals by the iconic poets Mirza Ghalib and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Asked about Mr Talat's walkabout, Mr Christofias sniffs that he does not care for showy public relations.
The pressure on Mr Talat may be more immediate, but Mr Christofias's room for manoeuvre is also circumscribed.
Mr Eroglu publicly espouses the idea of reunification, saying that talks between Mr Talat and Mr Christofias must continue.
First, Turkey's government, which pays Mr Eroglu's bills, must press him to restart the talks where Mr Talat left off.
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Even in Heraclis, the ice-cream shop that served Mr Talat, pleasure at his walkabout is tinged with cynicism about the prospects.
Talat Masood, who served in Baluchistan multiple times throughout his military career.
Despite all this, Mr Talat met Mr Christofias again on April 21st.
Mr. Talat Mehmood, Manager Serena Business Complex assured to collaborate and extend support to UNESCO for organizing such events in the future.
Journalists recognized the plight of Zahid (Talat Hussain), a reporter fighting to tell Zar Gul's story in the face of press controls.
On December 16th, Mehmet Ali Talat, leader of a pro-settlement opposition party, called for early elections and the resignation of Mr Denktash.
The mood improved markedly when Mr Christofias, who like his fellow left-winger, Mr Talat, favours a settlement, was elected president in February 2008.
Mr Talat has invested so much political capital in his settlement talks that, if he gets no deal, even more voters may turn against him.
Talk of reaching a framework agreement that is sufficiently robust to win Turkish-Cypriot voters back to Mr Talat is risky and may well not work.
This could cost the president of Turkish northern Cyprus, Mehmet Ali Talat, his job: he faces an election next year, and hardline opponents are circling.
Mehmet Talat, whose Republican Turkish Party won nearly a quarter of the vote in the north's last parliamentary election, wants to reduce dependence on Turkey.
If he sticks to his campaign pledge to scrap a commission set up under Mr Talat to return occupied properties to Greek-Cypriots, the talks may collapse altogether.
Both men have to be careful to nurture multiple constituencies (in Mr Talat's case, he answers not just to his voters, but also to Turkey's politicians and generals).
It would have to be done by the end of February if voters on each side were to approve it before Mr Talat faces his electorate in early April.
Mr Talat says property questions must be settled by an independent commission, with compensation paid to former owners (though he is vague about where the money will come from).
Kayani's ability to accede to U.S. demands is greatly limited by events like the one Saturday, which stoke anti-U.S. fervor in Pakistan, said Talat Masood, a retired general and defense analyst.
Leading the delegation of Islamic groups was Talat Othman, a former business associate of President George W. Bush and Yacub Mirza, who had established and funded many of the groups targeted in the raids.
For old lefties like Mr Talat and Mr Christofias, who take the line that their island's people would get along fine if ultra-nationalists in their respective motherlands would only allow it, this is a resonant, if rather Utopian, call to action.
On the Turkish Cypriot side, Mehmet Ali Talat also says he is committed to a deal, and his time may be running out: his nationalist opponents thumped his party in legislative elections recently, and Mr Talat could be turfed out of office next year.
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