However, Sylvia Tiryaki, the Istanbul-based Global Political Trends Centre's deputy director, thinks that Ban doesn’t have nearly as much leverage as his predecessor Kofi Annan had back in 2004, when the two communities held a referendum to unite the island, only to have the Greek Cypriots vote against.
Međutim, Sylvia Tiryaki, zamjenica direktora istanbulskog Centra za svjetska politička kretanja, smatra kako Ban nema ni približno jednak utjecaj kakav je njegov prethodnik Kofi Annan imao 2004. godine, kada su dvije zajednice održale referendum o ujedinjenju otoka, pri čemu su ciparski Grci glasali protiv.