“ ...Ari’s voice, full of wit, filled room... ” (Mustafa Dogrusoz in ’Kibris’ -5 February 1999)

" ...He always wore a smile... " (Harid Fedai in 'Halkin Sesi' -27 December 1992)

(In his newspaper columns [mostly between 1968-1992 in Cypriot ‘Halkin Sesi’ -also ‘Birlik’ etc.] often by a little story or joke did hailed teacher-thinker-poet late Orhan Seyfi Ari [1918- 1992] made or highlighted his points ~so also in his lectures, debates, discussions, teaching his school pupils. These simply put anecdotes are hoped briefly and miscellaneously to familiarise with his wit and a few of less involved of very many views he was also popular for…)

DIPLOMATIC COMMUNIQES, he thought, were rather like broadcasting live on radio a match between two boxers called Abdi and Bandinelli, and announcing winner as Abdinelli…

‘NEVER TOO LATE to change one’s mind or to make a start’ was not of more use to one, sometimes, or to a nation, than it would be to driver of a car rolling down a cliff to then decide to drive carefully…

IRRELEVANCY was a natural and common refuge of man ~”You have gone bald!” he joked with a friend who he had not seen for a long time –his friend looked at him, then responded, “Ha..! As if your son’s got more hair than I..!”