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SOFT POLITICS AND HARD CHOICES: An Assessment of Turkey’s New Regional Diplomacy
and has been a member of staff since its establishment in 2005. He has written widely on minorities and religion in Cyprus, as well as on the politics of demography, Turkish-Cypriot politics, and the ambivalent relationship between Turkish Cypriots and Turkey. In addition, he is working on two PRIO research and information projects, one on property and displacement and the second on conflict and cultural heritage. His own current research concerns social and political life during the 1963-74 Turkish-Cypriot enclave period, particularly the siege period between 1963 and 1968.
Since the beginning of inter-communal talks between the 76.6% Greek majority and the 18.06% Turkish minority, in June 1968, on the principle of a unitary independent state, the Turkish-Cypriot and Turkish objective has always been Turkish-Cypriot autonomy and separatismrather that bi-communal coexistence -which was politically disguised under the supposedly endangered minority rights and alleged constitutional power sharing. A thoughtful analysis of Turkish-Cypriot strategy in the last 60 years, until today, points to the raw fact that, despite the theoretical political declarations for the contrary, the harmonious coexistence of the Turkish minority with the Greek majority under unfettered independence, had never been a principal Turkish-Cypriot objective.
A Ay yl la a G Gü ür re el l PRIO Cyprus Centre M Ma ar ri ia a H Ha ad dj ji ip pa av vl lo ou u University of Cyprus M Me et te e H Ha at ta ay y PRIO Cyprus Centre Y Yi ia an nn ni is s E E. . I Io oa an nn no ou u University of Cyprus J Jo os se ep ph h J Jo os se ep ph h University of Cyprus M Mi ic ch ha ae el l K Ka am mm ma as s Director General, Association of Cyprus Commercial Banks E Er ro ol l K Ka ay ym ma ak k Political Science Association, Cyprus D Di ia an na a M Ma ar rk ki id de es s University of Cyprus C Ca ae es sa ar r M Ma av vr ra at ts sa as s University of Cyprus F Fa ar ri id d M Mi ir rb ba ag gh he er ri i University of Nicosia, Cyprus M Ma ar ri ia a R Ro ou us ss so ou u P Pe et te er r A Al ll le en n Rhode Island College, USA O Ot th ho on n A An na as st ta as sa ak ki is s University of Oxford, UK F Fl lo oy ya a A An nt th hi ia as s Roehampton University London, UK V Va as ss so os s A Ar rg gy yr ro ou u University of Hull, UK H He ei in nz z--J Jü ür rg ge en n A Ax xt t University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany G Gi il ll le es s B Be er rt tr ra an nd d Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France
"The Other Cypriots and Their Cyprus Questions." The Cyprus Review 19 , no. 2 (2007): 57-82.
The island of Cyprus has a multicultural population. Today, besides its native Greek, Turkish, Armenian, Maronite, Latin Cypriot and Gypsy population, it is also the home of Anatolians, who have gradually settled on the island from Turkey since 1974; Pontians who came from Georgia via Greece together with various other immigrants since the 1990s; the Jews; and the British. Despite this diversity, a solution to the Cyprus problem is still under the monopoly of Greek-and Turkish-Cypriot aspirations, with a resolution oriented between either a bi-zonal/bi-communal federation or a liberal democratic unitary state. This paper presents the so far little pronounced 'Other Cypriots': the Armenians, the Maronites, the Latins, the Gypsies as well as the newcomers, the Turkish settlers, the Pontians, the immigrants, and their socioeconomic and political problems. In so doing, it aims to draw attention to the necessity of multicultural politics in today's governing policies, and in future settlement efforts of the Cyprus conflict.
MAINSTREAM TURKISH-CYPRIOT POLITICAL PARTIES' ATTITUDES TOWARDS CYPRUS PROBLEM
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MAINSTREAM TURKISH-CYPRIOT POLITICAL PARTIES’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS CYPRUS PROBLEM Burak Karabay Global Affairs Major Professor: Assistant Professor Yüksel Alper Ecevit January 2017, 97 pages With the election of Mustafa Akıncı as the Turkish-Cypriot leader in 2015, a new positive atmosphere emerged for a solution to Cyprus problem. Whatever the leaders agree on, a solution formula will have to be approved by Greek and Turkish-Cypriots in separate referendums, as it was the case in 2004. The attitudes of political parties and their leaderships are among the parameters which will determine the outcome of a referendum. The purpose of this study is to explore mainstream Turkish-Cypriot political parties’ approach to Cyprus problem and determine whether there are significant differences between them. In the study, history of mainstream political parties represented in the TRNC parliament as of November 2016 and details of their past and current opinions on a solution are explored. Since their number is significant enough to affect the result of a referendum, we also provide information on Turkish-immigrants who acquired TRNC citizenship and their political behaviours. Moreover, we give a short history of Cyprus and Cyprus conflict. Keywords: Cyprus Problem, Turkish-Cypriots, Turkish-Cypriot Political Parties