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Territory and Cyprus Question: A North Perspective
The issues of territory and citizenship from the beginning have had a central place in the Cyprus Question. This study aims to analyze the importance of territory for the Cyprus Question from the Turkish Cypriot perspective. In doing so, it examines firstly the Turkish Cypriots’ claims over Cyprus from historical perspectives to have territorial rights, and secondly Turkish Cypriot government’s policy of citizenship and migration in defining North Cyprus as a new national land. This has occurred after the 1974 Turkish intervention that led to the partition of the island into two administrative regions: Republic of Cyprus (RoC), internationally recognized (except Turkey), and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), only recognized by Turkey. The border since 1974 has separated Greek and Turk communities both physically and mentally and defined Turkish Cypriot national space and society against the principal others, Greek Cypriots. All attempts to settle down the Cyprus Question have to face that reality. This study argues that the partition of the island makes the question of territory for both the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots more complicated matter, and TRNC citizenship policy and the debate on migration influence the public opinion about the Cyprus Question in North Cyprus
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