GEOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS OF STATES WITH LIMITED RECOGNITION - CASUS OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS Cover Image

UWARUNKOWANIA GEOPOLITYCZNE PAŃSTW NIEUZNAWANYCH – CASUS TURECKIEJ REPUBLIKI CYPRU PÓŁNOCNEGO
GEOPOLITICAL CONDITIONS OF STATES WITH LIMITED RECOGNITION - CASUS OF THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

Author(s): Marek Śmigasiewicz
Subject(s): Politics, Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Governance, International relations/trade, Geopolitics
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: de jure sovereign state; geopolitics; Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; North Cyprus;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an analysis of geopolitical units of a specific type, as they are called unacknowledged state (also called quasi-states). The analysis was carried out on the basis of a casus Northern Cyprus - territory, which in practice operates continuously for over 30 years. Author evaluated the potential of demographic, economic and military units, confronting him at the same time the potential of the home country,ie. Republic of Cyprus. Particular attention was also devoted to quasi-state relations with Turkey plays the role of a kind of protector.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 183-199
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish