Politically Motivated Migration: The Case of Turkish Migration to Northern Cyprus
Politically Motivated Migration: The Case of Turkish Migration to Northern Cyprus

Author(s): Sertaç Sonan, Yücel Vural, Başak Ekenoğlu
Subject(s): Politics, Geography, Regional studies, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Turkey; Northern Cyprus; migration; political motivation; peace and conflict; citizenship;
Summary/Abstract: Introduction The political relations between Turkey and Turkish Cypriot community intensified in the mid-1950s before the violent eruption of inter-communal conflict in Cyprus. The involvement of Turkey in the Cyprus dispute took place amidst the Cold War, which resulted in a process of transforming the major conflict between the Greek-Cypriot nationalist movement and British colonial administration into a Greek-Turkish politico-military confrontation at regional level and a Greek Cypriot-Turkish Cypriot contradiction at local-national level.

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