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DOI: 10.7596/taksad.v6i3.925
Citation: Dolunay, A., Keçeci, G., & Kasap, F. (2017). Kıbrıs'ın Güneyinden Kuzeyine Göç Eden Kıbrıslı
Türklerin Kuzeyde Doğan Çocuklarının Aile İçi Sözlü Anlatımlarla Oluşan Kıbrıslı Türk-Rum İlişkileri Algısı.
Journal of History Culture and Art Research, 6(3), 560-591. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7596/taksad.v6i3.925
Kıbrıs'ın Güneyinden Kuzeyine Göç Eden Kıbrıslı Türklerin Kuzeyde Doğan
Çocuklarının Aile İçi Sözlü Anlatımlarla Oluşan Kıbrıslı Türk-Rum İlişkileri Algısı
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The Perceptions among the Children Born in the Northern Cyprus from the Turkish Cypriot
Families Immigrated from the Southern Part of Cyprus to the North on the Relations of Turkish
Cypriot-Greek Cypriot through the Family Statements
Ayhan Dolunay
1
, Gökçe Keçeci
2
, Fevzi Kasap
3
Abstract
The Ottoman citizens together with the local community had generally lived a peaceful life in
Cyprus, conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1571, until the island was handed over to the England in
1878. Following such period and subsequent process, the Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots continued
to live together in the island until the foundation of Republic of Cyprus in 1960; yet, with the impact of
British policies, the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities had started to disintegrate. In 1950s, the island
began to lose its nature and the concept of living together peacefully was disappeared due to the armed
attacks of Greek Cypriots launched within the scope of underground military organisation and the
responses of Turkish Cypriots through their underground military organisations together with the limited
resources. The events, which stopped with the foundation of 1960 Republic of Cyprus, had become more
severe following the obligatory leave of Turkish Cypriots from the partnership republic in 1963, and
continued until the military intervention of Turkey in 1974 and both communities had losses, more in the
Turkish Cypriot side. Until 1950s to 1974, the Turkish Cypriots, who did not feel secure in the southern
part of island, migrated to the northern part of island. The relevant immigrants had shared their common
lives with the Greek Cypriots before 1950s and then the following conflicts through oral narratives to their
children born in the northern part of Cyprus; therefore, the perceptions of children of migrated families
were only shaped with the narrations and some written references since a direct communication was not
possible particularly until the opening of border crossing points. The original value of this study is the non-
availability of any oral history research on the Turkish-Greek Cypriot relations before 1974 conducted with
the generation after 1974; the aim of this research is to identify the perceptions of Turkish Cypriots born in
the northern part of Cyprus mainly after 1974 that was shaped within the framework of oral narrations
within the families through the individual interviews with the reference people sharing their experiences
within the history via the press screening for the identification of social-political structure during the
historical process, and the formation of such perceptions through the interviews.
Keywords: Immigration, Immigrants, Oral History, Turkish Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot – Greek
Cypriot Conflicts, 1974 Peace Operation, Cyprus.
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Bu çalışma, 11-14 Mayıs 2017 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilen IV. International Eurasian Educational Research
Congress (EJER)’de, Dolunay, Kasap ve Keçeci tarafından sunulan “1974 Sonrası Göç eden Kıbrıslı Türkler Üzerine Sözlü
Tarih Araştırması” adlı bildirinin geliştirilmesi ile hazırlanmıştır.
1
Near East University (Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi) Hukuk Danışmanı, İletişim Fakültesi Öğretim Görevlisi, İletişim
Araştırmaları Merkezi Üyesi, Lefkoşa KKTC. E-mail: ayhandolunay@live.com
2
Near East University (Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi) İletişim Fakültesi Dekanı, Görsel İletişim ve Tasarım Bölüm
Başkanı, İletişim Araştırmaları Merkezi Başkanı, Lefkoşa KKTC. E-mail: gokce.kececi@neu.edu.tr
3
Near East University (Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi) İletişim Fakültesi Radyo, Televizyon ve Sinema Bölüm Başkanı,
İletişim Araştırmaları Merkezi Üyesi, Lefkoşa KKTC. E-mail: fevzi.kasap@neu.edu.tr
Journal of History Culture and Art Research (ISSN: 2147-0626)
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