Cypriot Patriotism and Nationalism

Leonard W. Doob
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Leonard W. Doob: Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1986, vol. 30, issue 2, 383-396

Abstract: Most Cypriots before and since independence in 1960 experienced a double patriotism that contributed to the prolongation of the conflict between the two communities in their country. They identified with the island on which they lived as well as with the nation, Greece or Turkey, from which their ancestors had come. These patriotisms changed after the landing of the Turkish troops in 1974 when Cyprus was split into two distinct sections clearly based upon Turkish and Greek ethnicity. An attempt is made here to describe the resulting insecurity that played a significant role in preventing a resolution of the conflict in 1984-1985. For inductive, theoretical reasons a deliberate effort is also made to isolate ensuing “consequences†and hence to salvage old and slightly new generalizations that perhaps transcend this particular conflict.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1177/0022002786030002008

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