Facebook: An Emerging Arena for Politics of Self-Determination in northern Cyprus?

Emel Akçalı

South European Society and Politics, 2019, vol. 24, issue 4, 513-533

Abstract: The present article aims to expand scholarship on the political role of social media by focusing on the case of Facebook and the self-determination claims of Turkish Cypriots vis-à-vis Turkey. Drawing upon a virtual ethnography of relevant Facebook sites and groups, this article scrutinises whether social media offer an innovative public platform for the politics of self-determination or on-line claims are in reality formed and negotiated in the same manner as the offline ones. The article concludes that Turkish Cypriots’ Facebook activism may very well be for strengthening their community, shielding their distinct characteristics from mainland Turkey and raising their self-esteem, rather than indicating demands for complete autonomy in the traditional political sense of the word and/or statehood.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2019.1631996

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