The Cyprus Conflict
Table of Contents
This site is organized around the main narratives, with most documents listed here linked to the text of those narratives. It is not always obvious, however, what document or specifically which topic is linked from the narratives. Below is a list of the principal documents, with hyperlinks to them. Note that comments from the documents, hyperlinked from this symbol - - C - - are not, for the most part, included here in the table of contents. The same is true for hyperlinks that go to other web sites. Most documents have a link to this table of contents.
The Main Narratives
Cyprus, by Keith Kyle (pages 1-5) and
by
William Hale
(page 6)
Historical
Background
Turkey & Greece: A History of Colliding by Robert Stephens
Turkey: Early Years of the Republic
The Greek Cypriot Debate on Enosis, 1929, by G.S. Georghallides
Turkish Cypriot Reaction to the Campaign for Enosis, 1930s
Analyses,
Narratives, Polemics, Documents
The Colonial Period
Toward Violence, 1953, by Ioannis Stefanidis
Kuçuk on Turkish Cypriot Demands, 1954
The Feast of Unreason, by Lawrence Durrell
Menderes' Speech, 1955
Zorlu in London, 1955
Outbreak of Violence, 1955, by Nancy Crawshaw
London Conference, 1955, by Robert Holland
Istanbul Riots, 1955, by Robert Holland
Reaction to the 1955 London Conference by Nancy Crawshaw
MacMillan Plan, 1957, by Robert Stephens
Renewal of EOKA Violence, 1957-58, Nancy Crawshaw
Guerrilla Warfare in Cyprus, by George Grivas
Communal Strife, 1958, by Nancy Crawshaw
Analysis of the Treaties, U.S. State Department
The Municipalities Issue, 1957-63,
by Diana Markides
The Rise and Fall of a Unified Republic
Clerides-Denktash Letters, 1962
The Thirteen Points, 1963
Inter-Communal Violence, 1963-64, by Richard Patrick
George Ball in Cyprus, 1964, by George Ball
Subversion of a Mission, 1964, by Martin Packard
The U.N. & a Divided Island, 1964, by Michael Moran
The Disloyal Opposition and the Fall of the Republic, by Kyriacos Markides
Coup in Athens, 1967, by Richard Clogg
A U.S. newspaper regards its failure
Turkish Politics in the 1970s, U.S. Library of Congress
Clerides-Denktash Letters, 1971, and Makarios' instructions
Makarios' Letter to Greek Junta, 1974
The Coup d'Etat of 1974, by Peter Loizos
30 Hot Days, by Mehmet Ali Birand
London and Geneva, July-August 1974, by James Callaghan
Negotiating Positions at Geneva, 1974
Greek Cypriot v. Turkish Cypriot Renditions of the Events of 1974
War, 1974, by Peter Loizos
Turkish-Cypriot Narratives, 1974
Consequences of the 1974 Invasion, U.S. Senate
Interview with Makarios, 1974
Economic Consequences of 1974, by Keith Kyle
U.S. Role in 1974 - a comment
After the Deluge: Turkish Cypriot Views, 1976, by Latife Birgen
The Negotiating Positions, 1976
Makarios-Denktash Talks, 1977
Aftermath of the
Intervention, 1974-77, by Vamik Volkan
After Makarios
Military Coup in Turkey, 1980, by John Tirman
Party Politics, North & South, by Keith Kyle
One Diplomat's Frustration, by Giandomenico Picco
International Peacemaking in Cyprus, 1980-1986, by Farid Mirbagheri
The Draft Framework Agreement, 1986
Turkish Settlers in Northern Cyprus, 1991
The Second "Set of Ideas" -- 1994
The Case for Confederation, by Peter Pernthaler
Denktash Looks Back, 1999
Clerides on Cyprus at the end of the century, 2000
European Court Ruling against Turkey, 2001
The E.U. Ascension: Official Views and Comment, 2001
The Annan Plan
and its Fate:
The Annan Plan,* 2002-03
Alvaro DeSoto
on the Annan Plan, May 2003 (pdf file)*
The Green Line is Opened, 2003
Cyprus President Urges "No"
An Ironic Result in Cyprus, by
Rebecca Bryant
The
People Deliver Their Verdict*, by Ann-Sofi Jakobsson Hatay
Rejecting its Way into a Turkish Cyprus,
by John Tirman
World
press reactions *
A Long Journey Into Night: The Cyprus Republic’s Pursuit Of A ‘European’ Solution To The Cyprus Problem, 2005 by Zenon Stavrinides
A Dangerous Trend in Cyprus,* 2005 Rebecca Bryant
Turkey's Candidacy and the Dispute over Cyprus 2006
EU Document (Nov 8, 2006)
Press release from EU (Nov. 29, 2006)*
Pressure on Turkey's EU bid over Cyprus, news reports, 2006
Historiography &
Nationalism
Conflict Between the States of Cyprus, 1963-1974, Zenon Stavrinides
The Church's Message, in the Jubilee Year 2000, Deconstructed
Turkish Nationalism, Then and Now, by Dogu Ergil
Greek Irredentism in Asia Minor and Cyprus, by Paschalis Kitromilides
Greek-Cypriot Nationalism and Cypriotism 1974-1995, by Caesar Mavratsas
The Politics of Memory and Forgetting, by Yiannis Papadakis
Nationalist Imaginings of War in Cyprus, by Yiannis Papadakis
Communal Memory and Turkish Cypriot National History, by Nergis Canefe
On Nationalism: Isaiah Berlin, George Orwell, and Others
Psychohistory and Cyprus, by John Mack
Conflict Resolution
An Assessment "Working Toward a Just Peace," by John Tirman
The Genesis of Bicommunalism, by Benjamin Broome
The Bicommunal Experience, by Canan Oztoprak
Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Training, by Marion Peters Angelica
Across the Green Line: Problems of "Recognition",
by Costas Constantinou
and Yiannis Papadakis
Dynamics of Partition, Philippos Savvides
Conflict Resolution Resources & Reading
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