Rise of Neo-Tribal Nationalism in North Cyprus: Debates on Migration and History Writing Kuzey Kıbrıs’ta Yeni-Kabileci Milliyetçiliğin Yükselişi: Göç ve Tarih Yazıcılığı Tartışmaları
Bilig, cilt.2024, sa.108, ss.113-145, 2024 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 2024 Sayı: 108
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.12995/bilig.10805
- Dergi Adı: Bilig
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Index Islamicus, Linguistic Bibliography, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.113-145
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Cypriotism, Cyprus, History Writing, Migration, Neo-Tribal Nationalism
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
This study aims at examining the debates on identity and nationalism in North Cyprus in reference to a new analytical perspective called ‘neo-tribal nationalism’. The clashing Greek and Turkish nationalisms especially from British colonialism in Cyprus embraced a new evolution from 1960s, and especially since the partition of Cyprus in 1974. In the two sides of the island where these two official nationalisms prevailed, ‘Cypriotism or ‘Cypriot nationalism’ has developed as a nativist alternative ideology. Especially in Turkish Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC) under the influence of globalization and EU membership processes by the 2000s, left social and political groups launched Cypriotism being influential over society and politics. For this study, the dichotomy of ethnic vs civil nationalism which has often been applied in the studies on nationalism in Cyprus hypothetically fails to explain the transformation in North Cyprus. It argues that Cypriotism may be called as ‘neo-tribal nationalism’ as it focuses on nativism in constructing Cypriot identity, structures myths selectively in building suitable past for that identity, excludes Turkish immigrants through hostile discourses and actions and situates Türkiye as the one of the main international other. This analysis is made through focusing on migration and history writing in TRNC.