Jan Asmussen
Research Interests:Conflict
Address: Christian-Albrechts-Universität
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Westring 400
D-24118 Kiel, Germany
Address: Christian-Albrechts-Universität
Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Westring 400
D-24118 Kiel, Germany
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It emphasizes the special conditions relevant to intermarriage between Christians and Muslims and it also examines the peculiar system of administration in these villages, the educational system and the peculiar situation of the co-operative movement. Finally, some aspects of the intercommunal conflict in these villages are also. briefly, examined.
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Based on British archive material (Colonial and War Offices) and interviews conducted with both Greek and Turkish Cypriot former British soldiers in both parts of Cyprus, this paper aims to provide an account of the different motivations which drove Cypriots' of both communities to take up arms in an alien war;
It will be. shown that initially the main reason for this was the terrible economic situation that existed in Cyprus: The British army offered good wages and this attracted many to join. Other inducements embodied the Greek Cypriot hope that Cyprus would be given to Greece after the war was won - a notion inevitably resisted by Turkish Cypriot war veterans. Another reason that stirred the Cypriots was the decision taken by the communist party (AKEL) in 1943, to call upon its members to join the British to fight for the sake of the Soviet Union.
It will be examined how Greek-Turkish Cypriot relations developed within the ranks of the Cyprus Regiment. And, finally two other questions are to be answered: did the different political perspectives on the outcome of the war regarding a postwar Cyprus affect this relationship?i And did the skilled military training bear any consequences for the subsequent build-up of Greek and Turkish Cypriot armed organisations, like the EOKA and the TMT?
It emphasizes the special conditions relevant to intermarriage between Christians and Muslims and it also examines the peculiar system of administration in these villages, the educational system and the peculiar situation of the co-operative movement. Finally, some aspects of the intercommunal conflict in these villages are also. briefly, examined.
over.
Based on British archive material (Colonial and War Offices) and interviews conducted with both Greek and Turkish Cypriot former British soldiers in both parts of Cyprus, this paper aims to provide an account of the different motivations which drove Cypriots' of both communities to take up arms in an alien war;
It will be. shown that initially the main reason for this was the terrible economic situation that existed in Cyprus: The British army offered good wages and this attracted many to join. Other inducements embodied the Greek Cypriot hope that Cyprus would be given to Greece after the war was won - a notion inevitably resisted by Turkish Cypriot war veterans. Another reason that stirred the Cypriots was the decision taken by the communist party (AKEL) in 1943, to call upon its members to join the British to fight for the sake of the Soviet Union.
It will be examined how Greek-Turkish Cypriot relations developed within the ranks of the Cyprus Regiment. And, finally two other questions are to be answered: did the different political perspectives on the outcome of the war regarding a postwar Cyprus affect this relationship?i And did the skilled military training bear any consequences for the subsequent build-up of Greek and Turkish Cypriot armed organisations, like the EOKA and the TMT?