The Cyprus question in the making and the attitude of the Soviet Union towards the Cyprus question (1960-1974)
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Kırımlı, HakanDate
2008Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
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Abstract
In this study, the Soviet attitude towards the Cyprus Question between the
years 1960-1974 will be analyzed within the framework of Cold War. In this context,
the reasons of the emergence and development of the Cyprus Question was
explicated. The differences between Stalin’s foreign policy during the post-Second
World War and that of post-Stalin period regarding the Third World countries in the
Middle-East will be emphasized. In this connection, increasing influence of the
Soviet Union in these countries will be explained with reference to certain related
treaties. In addition, the developing relations between Cyprus and the Soviet Union
which commenced with the independence of Cyprus in 1960 and further flourished
as a result of intersecting interests of Makarios and Soviet Union will be explained.
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Together with these developed relations, the impact of the Soviet Union on the
Cyprus Question until 1974 will be examined.