Abstract—The Cyprus issue, especially since 1951, was
evaluated as an important topic in Turkey's foreign policy
agenda. Since that date, Cyprus issue has created the main
reason of the tension observed in the relations with Greece. On
the other hand, this negative table also had too deep effects on
the Greek originated citizens of Turkey. For the realization of
the purpose of connecting the island of the Greeks to Greece,
the offensive and destruction actions against the Turks and the
British rule after a short time in Turkey found correspond to
the nationalist reflexes. In this article, by investigating the
effects of the tension lived in Cyprus to Turkey Greek
community, the difficulties and societal responses caused by
that period are evaluated in terms of Greek community. The
negative impacts of the Cyprus problem on the Turkish Greeks
have been evaluated by the newspapers articles and the
memories which are conveyed to the current times.
Index Terms—Cyprus, Turkey greek community, greece,
Turkey.
Resul Babaoglu is with the Ankara University, Institute for Ataturk
Principles and History of Turkish Revolution (e-mail:
babaogluresul@hotmail.com).
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Cite: Resul Babaoglu, " From the "Millet System" to a Hostage Minority: Greek Community of Turkey or a Trump Card in Cyprus Issue 1954-1955," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 537-545, 2015.