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Article: Greek Cypriot attitudes toward Turkish Cypriots and Turkish immigrants.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Social Psychology
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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GREEK CYPRIOT ATTITUDES toward Turkish Cypriots and Turkish immigrants deserve study because of the sociocultural differences between these ethnic groups and because of their long history of both coexistence and conflict. After Cyprus gained its independence from Great Britain in 1960, armed conflict began between the ethnic groups (Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office, 1997). The conflict finally culminated in the island's being divided into Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities and in the migration of a substantial segment of the island population to their new respective ethnic sections. The conflict and migration increased the bitterness between the ...