Population Transplant From Adana After Peace Operations Carried Out In Cyprus (1975-1976) Cover Image

Barış Harekâtı Sonrasında Adana’dan Kıbrıs’a Gerçekleştirilen Nüfus Nakli (1975-1976)
Population Transplant From Adana After Peace Operations Carried Out In Cyprus (1975-1976)

Author(s): Erdem Çanak
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Migration Studies
Published by: Gazi Akademik Bakış
Keywords: Cyprus; TRNC; Enosis; Turkey; Migration; Adana;

Summary/Abstract: Ottoman Empire ruled Cyprus between the years 1571-1878, in 1878 with Treaty of Lausanne was officially passed to England temporarily. Greeks who want to take advantage of this situation, gave fresh impetus to activities for“Enosis” . This process which led to the struggle for existence of Turks in the island and has resulted Peace Operation in 1974. However, Turks emigrated to different parts of the world, mainly to Turkey due to the pressure that they are exposed in the period leading up to the Peace Operation. Therefore, after the operation, Turkish control of the labor needed to eliminate the deficit for the processing of the soil and the new government in order to ensure the economic development of the population of Turkey was carried transplant candidates. “Agricultural labor” the province’s population transfer carried out of Adana. In this regard all farmers from Adana, 1.480 men in 531 households, 1.287’s including women 2.767 people were resettled on the island. In this study, after the operation settlement the process with the transplant population of immigrants from Adana has been discussed.

  • Issue Year: 09/2015
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 141-163
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Turkish