The Green Line, Cyprus : a Space of Exception or an Exceptional Space?
| dc.contributor.advisor | Houtum, H.J. van | |
| dc.contributor.author | Odenthal, Hannah Verena | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-01-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explores how the actors involved in the Cyprus Problem perceived the Green Line in 1963, 1974, 2004, and 2012. In addition, it addresses if, why, and how these perceptions changed over time. In contrast to the history of the Cyprus Problem, the actors’ notions and ideas concerning the division line between the Cypriot communities have not been discussed in academia until this point. To summarize the findings of this study, it can be stated that the decades of conflict without a settlement have turned the Green Line from a cease-fire line between Greek and Turkish Cypriots into an entity that reaches beyond Agamben’s space of exception. Despite contradicting opinions between, as well as within the communities, concerning what the Green Line is, the perpetuation of the conflict has turned the exceptional status of the demarcation line into the rule. The demarcation line has been actively and continuously wanted (UK, US, Turkey), created (Turkey, TRNC passport control), and maintained (EU regulations, the UN, and the rejection of the Annan Plan) ever since its establishment. This thesis suggests that (a) the establishment of a Truth Committee; and (b) the creation of a curriculum, which focusses on the reconciliation of the conflicting parties, could lead to more moderate ideas and perceptions of the younger generations. Implementing these suggestions could therefore be beneficial to the peace process on the island. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2831 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.thesis.faculty | Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen | en_US |
| dc.thesis.specialisation | Conflicts, Territories and Identities | en_US |
| dc.thesis.studyprogramme | Master Human Geography | en_US |
| dc.thesis.type | Master | en_US |
| dc.title | The Green Line, Cyprus : a Space of Exception or an Exceptional Space? | en_US |
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