A. Aktar & N. Kizilyürek 
Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle 
Cyprus, Greece and Turkey

Nationalism in the Troubled Triangle is the first systematic study of nationalism in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey from a comparative perspective. Bringing scholars from Greece, Turkey and both sides of Cyprus (and beyond) together, the book provides a critical account of nation-building processes and nationalist politics in all three countries.

Table of Content

Foreword; A.Aktar, N.Kizilyürek& U.Özkirimli Introduction; Bringing History back into Nationalism?; J.Breuilly TURKISH AND GREEK NATIONALISMS: PAST AND PRESENT Conversion of ‘Country’ into a ‘Fatherland’: The Case of Turkification Examined, 1923-1934; A.Aktar The Use and Abuse of Archaeology and Anthropology in Formulating Turkish National Narrative; S.Aydin Turkish Nationalism Reconsidered: The ‘Heaviness’ of State-patriotism in Nation-Building; G.G.Özdogan Dismantling the Millet: Religion and National Identity in Contemporary Greece; R.Hirschon Nationalism in Greece and Turkey: Modernity, Enlightenment, Westernization; S.A.Sofos& U.Özkirimli The Case of Andrea Mustoxidi and the Early-Nineteenth-Century Heptanesians of Italy; K.Zanou Narratives of Diplomats: Representations of Nationalism and of Turkish Foreign Policy in Cyprus, 1970-1991; G.Inanç Alternative Forms of Nationalism: Superiority through Law in Greek Foreign Policy; H.Tzimitras NATIONALISM IN CYPRUS: PAST AND PRESENT History, Myth and Nationalism: The Retrospective Force of National Roles through Mythical Past; M.Michael Securing the Office of Müftü: Nationalism, Religion, and the Turks of Cyprus; A.Nevzat Rauf Denktas: Fear and Nationalism in Turkish Cypriot Community; N.Kizilyürek The Complexities of Greek Nationalism in its Cypriot Version; S.Anagnostopoulou The Referendum of April 24, 2004; C.Mavratsas AKEL: Between Nationalism and ‘Anti-imperialism’; S.Tombazos

About the author

AYHAN AKTAR, Professor in the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey.

N?YAZ? KIZILYÜREK, Associate Professor in the Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cyprus, Cyprus.

UMUT ÖZKIRIMLI,  Director of Turkish-Greek Studies, Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey and Senior Research Fellow at LSEE (Research on South East Europe), London School of Economics, UK.