2008/01/01 by Zafer Çakmak · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Cyprus History, Politics, Society #Historical Turkish Studies #Ottoman and Turkish Studies #Annexation #Ancient history #Treaty #Turkish #Empire #Alliance #History #Independence (probability theory) #Ottoman empire #Geography #Political science #Law #Politics #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.14222/turkiyat767
openalex publication_date 2008/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/26
With Ottoman Empire's transfer of Cyprus to British Empire in 1878, Turk migration from Cyprus to Anatolia had begun.When Ottoman Empire had declared an alliance with Germany during World War I, British Empire had both declared war to Ottoman Empire and annexed Cyprus.This annexation accelerated the migration from Cyprus to Anatolia.After Turkish War of Independence, The Republic of Turkey had accepted British dominance over the island with Treaty of Lausanne.But the same treaty's 21 st sentence had given right to Turkish people on the island to migrate to Turkey.Treaty of Lausanne had limited Turkish migration to a period of two years.However, the migrations to Anatolia had continued after this period.Cyprus' British