Abstract
The theoretical framework is divided into two basic aspects. The first aspect concerns the analysis of Turkey’s role in Cyprus. The strategy that Turkey deployed in Cyprus, and especially in the Turkish Cypriot community, is reflected through a broader utilization of the concept of colonialism. From 1974 onwards, Turkey sought to develop a comprehensive normalization strategy of its presence on the island through the creation of a “new homeland”. Ankara’s policy is studied in a context which highlights the dynamic aspects and the consolidation of a hierarchical power relation with the Turkish Cypriot community. The second aspect deals with the analysis of the Turkish Cypriot space as a state of exception. Both the absence of international recognition and the institutionalized interventionism in the power structures of the northern territories of Cyprus constitute the confinement of Turkish Cypriots in a state of exception. However, this particular state of exception is understood through the contradictory process of the effort for normalization and the emergence of the Turkish Cypriot opposition.
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