@article{b61a17d4-07bf-454a-b27a-82e04b3c3889,
author = {Mariusz Misztal},
title = {Geneza i początki konfliktów etnicznych na Cyprze do roku 1912},
journal = {Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne},
volume = {2018},
number = {Tom XXVII},
year = {2018},
issn = {2451-4993},
pages = {55-74},keywords = {Cypr; greccy Cypryjczycy; tureccy Cypryjczycy; konflikt; problem cypryjski; nacjonalizm},
abstract = {Origins of the ethnic conflicts in Cyprus

	Numerous studies of the so-called “Cyprus problem” are devoted mainly to particular phases of the conflict, especially the period from 1958 to 1960, the activities of the EOKA, the period 1960–1964, the problems of the newly created republic and the 1974 division of Cyprus. Only rarely do we find references to the earlier history of Cyprus and there are still only few objective academic papers showing the genesis of the conflict.

	The article presents the origins of ethnic conflicts of Cyprus, discussing the theories of the origin of the island’s first inhabitants, and the arrival of numerous Muslims on the island after the Turkish conquest in the 16th century. During the next three centuries, regardless of the subsequent developments, peaceful coexistence and fruitful cooperation of  oth communities – Christians and Muslims – are an authentic historical event and are not subject to any doubts. The situation began to change after the begining of the so-called “Cultural war” caused by, among others things, by spreading the idea of Great Greece. The takeover of Cyprus by the British in 1878 only strengthened the hopes of the Greek Cypriots of joining the island to Mother Greece, which resulted in the rise of nationalist feelings, both among Greek and Turkish Cypriots, and eventially led to the outbreak of the first ethnic conflicts in 1912.},
doi = {10.4467/2543733XSSB.17.003.9978},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/ssb/artykul/geneza-i-poczatki-konfliktow-etnicznych-na-cyprze-do-roku-1912}
}