Migrations et mobilités dans le nord de Chypre, après 1974 : quelques indices

The self-proclaimed "Turkish Republican of Northern Cyprus" can be described not only (and indeed less and less?) as a "land of colonisation". This term refers to unilateral movements of populations effecting lasting implantations; it is too restrictive and fixed. Nor can it be described only as a "simple" land of "emigration" as towards Turkey, the UK or Australia). In fact, considering the movements of workers, of tourists and of businessmen, it appears that Cyprus has various fields and networks of migration which are deployed at different levels of time and space. It will be useful therefore to examine the dimensions, the functions and the possible links between these fields and networks, to reveal a "turbulent" northern Cypriot space, at the same time a place of passage or temporary stay, of holidays and of training, a secret forecourt of Turkey and (to a limited extent) a market.Pérouse Jean-François. Migrations et mobilités dans le nord de Chypre, après 1974 : quelques indices. In: Chypre et la Méditerranée orientale. Formations identitaires : perspectives historiques et enjeux contemporains. Actes du colloque tenu à Lyon, 1997, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, Université de Chypre. Lyon : Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, 2000. pp. 93-105. (Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient méditerranéen, 31