TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Missed Opportunity in the Cyprus Question? The Enosis Cum Dhekelia Base Formula and the Çağlayangil-Toumbas Talks (June-December 1966)
TT  - Kıbrıs Meselesi’nde Kaçırılmış Bir Fırsat Mı? Enosis’e Karşılık Dikelya Üssü ve Çağlayangil-Toumbas Görüşmeleri (Haziran-Aralık 1966)
AU  - Yellice, Gürhan
PY  - 2025
DA  - June
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.26650/iuturkiyat.1675664
JF  - Journal of Turkology
PB  - Istanbul University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2651-3188
SP  - 278
EP  - 305
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - This study examines the 1966 Çağlayangil-Toumbas negotiations, a critical turning point in efforts to resolve the Cyprus Question, and the “compromise-based solution” approach adopted by both parties. The momentum behind this initiative stemmed from the 1965 UN resolution, which reinforced Cyprus’s “independent” status and enhanced Makarios’s international standing. As Turkey and Greece began to experience a decline in their political and strategic influence over the island, both countries responded by pursuing a comprehensive settlement aimed at preserving their influence, preventing the escalating risk of war, and restoring the Lausanne balance. The negotiations focused on a formula proposing Enosis in exchange for granting Turkey a military base in the Dhekelia area (“compensated Enosis” cum “restricted Taksim”). Although the parties came close to agreement and even signed a goodwill protocol, the process ultimately failed. The study explores why the talks collapsed and whether they represented a missed opportunity for compromise in Turkish-Greek relations. The central hypothesis is that the process was a “missed opportunity” for Greece and a “balance preserved” for Turkey. The collapse is attributed primarily to political instability in Greece, Makarios’s refusal to cooperate, and Turkey’s insistence on a sovereign base as a non-negotiable condition.
KW  - Turkey
KW  - Greece
KW  - Cyprus
KW  - Çağlayangil
KW  - Toumbas
KW  - Enosis
KW  - Dhekelia
N2  - Bu çalışma, Kıbrıs Meselesi’nin çözümüne yönelik girişimlerde kritik bir dönemeç oluşturan Çağlayangil-Toumbas görüşmelerini ve bu süreçte tarafların benimsediği “uzlaşmaya dayalı çözüm” arayışlarını ele almaktadır. Bu arayışın ivme kazanmasında belirleyici olan unsur, 1965 tarihli Birleşmiş Milletler Genel Kurulu kararıyla birlikte Kıbrıs’ın “bağımsız” statüsünün ve Makarios’un uluslararası konumunun güçlenmesi; buna paralel olarak Türkiye ile Yunanistan’ın adadaki geleneksel siyasi ve stratejik etkisinin zayıflamaya başlaması olmuştu. Her iki ülke, Kıbrıs üzerindeki nüfuzlarını sürdürmek ve bir türlü sonlandırılamayan savaş riskini bertaraf etmek amacıyla kapsamlı bir çözüm arayışına yönelmişti. Bu bağlamda yürütülen müzakereler, Enosis karşılığında Türkiye’ye Dikelya’da bir üs verilmesini öngören bir formül (“imtiyazlı Enosis”/ “daraltılmış Taksim”) çerçevesinde şekillenmişti. Anlaşmaya çok yaklaşılmış, hatta bir iyi niyet protokolü de imzalanmış olmasına rağmen, süreç başarısızlıkla sonuçlanmıştı. Çalışma, bu görüşmelerin neden fiyasko ile sonuçlandığını ve sürecin Türk-Yunan ilişkileri bağlamında Kıbrıs sorununa dair gerçekten kaçırılmış bir uzlaşma fırsatı olup olmadığını sorgulamaktadır. Temel hipotez, bu sürecin Yunanistan açısından “kaçırılmış bir fırsat”, Türkiye açısından ise “kurtarılmış bir denge” anlamına geldiği yönündedir. Çalışma ayrıca, sürecin tıkanmasındaki en önemli sebebin Yunanistan’daki siyasi istikrarsızlık olduğunu, buna ek olarak Makarios’un ikna edilememesi ve Türkiye’nin Dikelya’da egemen bir üs talebini “olmazsa olmaz” bir koşul olarak görmesinin de müzakereleri sekteye uğratan başlıca etkenler arasında yer aldığını ileri sürmektedir.
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