@article{article_635885, title={HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS DIPLOMACY AS A MEANS OF CRISIS RESOLUTION TOOL IN THE CYPRUS DISPUTE}, journal={Türk Dünyası Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi Yakın Tarih Dergisi}, volume={1}, pages={57–66}, year={2017}, author={Metintaş, Melike and Metintaş, Mustafa Yahya}, keywords={Cyprus,Diplomacy,Cyprus conflics,Johnson letter,Negotiation}, abstract={<p>By definition, diplomacy aims to solve conflicts and disputes that nations experience between each <br>other with the ways of negotiation or mediation and also aims to prevent violence between states. At <br>the same time, diplomacy opens the way for the sides to profit without giving any loss. It is possible to <br>come to the following approach through these definitions and functions about diplomacy; diplomacy is <br>also a means of peace-making. It is even one of the biggest goals of this diplomacy. On the other hand, <br>it is not possible to say that this goal is 100% successful in practice. It is seen that diplomacy is <br>sometimes inadequate about peace-making in most cases that took place in world political history. In <br>this context, the Cyprus issue has passed into the history of the world as a very long and laborious <br>process of diplomacy. In most negotiations in Cyprus issue, peace-making which is the main aim of <br>diplomacy, has been inadequate. In this study, the success of the diplomacy on making peace and <br>persuading the parties will be evaluated on the Cyprus issue. <br> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Eskişehir Osmangazi University}