@article{article_919591, title={Constructivism and Diaspora: Turkish and Greek Cypriots in the United Kingdom}, journal={Journal of Anglo-Turkish Relations}, volume={2}, pages={50–66}, year={2021}, author={Akıncılar Köseoğlu, Nihan}, keywords={Diaspora, Social Constructivism, Turkish Cypriots, Greek Cypriots, United Kingdom}, abstract={This paper aims to pay attention to the effect of diasporas in hostlands towards the national identity formation in homelands. By applying constructivist approach, this paper wants to explain how the national identity is socially constructed and/or strengthened in Cyprus by the help of Turkish and Greek Cypriot diasporas in the United Kingdom. In order to do that Turkish and Greek Cypriots in the UK were investigated through their NGOs, print media and radio stations, and mainly through the ‘Cypriot Diaspora Project’ in detail. And then, the paper tried to answer two main questions. Firstly, ‘can Turkish and Greek Cypriots be defined as a single Cypriot Community in the UK, while they have always tried to separate themselves from each other in Cyprus?’. And secondly, ‘if they are regarded as a single community, can we expect that the change of ideas of Turkish and Greek Cypriot diasporas may lead to the change of attitudes in Cyprus in terms of unification under the influence of constructivist theory?’.}, number={2}, publisher={Behçet Kemal YEŞİLBURSA}