İngiliz Güvenlik ve Dış Politikasında Kıbrıs

Abstract

İngiltere’nin Kıbrıs politikasının başta stratejik olmak üzere siyasi, ekonomik ve hatta sosyo-psikolojik unsurları vardır. Bu unsurlar da ulusal, bölgesel ve uluslararası düzeydeki şartlardan etkilenmiştir. Bu çerçevede İngiltere’nin Kıbrıs siyaseti ülkenin güvenlik ve dış politikası ile savunma doktrinine paralel dönemsel değişiklikler göstermiştir. Kıbrıs, İngiltere’nin Orta Doğu’da ‘büyük devlet’ olarak kalıcılığını sağlama çabaları bağlamında bir dönem askeri ve siyasi açıdan vazgeçilmez addedilmiştir. Ancak Süveyş Krizi sonrası ortaya çıkan şartlar Ada’nın bütününde hâkimiyet sağlama gerekliliğini ortadan kaldırmış, bağımsızlığın yolunu açmıştır. 1960 sonrası dönemde ise Kıbrıs siyaseti diğer iki garantör ülke ve artık bölgenin yeni hâkimi olan ABD ile ortak çıkarların belirlediği ilişkiler ve güç dengesi zemininde şekillenmiştir

Keywords

• İngiltere, Kıbrıs, İngiliz dış politikası, İngiliz güvenlik politikası, 1963 krizi, 1974 krizi

Cyprus in the British Security and Foreign Policy (1945-1974)

Abstract

British policy towards Cyprus has strategic, political, economic, and even socio-psychological components. All these components have been shaped by conditions at the national, regional and international levels. Against this backdrop, Britain’s Cyprus policy has displayed periodical changes in line with the former’s foreign/security policy and defense doctrine. For a certain period, Cyprus had been deemed militarily and politically indispensable for England in order to maintain its ‘Great Power’ status in the Middle East. However, post-Suez Crisis conditions eliminated the necessity to have the full sovereignty over the whole island and hence paved the way for Cyprus’ independence. After 1960, Britain’s Cyprus policy has been shaped by its relations with and the balance of power among the other two guarantor powers and the new hegemon of the Middle East, the U.S.

Keywords

• Britain, Cyprus, British foreign policy, British security policy, 1963 crisis, 1974 crisis

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