TRACES OF NATIONALISM AND IDEOLOGICAL MORPHOLOGY: EMOTIONAL POLITICS AND CEREMONIES AMONG TURKISH CYPRIOTS IN THE 1950s

Öz

This article examines nationalism studies not from an ideological or doctrinal perspective, but as a flexible morphology shaped and reproduced according to context. Michael Freeden’s ideological morphology approach has enabled us to demonstrate how fundamental concepts of nationalism, such as collective identity, sovereignty and homogeneity, are reconfigured in different historical and cultural contexts. In 1950s Cyprus, Turkish Cypriots redefined this discourse during the re-establishment of post-colonial power relations. The theoretical framework emphasises the emotional and political interactions between nationalism and the institutions of modernity. Where modernity and emotion intersect, nationalism is a reborn structure – sometimes ideology, sometimes reflex, sometimes silent ritual. Empirically, the study is supported by discourse analysis of Hansard parliamentary minutes, the period press, and secondary sources. This method demonstrates how nationalist ideology in 1950s Cyprus was shaped by both the British administration and local actors. In conclusion, by redefining nationalism in its historical context, the article proposes a holistic theoretical-empirical model that explains the continuity of ideological morphology through emotions, rituals, and symbolic performances.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Nationalism
• Ideological Morphology
• Cyprus
• Emotional Politics
• Postcolonialism.

Öz

Bu makale milliyetçilik çalışmalarını ideolojik veya doktrinsel bir bakış açısıyla değil, bağlama göre şekillenen ve yeniden üretilen esnek bir morfoloji olarak incelemektedir. Michael Freeden’ın ideolojik morfoloji yaklaşımı, kolektif kimlik, egemenlik ve homojenlik gibi milliyetçiliğin temel kavramlarının farklı tarihsel ve kültürel bağlamlarda nasıl yeniden yapılandırıldığını göstermemizi sağlamıştır. 1950’lerin Kıbrıs’ında, Kıbrıslı Türkler sömürge sonrası güç ilişkilerinin yeniden kurulması sırasında bu söylemi yeniden tanımladılar. Teorik çerçeve, milliyetçilik ile modernite kurumları arasındaki duygusal ve politik etkileşimleri vurgulamaktadır. Modernite ve duygu kesiştiği yerde, milliyetçilik yeniden doğan bir yapıdır – bazen ideoloji, bazen refleks, bazen sessiz bir ritüel. Araştırma, Hansard parlamento tutanakları, dönem basını ve ikincil kaynakların söylem analizi ile ampirik olarak desteklenmektedir. Bu yöntem, 1950’lerin Kıbrıs’ında milliyetçi ideolojinin hem İngiliz yönetimi hem de yerel aktörler tarafından nasıl şekillendirildiğini göstermektedir. Sonuç olarak, milliyetçiliği tarihsel bağlamında yeniden tanımlayarak, makale duygular, ritüeller ve sembolik performanslar aracılığıyla ideolojik morfolojinin sürekliliğini açıklayan bütüncül bir teorik-ampirik model önermektedir.

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