The Cyprus Issue from the Articles of Omer Sami Cosar (1954-1955)

• Main Author: Kayadelen, Faruk
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Turkish
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: sami
• Online Access: https://avesis.hacettepe.edu.tr/publication/details/e4249fe6-800e-4610-bf86-c485dfb0d4cc/oai

In this study, Cumhuriyet newspaper and the articles written by Omer Sami Cosar on the Cyprus Issue in his column in the referred newspaper, which are considered to play an important role in the context of molding public opinion and towards drawing the attention of the Government to this issue, in the process of the Cyprus Issue becoming a national case for the Republic of Turkey, were examined. Cosar tried to keep the struggle for existence of the Turkish Cypriot community alive on the public agenda, by responding to the biased articles about the Cyprus Issue in the international press and especially in the Greek newspapers, as if he were a Turkish government official. In his articles, he tried to convey the issue and the regional developments related to the issue to his readers and the Turkish politicians by thoroughly examining them. Cosar is an important writer in the history of the Turkish Cypriot struggle as regards living on the Island personally, preparing reports to warn the Turkish governments before the events of 1963 and conveying his impressions of the events and the conflicts not only in this period, but also after the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus. Cumhuriyet newspaper gave striking coverage to the news about Cyprus on the first page and in the headline. Omer Sami Cosar, on the other hand, discussed the events in his column on the third page, titled "Siyasi Icmal" meaning "Political Brief". The analysis was limited to the years 1954 and 1955, when the Turkish Government started to accept the Cyprus Issue as a national case, with the developments in the process of moving the Cyprus issue to an international dimension and also the great effort of the Turkish press. In order to make the study more intelligible, the Cyprus Issue in brief and the point of view of the Republic of Turkey on this issue until 1954 were put forward.