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Religion, politics and ethnicity in Cyprus during the Turkocratia (1571–1878)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Paul Sant Cassia
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This paper examines the relationship between religion, ethnicity and politics in Cyprus during the Turkocratia (1571–1878), the period of Ottoman rule. Its major thesis is that in the pre-industrial framework of Ottoman rule in Cyprus neither religion nor ethnicity were major sources of conflict in a society composed of two ethnic groups (Greeks and Turks) and following two monotheistic faiths(Christianity and Islam) in marked contrast to the recent history of Cyprus. In broad outline it closely parallels Gellner's thesis (1983) that nationalism is a by-product of industrialization, extensive education literacy and geographical and social mobility, and it seeks to show that the major cleavages in Cyprus were mainly intraethnic rather than interethnic.

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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , May 1986 , pp. 3 - 28
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Copyright © Archives Européenes de Sociology 1986

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