The Cyprus Question and the Turkish Position in International Law / Edition 2

by Zaim M. Necatigil

Overview

The question of who should govern the island of Cyprus remains an intractable problem in world affairs. This important book sets out the Turkish position principally from a legal standpoint, but also draws on significant historical, political, and diplomatic sources. Necatigil examines the recent history of Cyprus and details the international law aspects of developments since 1963.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198258469
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/29/1993
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	538
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.81(h) x 1.46(d)

Table of Contents

	List Of Figures	xv
	Chronology Of Events	xvii
1.	The Birth Of The Cyprus Republic	1
1.	Introduction	1
2.	British rule	3
3.	The Treaties and the Constitution	14
4.	The breakdown of the Constitution	20
5.	The Akritas Plan	26
6.	Why Enosis?	29
2.	The Uneasy Years 1963 1974	32
1.	The intercommunal hostilities	32
2.	Kokkina--Mansoura fighting and action by the Turkish air force	41
3.	Attack at Ayios Theodoros	43
4.	Intercession, mediation, and peacekeeping	45
5.	UN Mediator's report	52
6.	Emergence of a Greek Cypriot Administration	53
7.	Violations of the 1960 Constitution and the doctrine of 'necessity'	56
8.	Cyprus Turkish Administration	65
9.	Status of the Treaties and the 1960 Constitution	68
3.	Intercommunal Negotiations 1968-1974	76
4.	Turkish Intervention And Its Aftermath	86
1.	Dispute over Enosis	86
2.	The coup	89
3.	The legal effect of the coup	92
4.	Turkish intervention	94
5.	The Geneva Conference	96
6.	Events leading to the second round of military operations	99
7.	Developments on the Greek side	101
8.	Evolutionary developments on the Turkish side	104
5.	The Treaty Of Guarantee	108
1.	Introduction	108
2.	Attitudes of the parties as to the validity of the Treaty	110
3.	The Treaty of Guarantee and international law	116
4.	Article 103 of the UN Charter	127
5.	Intervention or intercession?	129
6.	Human Rights In Cyprus	133
1.	1963-1974 period	133
2.	1974 and after	136
3.	The Europcan Commission of Human Rights and Cyprus	140
7.	The Intercommunal Negotiations	151
1.	Towards a 'federal' state	151
2.	The period 1975-1977	154
3.	Turkish Cypriot proposals of 1978	159
4.	The American Plan	161
5.	Denktash-Kyprianou summit	162
6.	Opening statement of the UN Secretary-General	163
7.	Turkish Cypriot proposals of August 1981	164
8.	Greek Cypriot proposals of 1980-1981	167
9.	Waldheim ideas	170
8.	An Evaluation Of The Intercommunal Talks	174
1.	Conceptual differences	174
2.	Confidence-building measures	180
3.	Internationalization of the Cyprus problem	182
9.	Towards Declaration Of Statehood	184
1.	Graeco-Turkish relations	184
2.	Attitudes towards the intercommunal talks during the years 1982-1983	185
3.	The Non-aligned Conference	188
4.	The breakdown of the talks	188
5.	United Nations debate and resolution 37/253	190
6.	The after-effects of the UN resolution	194
7.	The UN Secretary-General's 'indicators'	196
8.	Declaration of statehood	202
10.	Self-Determination	205
1.	Self-determination under international instruments	205
2.	Self-determination as a CSCE principle	207
3.	Scope of self-determination	208
4.	Is self-determination a legal right or a political principle?	213
5.	Application of the principle to 'peoples'	215
6.	Integrity of states and self-determination	218
7.	Differing views as to the application of the principle in Cyprus	221
8.	Final evaluation and conclusions	225
11.	Statehood And After	234
1.	Reactions to declaration of statehood	234
2.	Denktash proposals	246
3.	Kyprianou 'framework'	248
4.	Making the Constitution of the new state	250
5.	Escalation of tension	253
6.	New recourse to the UN	256
7.	The Secretary-General's mission of good offices	259
12.	The 'Proximity Talks'	271
1.	The first round	271
2.	The second round	276
3.	The third round	281
4.	The summit	287
5.	Prospects for the future	295
13.	The Constitution Of The Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus	296
1.	Introduction	296
2.	Characteristics of the Constitution	297
3.	Basic rights and freedoms	298
4.	The Legislature	300
5.	The Head of State	302
6.	The Executive	303
7.	The Judiciary	304
8.	The Office of Audit	306
9.	The Attorney-General's Office	306
10.	The Public Service Commission	307
11.	Conclusions	308
14.	Statehood And Recognition	310
1.	Statehood	310
2.	Recognition of states and governments	314
3.	The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and recognition	317
4.	States created as a result of use of force	322
5.	Independence	326
6.	Why the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not recoguized	329
15.	Developments After The Summit Of 1985	331
1.	Reactions and recriminations	331
2.	29 March 1986 document	334
3.	Suggestions for an international conference	338
4.	Cyprus and the European Community	341
5.	The Aegean dispute	345
6.	The Foreign Affairs Committee Report	347
7.	Improvement of relations	348
16.	The Last Phases Of The Intercommunal Negotiating Process	354
1.	The First three rounds	354
2.	Summit meeting in New York	363
3.	Indirect talks	370
4.	Positions of the parties on key issues	375
5.	An evaluation	387
6.	'Set of ideas'	393
7.	Confidence-building measures	401
8.	Conclusions	408
9.	Postscript	414
	Appendices
1.	The Akritas Plan	424
2.	UN Security Council Resolution 353 (1974)	432
3.	The Geneva Declaration of 30 July 1974	434
4.	General Assembly Resolution 3212 (XXIX) of I November 1974	437
5.	Security Council Resolution 367 of 12 March 1975	439
6.	UN Security Council Resolution 541 (1983)	441
7.	Agenda for the Third Round of the UN Secretary-General's Proximity Talks on Cyprus, 1984	443
8.	Draft Framework Agreement on Cyprus presented by the UN Secretary-General on 29 March 1986	447
9.	Letter dated 29 March 1986 from the UN Secretary-General	453
10.	Opening Statement of the Seeretary-General of 29 June 1989	455
11.	Opening Statement of the Secretary-General of 26 February 1990	459
12.	Statement by the Secretary-General of 2 March 1990	465
13.	Statement by the Secretary-General to the Security Council of 8 March 1990	467
14.	Security Council Resolution 649 (1990)_of 12 March 1990	472
15.	Security Council Resolution 716 (1991) of 11 October 1991	474
16.	Set of Ideas on an Overall Franework Agreement on Cyprus	476
17.	Security Council Resolution 774 (1992) of 25 August 1992	492
18.	Security Council Resolution 789 (1992) of 24 November 1992	494
19.	Security Council Resolution 889 (1993) of 15 December 1993	497
20.	Security Council Resolution 939 (1994) of 29 July 1994	499
	Selected Bibliography	501
	Index	502
	Figures
1.	Greek Cypriot territorial proposals put forward at Vienna, March-April 1977	158
2.	Map submitted with the Turkish Cypriot proposals of 5 August 1981	166
3.	Map attached to the Set of Ideas	491