Strangers at Home: Images of Turkish-Cypriot ‘Others’ in Contemporary Greek-Cypriot Fiction

Abstract

The de facto situation created by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus since 1974 hasn’t quashed the desire of Greek and Turkish Cypriots to live together in peace. Literature, namely Greek-Cypriot prose, remains the most propitious vehicle for this desire. Here, the “other” is Turkish Cypriot, has a distinct religion, and is frequently portrayed as different from the settler who came from Anatolia.