Article
Political Participation among Natives and Immigrants: Identity and Socio-economic Status within the Turkish Cypriot Electorate
South European Society and Politics
(2021)
Abstract
Based on an original survey (n = 1,017), this paper examines citizens’ participation patterns in the ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (‘TRNC’), a de facto state recognised only by Turkey. Since 1974 the ‘TRNC’ has been receiving a constant flow of immigrants from its patron state (Turkey). While Turkish immigrants make up a sizeable proportion of the electorate, they seem to be underrepresented in the political arena. Our findings show that, in determining the level of political participation, socio-economic factors are pre-eminent while having an immigrant background has only very limited effect and gender does not have any impact.
Keywords
- De facto states,
- Cyprus,
- ‘TRNC’,
- Turkey,
- patron states,
- settlers,
- voting,
- protest
Disciplines
Publication Date
2021
DOI
10.1080/13608746.2022.2117019
Citation Information
Enis Porat, Sertac Sonan and Omer Gokcekus. "Political Participation among Natives and Immigrants: Identity and Socio-economic Status within the Turkish Cypriot Electorate" South European Society and Politics Vol. 26 Iss. 4 (2021) p. 541 - 566 ISSN: 1743-9612 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/omer_gokcekus/63/