Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Νεότερη και Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Ιστορία: ελληνοβενετικός, οθωμανικός, νεότερος ελληνικός κόσμοςLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Vasileiadis Michail
Supervisors info:
Χατζηβασιλείου Ευάνθης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Καραμανωλάκης Ευάγγελος, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Πλουμίδης Σπυρίδων, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας και Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Εσωτερικές διαστάσεις του Κυπριακού: Αντιδράσεις του Κέντρου απέναντι στις εξελίξεις του Κυπριακού ζητήματος κατά το έτος 1956
Translated title:
Internal dimensions of the Cyprus problem: Reactions of the Centre towards the developments of the Cyprus Problem during the year 1956
Summary:
In Greek politics, foreign policy matters and accusations of treason have often been used as a weapon in the competition between political parties. Especially when it comes to matters deemed of great importance, such as those regarding territorial claims, each political faction strives to sway the public opinion in its favor, in order to bolster its political influence against any other rival faction. In this essay I will examine and discuss the way that the Greek Centre reacted against the various developments regarding a very important foreign policy matter – the Cyprus problem – in the year 1956. Having done research on the Greek daily Press, the minutes of the parliamentary sessions in which issues regarding Cyprus were discussed, as well as archival material, I argue that, throughout the year in question, the Centre tried to make the government of the Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis appear as unfit to handle the Cyprus problem, for reasons varying from mere incompetence to blatant treason. In this way, I argue, the Centre aspired to capitalize on the emotional state of the Greek public opinion – as the Greeks had been deeply moved by the efforts of the Cypriots to achieve enosis (union) with “Mother Greece” – in order to gain political benefits.
Main subject category:
History
Keywords:
Cyprus Problem, Centre, Press
Number of references:
258
