@article{2012,title={RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND TURKISH SOCIETY IN CYPRUS IN THE PERIOD OF ATATURK (1923-1938)},abstractNode={Cyprus, of which sovereignty was given to England with the 20h article of Lausanne Peace Treaty signed in 24 July 1923, has not been on the agenda of Turkish public opinion and government politically political ly until 1950s. One of the most important reasons of this was that there was not a discussion on the status of the island. Also Foundation studies of the new republic-founded after the Turkish War of Independence leaded by Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) - and balances that were tried to be created in domestic with foreign policy became the reasons to follow the issues, which were closed definitely such as Cyprus, in the background. However cultural and social conditions of Turkish society living in Cyprus after the foundation of Turkish Republic were continued to be followed by Ataturk’s personal directives. In the period of Ataturk, the interest on the condition of Turkish society in Cyprus had been kept through the initiatives such as making interviews with the notable of Turkish society in Cyprus, supporting some issues economically, sending Turk teachers to the schools and opening Consulate in Larnaca after Lausanne Treaty. Also politically, careful but a more sensitive policy on the tendency of Turkish society in Cyprus towards the Republic of Turkey, newly founded at the point of gaining its social and political identity in this period, had been followed. Thus newly founded Turkish Republic continued to support Turkish society in Cyprus who were one of the Turks living of the National Oath (Misak-i Milli) politically, socially and culturally. In the article this relations of Turkey with Turkish society in Cyprus in the period of Mustafa Kemal ( Atatürk ) and initiatives of Ataturk on the issue of Cyprus will be tried to be analyzed by also utilizing some archieve documents.},author={Sibel AKGÜN},year={2012},journal={The Journal of Academic Social Science Studies}}