Nationality and citizenship in Cyprus since 1945: Communal citizenship, gendered nationality and the adventures of a post-colonial subject in a divided country

Mapping out the complex historical, structural, politico-legal and cultural setting that has generated a specific mode of nationality in the context of Cyprus is no easy task. In fact, we cannot speak of a nationality policy as such; such a policy has never been formally declared or publicly discussed, save for times in which the media hysterically criticised the granting of nationality. 1 It is, however, possible to deduce a policy from the practices since independence (Trimikliniotis 2005).