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Cyprus The "TRNC"
Turkish Cypriots began developing a rudimentary foreign
policy
after 1963, focused mainly on public relations efforts to
explain
the communal perspective on the island's political
difficulties.
Two factors constrained the development of a Turkish
Cypriot
foreign policy. First, Turkish Cypriots lacked the
personnel and
resources to project themselves on the world scene.
Second, Turkish
Cypriot administrations, in their various forms since
1963, lacked
international recognition and were dependent on Turkey's
acting as
an intermediary to international opinion. The situation
changed
gradually after 1985, although Turkish Cypriot activism in
foreign
policy focused on expanding trade and political contact,
rather
than on the settlement process. The view of the Turkish
Cypriot
government was that less, not more, international
attention would
help a Cyprus settlement.
Data as of January 1991
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