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New emotive attachment to abandoned homes after 1974 Turkish Cypriot displacement in North Cyprus

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  • Burcu M. Esentepe
  • Kağan Günçe

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This article examines the development of Turkish Cypriot refugees’ new emotive attachment to abandoned homes, after 1974 Turkish Cypriot Displacement in North Cyprus. After the war in 1974, refugees were relocated into abandoned homes containing objects abandoned by Greek Cypriots, who were also displaced by the war. Using an ethnographic research method, the results suggest that Turkish Cypriot refugees have developed new emotive attachment to abandoned homes through collecting happy family memories over time. Accordingly, they decorated their homes with the family-related material objects as a mirror of their family memories experienced in both their current and former homes. Currently, abandoned homes are described as a family place where refugees are happiest, while it was an uncanny place in the beginning. Finally, this research suggests new directions for research that places emotions at the heart of a project to investigate the development of new attachment to abandoned homes in psychology and sociology.

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  • Burcu M. Esentepe & Kağan Günçe, 2024. "New emotive attachment to abandoned homes after 1974 Turkish Cypriot displacement in North Cyprus," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(11), pages 2852-2873, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:39:y:2024:i:11:p:2852-2873
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2228239
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