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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 January 2009
Admission. Scholars wishing to work in the Archive should write directly to the director of the Department of Youth, Sports, and Cultural Affairs, Cyprus Turkish Federated State, Lefkoşa, Cyprus (for the present, at least, c/o Mersin 10, Turkey). They should define the nature of their proposed research clearly and precisely, although not so specifically as to limit their research; a brief statement regarding their academic background should be included. Limited photocopying and microfilming may be permitted by the director of the Archive. Photocopying is available at the Archive, although it is expensive by American standards. Microfilming is also available locally.
1 A copy sent to the director of the Archive may expedite the procedure.
2 Presently Mehmet Rifat, Erdoğan Saracoğlu, and Cevdet Mahmut, whose assistance in the preparation of this paper is gratefully acknowledged.
3 The records of the Sharia courts are discussed below in regard to the Evkaf Dairesi.
4 SirLuke, Harry, Cyprus: A Portrait and an Appreciation (London: George G. Harrap, 1957), pp. 90–93.Google Scholar
5 The Communist party and all related Communist organizations were officially banned by Order in Council No. 1543, dated August 16, 1933. See The Cyprus Gazette, 08 16, 1933, no. 2306, p. 534.Google ScholarThe Report on the Cyprus Force (1934)Google Scholar notes that “Communism is now very much less in evidence in Cyprus as far as external activity is concerned, though this may be largely due to the fact that most of the leaders are in gaol” (p. 18).
6 For example, Labor Supervision in the Colonial Empire, 1937–1943 (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943), p. 25.Google Scholar
7 The Report of the Department of Education for the School Years 1930–31 and 1931–32 (Nicosia: Cyprus Government Printing Office, 1933).Google Scholar
8 The Annual Report of the Department of Cooperation for the Year 1936 (Nicosia: Cyprus Government Printing Office, 1937).Google Scholar
9 Kokonoz was noted for its biting satires which were sufficiently well targeted to get Ahmed Tevfik sentenced to death by the Sultan's Courts in Istanbul. On Cyprus, however, the sentence was not carried out (Özoran, Beria Remzi, “Turkish Newspapers and Magazines Published in Cyprus: 1888–1915” [Ankara: Ayyildiz Matbaasi, 1969], pp. 8–9).Google Scholar
10 See, for example, the study based on Söz by Özoran, Beria Remzi, “Cumhuriyet İnkilaplari ve Kibris Türkleri,” in Türk Kültürü Araştirmalari, 7–10 (1970–73), 23–83.Google Scholar
11 The extent of these documents generally in the Başbakanlik Arşivi may be learned from Sertoğlu, Midhat, Muhteva Bakimmdan Başvekalet Arşivi (Ankara, 1955).Google Scholar
12 Questions regarding the contents of this library may be addressed to M. H. Altan.
13 Bedevi, Vergi H., “A Survey of the Cyprus Sher‘i Court Registers,” in Milletlerarasi Birinci Kibris Tetkikleri Kongresi (Congress of Cypriot Studies) (14–19 Nisan 1969)Google ScholarTebliğleri, Türk Heyet (Ankara: Türk Kultürürü Araştirma Enstitüsü, 1971), pp. 149–157 (hereafter cited as Congress of Cypriot Studies).Google Scholar At that time all were housed in the Etnografya Müzesi. Now only the oldest three, mentioned below, remain there. The rest have been removed to the Evkaf Dairesi. The researcher is advised that a volume that contains documents from three years, for example, may include only a few documents from one or two of the years. Complete transliterations into Latin letters of No. 2 and No. 3 have been prepared by Altan and may be consulted in the Archive.
14 On these records see the valuable article by Kabrda, J., “Les anciens registres turcs des cadis de Sofia et de Vidin et leur importance pour l'histoire de la Bulgarie,” Archiv Orientalni, 19 (1951), 329–392, 642–643Google Scholar; also the introduction to Ongan, Halit, Ankaranm Bir Numarah Şer'i Mahkeme Sicili, 1583–84 (Ankara, 1958).Google Scholar
15 Dizdar, M. Kemal, “Cyprus Evkaf,” Congress of Cypriot Studies, pp. 207–220, list on pp. 216–220.Google Scholar
16 Kibris Türk Müzesi Taş Eserler Bölümündeki Kitabelerden Seçme Örnekler, Kibris Türk Müzesi Yayini (Lefkoşa: Kibris, 1967).Google Scholar Comments on the tombstones are also published in “Ottoman Culture as Reflected in Tombs and Tombstones in Cyprus,” in Congress of Cypriot Studies, pp. 341–345.Google Scholar For further information on tombstones and inscriptions on Ottoman buildings, consult Çağdaş, C., Resim ve Kitabelerle Kibrista Türk Devri Eserleri (Lefkoşa, 1965).Google Scholar
