Assessment of the historical evolution of the environment in North Cyprus with regard to democratisation

Abstract

This study aims to research the law in terms of the democratisation of the environment, amendments in the law, parliamentarian activities for the democratisation of the environment, and contributions, as well as the attitudes of civil society organisations and the contribution of a randomly selected court decision on the democratisation process from 1983 to date. This study also aims to assess whether the changes realised in North Cyprus between 1983 and 2014 make any contribution to the democratisation of the environment. The document analysis method was used as the data collection method. As a result of the study, laws were found to have changed in the democratic sense, and the increase in the number of environmental civil society organisations working has made a contribution to the concept of the democratisation of the environment.

Keywords: North Cyprus, environment, environment culture, democracy