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

Abstract

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

Key words: Cyprus, environment, environment culture, democracy