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economic sanctions, only acted to accelerate the extent to which Turkish-Cypriots<br />

created and developed their own institutions. By the time both Government policies<br />

were abandoned, any Turkish-Cypriots who believed in the expediency of economic<br />

co-operation with Greek-Cypriots, were increasingly marginalised. The relaxation<br />

of the sanctions allowed the Turkish-Cypriot leadership to co-ordinate the<br />

development of their separate economy, re-enforcing links with the "mainland" and<br />

integrating the separate economy which the force of circumstances had helped to<br />

create.<br />

Some analysis of the only available early economic statistics<br />

Progress in the Turkish-Cypriot community in the short period when the 1960<br />

Constitution was functioning was dramatic, according to one of the few surviving<br />

"officiai" records 81 . The economic performance of the infant economy in general<br />

was successful but, for the Turkish-Cypriot community, coming from a lower base,<br />

it was their most successful period of sustained growth in terms of per capita<br />

income.<br />

8l "Provisional Turkish Administration". 1970. The Economy of Cvprus and the Turkish Cvpriot<br />

Community Nicosia: Turkish Planning Organisation, pp.7-10, (written by Ozalp Sarica).<br />

151

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