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February 1975 the latter bodies set up a "Constituent Assembly", to draw up the
"Constitution" of the "Turkish Federated State of Cyprus"; this was approved by
referendum on the 8 June 1975 and published in the Officiai Gazette 17 June
1975. 91
The new "constitution" institutionalised planning early after its nominal
establishment in 1975. The transition to planned economic development was far
from immediate, due to the organisational problems involved in the immediate
aftermath of large-scale Turkish military intervention. Planning was, however, both
easier and more politically urgent than during the enclave era (1964-74), when the
spatially separate enclaves suffered from serious communication constraints. The
initial problems surrounding Statistical gathering and "state" planning after de facto
partition, was due to the continued movement of people. Turkish-Cypriot sources
claim 92
"half of the population of the Turkish Federated State of Northern Cyprus
had to be re-settled in the northern part [of the island from the south], and the
frequent movements of people rendered difficult the compilation of the required
Statistical data." Hence a "transitional programme" was prepared and implemented,
based on estimâtes. All data prior to 1977 is based on these estimâtes which were
compiled and backdated. Only after 1977 did systematic civilian Statistical gathering
get underway in earnest. Before 1977, more immediate and pressing priorities were
on the minds of administrators. Décision making at the time (1974-77) was probably
dominated by military and strategie objectives, securing ethnie homogeneity behind
the newly established UN Buffer Zone. Turkish, rather than Turkish-Cypriot
planners, dominated the initial phase of expansion of the Turkish-Cypriot economy.
Turkish economic policy has continued to play a key role in the economic policies
adopted by the "authorities " in the north, though the level to which the economy
91 Rustem 1987. op. cit., p.20-21.
92 "Turkish Federated State of Kibris", February 1979, Extracts From tlie First Five Year
Development Plan (1978-82). , "State" Planning Organisation, north Nicosia, p.2.
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