ABSTRACT
This chapter examines ideology through state apparatuses such as educational institutions. It shows that education was considered by the British government as the principal channel through which Greek nationalist ideas were transmitted, and therefore was a major concern. The chapter explores the cultural context wherein the national identity was shaped. It also examines the initiatives and policies of the British government in Cyprus that facilitated the transformation occurring in the Cypriot Muslims reluctantly accepting the Kemalist reforms introduced in the Republic of Turkey. In June 1937 the governor of Cyprus sent a letter to the Foreign Office with detailed information and comments on the potential for establishing a British university in Cyprus. The British government was confronted with the issue of polygamy because of marriages between Muslim Cypriots and Turkish citizens. In Cyprus, prayers in the mosque were used by the traditional section of the Muslim community to advertise their loyalty to the British government of Cyprus.
