ABSTRACT
Drawing from the emergent literature on urban spaces of exception, this chapter critically reflects on the formation process of urban 'spaces of exception' in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus, under Turkish military occupation since 1974. It argues that the conquest and ensuing Turkish occupation constantly produces an urban threshold between Famagusta and several competing spatial processes of encampment, exclusion and seclusion. The chapter focuses on the reflection around two circumscribed areas situated at the threshold of exclusion/inclusion that constitute and sustain Famagusta. In the context of Famagusta's overall spatial formation, a remarkable duality surfaces when juxtaposing the encamped varosha with the university campus. Both camp and campus are located on the rim of Famagusta, geographically and politically. Both operate as sites that were affected by the conflict and the subsequent encampment of Northern Cyprus. Famagusta is thus located between two exceptional sites that exemplify the dual dynamic of encampment and the way it manifests in Northern Cyprus.
