ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the theoretical concepts of the modernist school of nationalism study and makes two main points. It describes the urbanisation of the Muslim community of Cyprus took place as a by-product of the incentives that the British government imposed. The chapter argues that the modernisation of the Muslim community of Cyprus occurred in the context set up by the British government. It also argues that the transformation of the collective identity occurred because of the social and economic changes in the community's nature. This socio-economic change that took place and reshaped the reality of the Muslim community of Cyprus was planned by the British Foreign Office. The chapter focuses on Turkish Cypriot employment in government service. The police force, as one of the most fundamental elements in the state apparatus of oppression, was chosen by the British government to be composed overwhelmingly by the members of the minority community of Cyprus.
