Deren Hasip

FAMREF012

Participants
Deren Hasip
Intervieweer(s)
Theo Xenophontos
Date and Location
July 13, 2023
Toronto, ON
Languages
English
Permalink
Project
Film as Mediator: Cultivating a Cypriot Canadian Community Audiovisual Media Archive
Reference ID
FAMREF012
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Categories
Tags
Decades Referenced
Locations Referenced
Cyprus; Limassol; Larnaca; Paphos; Troodos; UN Buffer Zone; Lefka (Nicosia District); Northern Cyprus; Canada; Mississauga; Winnipeg; Turkey; Greece; Dublin; Ireland; Azores; Portugal; Australia; New York City; London; The United Kingdom
Occupation(s)
Parents Occupation(s)
His father was in the Turkish Cypriot military as a teenager.

[00:00:44] Born in Canada, but raised in occupied Cyprus

[00:03:44] Describing Turkish Cypriot lifestyle and customs

[00:06:13] His father’s memories of pre-divided Cyprus

[00:11:24] Media and propaganda in occupied Cyprus

[00:14:38] Reasons for coming back to Canada

[00:15:56] Talking about his Irish mother

[00:19:28] Turkish versus Turkish Cypriot dialect

[00:22:23] Reason his father initially came here in 1973

[00:24:03] How all Cypriots coexist in Britain, but not here

[00:27:58] How Turkish and Greek Cypriots assimilated  

[00:31:35] His uncle’s memories of intercommunal conflict

[00:32:58] His father’s experience in the military

[00:36:42] How history was taught in occupied Cyprus

[00:39:08] Balancing Turkish Cypriot and Canadian cultures

[00:42:46] Turkish Cypriot community in Mississauga

[00:48:34] Interactions with the broader Turkish community

[00:52:25] Interactions with Greeks and Greek Cypriots

[00:56:23] Contextual nature of Cypriot identity

[00:58:46] Communication with family in Cyprus

[01:00:16] The importance of photography

[01:01:53] Digitization as integral to preserving culture

[01:05:37] Feeling disconnected from his Cypriot roots now

[01:08:00] Hopes for the future of Cyprus

[01:10:02] His experience in the south of Cyprus

[01:12:57] Photographic memories of his grandparents

[01:15:44] Photos from his childhood in occupied Cyprus