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This project examines the similarities in political practices among unrecognized states. These are entities that perform governmental functions while remaining unrecognized and 鈥渋llegal鈥� in the international arena. This liminal status gives them the trappings of a state without formal recognition. Hatay鈥檚 research explores how this liminality affects political culture and governance in such states. The project particularly examines the relationships between unrecognized states and their 鈥減atrons鈥� 鈥� Turkey in the case of northern Cyprus, Russia in the cases of Abkhazia and Transnistria 鈥� and how dependence on a patron state influences domestic politics.