Internally displaced persons and the Cyprus peace process

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2020-01-01
Psaltis, Charis
Cakal, Huseyin
Loizides, Neophytos
Kuşçu Bonnenfant, Işık
The article focuses on Greek Cypriot internally displaced persons and their attitudes towards the island's reunification talks. We utilize quantitative data from two representative sample surveys, conducted in 2016-2017, which probed respondents on their views on territorial readjustments, property provisions and power-sharing. Contrary to the current findings in the literature, internally displaced persons status is associated with higher levels of support for a negotiated peace settlement. The article examines the impact of anticipated threats and economic opportunities accompanying a settlement and suggests a set of institutionalized mechanisms to incorporate the views of internally displaced persons and other disadvantaged groups in future reunification talks.
INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW

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C. Psaltis, H. Cakal, N. Loizides, and I. Kuşçu Bonnenfant, “Internally displaced persons and the Cyprus peace process,” INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW, pp. 138–154, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/48610.