Transitional justice and acceptance of cohabitation in Cyprus

Psaltis, Charis; Loizides, Neophytos; LaPierre, Alicia; Stefanović, Djordje

doi:10.1080/01419870.2019.1574508

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“…Specifically, our representative sample reveals clear age differences on levels of prejudice, trust, and readiness for cohabitation. These trends go in opposite directions when comparing the two Cypriot communities, which is also consistent with some recent research in Cyprus (Psaltis et al, 2019). As a matter of fact, older people have experienced cohabitation in Cyprus and younger ones have not; however, whether they would actually opt for renewed cohabitation largely depends on their adherence to the official master narratives of the conflict, the current dominant political orientation of the community, and past political socialization during the respondent’s formative years in early adulthood.…”

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“…Two studies concluded that older Greek Cypriots mostly report extensive positive contact, but older Turkish Cypriots mostly report rare and fairly negative contact in mixed villages (Lytras & Psaltis, 2011; Psaltis, 2016). In a recent study, Psaltis, Loizides, LaPierre, and Stefanovic (2019) found that age correlated positively with acceptance of renewed cohabitation in the Greek Cypriot community; conversely, in the Turkish Cypriot community, a negative correlation was reported.…”

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“…In the context of Cyprus, there is research suggesting that older generations think differently about the Cyprus issue compared to younger generations (Latif & Sitas, 2012; Psaltis et al, 2019), and that they exhibit significantly different levels of prejudice and readiness for renewed cohabitation, with age effects going in opposite directions in the two communities. For example, Psaltis et al (2019) found that age correlated positively with acceptance of renewed cohabitation in the Greek Cypriot community; conversely, in the Turkish Cypriot community, a negative correlation was reported. In light of the work of Hodson, Costello, and MacInnis (2013), more prejudiced individuals might avoid contact more, but actually benefit more from contact once this takes place, compared to less prejudiced individuals.…”

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“…Accordingly, we expect to find prejudice and trust levels to relate with age in opposite directions in the two communities in Cyprus. In a recent study, using a large representative sample from both Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities, Psaltis et al (2019) explored the correlates of acceptance of renewed cohabitation. This study found that older individuals were more accepting of renewed cohabitation in the Greek Cypriot community; conversely, in the Turkish Cypriot community, older individuals reported less acceptance of renewed cohabitation.…”

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Intergroup contact and willingness for renewed cohabitation in Cyprus: Exploring the mediating and moderating mechanisms

Yücel

Psaltis

2019

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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One of the major challenges in divided societies is finding ways to overcome geographical partition by increasing readiness for cohabitation in mixed areas. Cyprus has faced a protracted situation of division (between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots) for the last 44 years. In this paper, we explore the role of intergroup contact (both quantity and quality of contact) in enhancing the willingness of members of these two communities to reestablish cohabitation, using representative survey samples from both communities. We hypothesize that such an effect is mediated by a decrease in the levels of prejudice between the two communities and an increase in the levels of trust. In addition, we hypothesize that the direct effect of intergroup contact and the indirect effect of intergroup contact through trust and prejudice are both moderated by age. To explore these hypotheses, we collected data from a representative sample of 502 Greek Cypriots and 504 Turkish Cypriots. The hypotheses are tested among the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot samples separately. In both samples, the results show that the positive effect of intergroup contact on willingness for renewed cohabitation is mediated by both trust and prejudice. There is also some support for the moderating effect of age for both the direct and indirect effects of intergroup contact.

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2019

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“…The school system as a transmitter of acceptable knowledge fails to present the facts from an objective point of view. Instead, teachers tent to produce and reproduce a more fictionalised version of history events presenting Greek Cypriots as the sole victimised community that is constantly under threat due to the violation of international law and human rights by the Turkish State (Spyrou, 2011;Philippou & Klerides, 2010;Psaltis et al, 2019). Unsurprisingly, primary and secondary education in the north also promotes a view that is ethnocentric and articulates a narrative portraying their communities as the victimised community.…”

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‘Educating for peace’: conflict, division and social work education in Cyprus

Ioakimidis

Neocleous

Zachariades

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European Journal of Social Work

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Social work practice and training in the context of political and ethnic conflict has seen renewed interest among scholars. Recent research has tried to shift focus away from simplistic interpretations of social work as an unshakably 'benevolent' profession. A recent emphasis on social work's colonial legacies and the structural causes of political violence provide us with important new directions on how to rethink and reshape social work education and practice in these contexts. Cyprus presents a very interesting, yet under-explored, case study as it remains an island de facto divided, along ethnic lines. The division has resulted in the physical and political separation of the two most populous ethnic communities (Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots). United Nations (UN)-sponsored peace talks have gained momentum in recent years. This paper offers the first systematic exploration of the views of social work students across both sides of the divide. Through a mixed-method approach, students were able to express their thoughts and beliefs on 'the other' and on social work in the post-conflict realities. The study confirms the contradictory nature of social work education in Cyprus challenges the futility of nationalism and argues for the importance of bi-communal social work partnerships.

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The secondary transfer effects of contact in facilitating peace in a frozen conflict: The case of Turkish immigrants in Cyprus

Ünver‐Aba,

Çakal

2024

Euro J Social Psych

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The present research focuses on the secondary transfer effect of contact, a relatively less researched dimension of intergroup contact, on reconciliation in the context of one of the most intractable and longest surviving interethnic conflicts in Europe, the Cyprus conflict. Currently, Cyprus is home to three groups with differential social, economic and political statuses: (1) disadvantaged low‐status Turkish immigrants, (2) simultaneously advantaged (relative to Turkish immigrants) and disadvantaged (relative to Greek Cypriots) Turkish Cypriots and (3) historically advantaged high‐status Greek Cypriots. Across two studies (Study 1 N = 270 and Study 2 N = 501), we test whether and how Turkish immigrants’ contact with Turkish Cypriots shapes Turkish immigrants' support for reconciliation and willingness to live with Greek Cypriots via attitude generalisation. We also investigate whether Turkish immigrants’ perceived ingroup reputation qualifies this process. Controlling for the effects of direct contact with Greek Cypriots, our results show that both quantity and quality of contact with proximal Turkish Cypriots were indirectly associated with greater support for reconciliation with them and more willingness to live with Greek Cypriots via positive attitudes towards the primary (Turkish Cypriots) and positive attitudes towards the secondary (Greek Cypriots), sequentially. Moreover, we found that the perceived higher ingroup reputation across the island positively moderated the indirect effects of primary group contact on support for reconciliation and willingness to live with Greek Cypriots. That is, more contact with the primary outgroup was positively linked to greater support for reconciliation with the distal secondary outgroup Greek Cypriots when perceptions of ingroup reputation were higher.

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Transitional justice and acceptance of cohabitation in Cyprus

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Cited by 13 publications

References 15 publications

Intergroup contact and willingness for renewed cohabitation in Cyprus: Exploring the mediating and moderating mechanisms

Intergroup contact and willingness for renewed cohabitation in Cyprus: Exploring the mediating and moderating mechanisms

‘Educating for peace’: conflict, division and social work education in Cyprus

The secondary transfer effects of contact in facilitating peace in a frozen conflict: The case of Turkish immigrants in Cyprus

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