Anyone browsing through newspapers in Cyprus will see that conflict is the Conflict: good news, as it means Cyprus Conflict for the Cypriot press.” The Cypriot press “the tends to focus on Cyprus-conflict related news stories, and columnists write articles on it. The definition of the conflict in the Cypriot press is thus an important factor in the Cyprus conflict itself, as through the media each side considers itself the victim and blames the other side. Because of the nationalist character of the press in Cyprus, journalists are always on the side of what they understand as their state or nation, and evaluate the Cyprus conflict for its benefit. Thus the members of each community try to be on the side” against the “right side. “Other” The understanding/definition of varies from person to person in Cyprus, Peace: “peace” and there is no consensus on the definition of peace between the communities. There are similar examples elsewhere in the world; for example, what Israelis and Palestinians understand about peace. One can say that peace is different”; the definition of “every peace may not be the same for different people even if they are neighbors, as in the case of the communities in Cyprus. Some believe that there is peace on the island, whereas others do not; some believe that there is a cease-fire; others believe that there will be peace only if all of Cyprus enters the European Union. The reality of the island is that there is legally a cease-fire situation and Cypriots are suffering from a lack of political settlement; however, because of differences of interpretation, it is difficult to separate Turkish and Greek Cypriots’ definitions of peace. Each newspaper has a different definition: for instance, in the press in the north, the leftist Yenidüzen newspaper has a
Conflict: Anyone browsing through newspapers in Cyprus will see that conflict is the good news, as it means “the Cyprus Conflict for the Cypriot press.” The Cypriot press tends to focus on Cyprus-conflict related news stories, and columnists write articles on it. The definition of the conflict in the Cypriot press is thus an important factor in the Cyprus conflict itself, as through the media each side considers itself the victim and blames the other side. Because of the nationalist character of the press in Cyprus, journalists are always on the side of what they understand as their state or nation, and evaluate the Cyprus conflict for its benefit. Thus the members of each community try to be on the “right side” against the “Other” side. Peace: The understanding/definition of “peace” varies from person to person in Cyprus, and there is no consensus on the definition of peace between the communities. There are similar examples elsewhere in the world; for example, what Israelis and Palestinians understand about peace. One can say that “every peace is different”; the definition of peace may not be the same for different people even if they are neighbors, as in the case of the communities in Cyprus. Some believe that there is peace on the island, whereas others do not; some believe that there is a cease-fire; others believe that there will be peace only if all of Cyprus enters the European Union. The reality of the island is that there is legally a cease-fire situation and Cypriots are suffering from a lack of political settlement; however, because of differences of interpretation, it is difficult to separate Turkish and Greek Cypriots’ definitions of peace. Each newspaper has a different definition: for instance, in the press in the north, the leftist Yenidüzen newspaper has a
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