Inter-group contact
Coming from the Greek part on the island of Cyprus, Andri Christofides discovered during her studies in Belgium that her research on Cypriot national identity excluded half the population, i.e. the Turkish-speaking part of Cyprus. She crossed the buffer zone for the first time at the age of 24. Meanwhile in 2009, Hayriye Rüzgar decided to study political science and international relations due to her interest in the Cyprus conflict …