Notes 1. Levy, J. S.(1992). Prospect theory and international relations: Theoretical applications and analytical problems. Political Psychology, 283–310. 2. It must be noted however that these were the positions prior to the incidence with the activities and actions of Turkey in the Republic of Cyprus Exclusive Economic Zone. Currently all political parties support the President’s decision to suspend the talks and it is unknown what their positions will be if and when this new status quo changes. 3. http://www.kktcb.org/print.aspx?id=2683(Accessed on 5/5/2014). 4. http://www.euronews.com/2014/07/18/the-ghost-town-of-cyprus-after-forty-years-of-division/(Accessed on 21/11/2014). 5. http://www.kpdailynews.com/index.php/cat/35/news/1044/PageName/CYPRUS_LOCAL_NEWS (Accessed on 21/11/2014). 6. Xydis, S. G.(1973). Cyprus: Reluctant Republic, The Hague: Mouton. 7. Constantinou, M.(2006). Reasons of state and the constitutional logic of quasi-stateness: the post-colonial contradictions of Cyprus's integration in the European confederation. Postcolonial Studies, 9(3), 295-310. 8. Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat stated in 2007 that he“wished that Turkish Cypriots organize themselves to return Cypriot passports to the Greek Cypriots”. Available at: http://www.milliyet.com. tr/2007/01/04/dunya/dun01.html(Accessed on 17/2/2014). 9. Dervis Eroglu stated in 2010 that his party prepared a draft law on prohibiting Republic of Cyprus’ Passport. See http://www.kibrispostasi.com/index.php/cat/35/news/33504(Accessed on 17/2/2014). 10. The Immovable Property Commission describes its aim on its official website as follows:“The purpose of the Immovable Property Commission North Cyprus is to establish an effective domestic solution for claims relating to any abandoned properties in the(TRNC) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus after the troubles in 1974”. See http://immovablepropertycommission.org/default.aspx(Accessed on 17/2/2014). 11. See the statement by president Demetris Christofias, Cyprus News Agency, News in English, 28 April 2010. Quoted by HR-NET: http://www.hri.org/news/cyprus/cna/2010/10-04-28_1.cna.html(Accessed on 17/2/2014). 12. See official Website of CMP: http://www.cmp-cyprus.org/about-the-cmp/origins/(accessed on 26 February). 13. See official Website of CMP: http://www.cmp-cyprus.org/about-the-cmp/origins/(accessed on 26 February). 14. http://www.undp-pff.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=140 (Accessed on 19/2/2014). 15. There were also cases in which the respondents from some official circles did not directly express their views on the issues but the research team members collected the necessary data through interviews with lower level bureaucrats. 16. A letter explaining the aim of the survey with introductory remarks was sent to the respondents before conducting a face-to-face interview. For the whole text of the letter see Appendix II. 17. The 11 February 2014 Joint Declaration by the two leaders explicitly questions and rejects the status quo. 18. During the interviews the research team observed no exception to this understanding. 19. It is important to note that these two religious sites do not only have crucial importance for the members of the two communities but also to the wider Christian and Muslim civilizations. 20. The Republic of Cyprus has been accepted by the international community as the only legitimate authority over the territories of Cyprus which has no de facto authority in the northern part of the island. For the position of the EU, for example, see the Treaty of Accession of Cyprus-Protocol 10. 21. According to the official views of the Republic of Cyprus,“The‘airport’ of Tymbou(so-called‘ERCAN’) is an illegally operating airport situated in the occupied part of the Republic of Cyprus. The Government of Cyprus, as the sole competent authority to designate airports in Cyprus that are open to international 41