Experiences of interviewing secondary victims of frozen conflicts: Cyprus case
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This article shares the experiences of interviewing the relatives of the missing persons whom are the secondary
victims in the context of the decades long frozen conflict of Cyprus. Issues of identity of the interviewees and the
researcher and ethics in interviewing the people living in divided societies will be examined. The Turkish and Greek
Cypriots, continue to live with the agony of missing persons. They are anxious to find out the fate of their loved ones,
waiting for Committee of Missing Persons to finalize all the cases of the missing persons. The irresolvable situation tends
to block families’ cognition, coping and stress management, and freeze the grief processes. Process of interviewing
secondary victims still grieving is accompanied with the context specific challenges. In this research beside the
challenges of interviewing secondary victims of divided Cyprus, the feelings and thoughts of the interviewees, findings
and results of the interviews are shared.
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yazarlar
Hasibe Vehbi Şahoğlu
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Cyprus
Yayımlanma Tarihi
30 Nisan 2019
Gönderilme Tarihi
8 Nisan 2019
Kabul Tarihi
21 Nisan 2019
Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2019 Cilt: 5 Sayı: 10