judge the status quo unfair.
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS · JULY 2026
Substance, Process and Intercommunal Relations
Greek Cypriot Public Opinion on the Cyprus Issue
A research platform presenting weighted findings from the July 2026 survey, with supporting graphs, research workbooks and methodological information.
Universities, research partners and funding
Executive Summary
What the July 2026 evidence shows
The survey depicts a society that overwhelmingly considers the present situation unfair, remains open to more than one constitutional alternative, prefers renewed diplomatic activity, and continues to experience limited everyday contact across the communal divide.
accept or tolerate a bizonal, bicommunal federation (BBF).
report at least some knowledge of what BBF is.
answer “don’t know” when asked about the fairness of the Crans-Montana convergences.
prefer an active route for renewed negotiations.
report no contact with Turkish Cypriots.
Public evidence 01
Substance
How Greek Cypriots evaluate the current situation, alternative constitutional arrangements, their own knowledge of BBF, and the fairness of the Crans-Montana convergences.
Figure 1. Acceptability of constitutional alternatives
The fairness item and the acceptability items measure different concepts. Acceptance includes respondents who support an option and those who could tolerate it if necessary.
Knowledge of BBF
84.9%report at least some knowledge
54.4%say they know it quite or very well
These are respondents’ self-assessments of knowledge, not the result of an objective knowledge test.
Figure 2. Fairness of the Crans-Montana convergences
Fair/unfair percentages are calculated among respondents expressing a substantive fairness judgment. “Don’t know” is reported among respondents answering the item, so the percentages have different denominators.
Public evidence 02
Hopes & Concerns
The figures below present respondents’ baseline answers on the hopes and concerns they associate with a possible BBF settlement, recorded before arguments about the settlement were presented.
Figure 3. Baseline hopes
Figure 4. Baseline concerns
Multiple responses were possible, so percentages do not sum to 100%.
Public evidence 03
Process
More than eight in ten respondents prefer an active route for renewed negotiations.
Figure 5. Preferred route for renewed negotiations
The three active routes sum to 82.8%.
Public evidence 04
Intercommunal Relations
Everyday contact remains limited, while average affect toward Turkish Cypriots is moderately positive.
Figure 6. Frequency of contact
Warmth and contact
57.5/100 mean warmth
55.6% are above the neutral point, 18.3% at neutral and 26.1% below neutral.
r = .327weighted contact–warmth association
BBF acceptance/tolerance ranges from 70.3% among those reporting no contact to 87.4% among those reporting weekly-or-more contact. These associations are correlational.
Integrated Research Report
Reading the findings together
The integrated report brings together constitutional acceptability, BBF knowledge, Crans-Montana evaluations, baseline hopes and concerns, process preferences, intercommunal relations and the methodology.
Methods and transparency
Research design
Final analytical sample.
Calibrated to CYSTAT 2021 by age, gender and current district of residence.
Kish design effect 1.86; design-adjusted benchmark approximately ±4.8 percentage points.
Self-administered online-panel questionnaire among resident adult Greek Cypriots.
Favourable opinion from the Cyprus National Bioethics Committee.
University of Cyprus · Director, UCFS.
Research repository
Reports and supporting workbooks
The downloadable workbooks contain aggregate research tables and methodological notes.