ROMSO Cyprus Knowledge Base

Unite Cyprus Now (or UCN with its acronym) is a formation aimed at reconstituting Cyprus. Established on May 2017. By revealing the purpose of the "Gerçağı, empathizing, respecting diversity, consolidating solidarity and promoting a common future, the organization states that they support a federal solution that both sides will be understood and negotiated. On the past date, many peace-side walks and events have been organized. Andromachi Sophocleous in Greek interviews represents Kemal Baykallı organization in Turkish interviews.

The group requested leaders to return to the negotiation table by gathering in the intermediate area of the Lesbianer Gate in Long Way in Nicosia every day in May 2017. On this date, the group expressed that the island wanted to reconcile with a solution that he understood on two sides, yet he did not express a preference on the solution method. Participation in the actions of the group was relatively restricted compared to Annan Plan period. The name of the group came from the motto "Unite Cyprus Now", one of the most popular banner articles and slogans among activists in protests in this period. In 2017, Unite Cyprus Now activists traveled to the Crans-Montana peak for the solution of the Cyprus Problem with financial support they received from the Stelios Foundation.

Gregoris Yoannu, Unite Cyprus Now is a "reputablely liberal, centralist" movement, both the center left and the central right participants, wrote that "small but sufficiently stable" is a group.

The group continued to organize dialogue groups online in the period of COVID-19 pandemisi and launched trainings for young activists.

Source

Publications related to the topic
A PRIO Cyprus Centre publication that tells the history of the group
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-33200-6 6
Christiana Themistocleous, From public to digital spaces: linguistic Landscape mobileities of the 2017 Unite Cyprus Now reciprocations, Westminster University, 29 January 2020 Research seminar.