Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen newspaper (10.08.12) reports that according to a survey carried out by Prologue Consulting Company on behalf of the Turkish Cypriot Journalists’ union, the most important problem in the Turkish Cypriot media is “ethics” and “quality”.

The survey was carried out by the method of face to face interviews with the participation of 192 journalists, 68.57% of whose work in the ‘public’ sector and 31.43% in the private sector. The Union’s chairman, Cenk Mutluyakali said that almost all journalists who are active in the occupied area of Cyprus, were interviewed.

 Asked which they think the best formula for the solution of the Cyprus problem is, the participants in the survey replied the following: 70.74% “United Federal Cyprus” (bi-zonal, bi-communal, politically equal as it is accepted by the UN), 22.87% “two separate recognized states in Cyprus” (confederation), 4.79% “continuation of the current situation” and 1.6% “unification with Turkey” (integration).

The paper writes that 69% of the journalists said they are “not hopeful” that a solution will be found and that only 9.9% said that they are hopeful.

The journalist noted that their most important problem is “freedom of expression” and “the working conditions”. 16.76 % of the journalists said that they have been receiving threats or warnings that could be perceived as threats during the execution of their profession