Voters In Turkish Cyprus Reject Erdogan-Backed Ex-Leader

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The Social Democratic opposition wins with nearly 63% of the vote in the northern part of the island and revives hopes for dialogue with the Greek government in the southern part of the island. ...

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Despite strong interference from Turkey, 63 percent of the voters in the Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus voted for the social democratic opposition candidate Tufan Erhürman in the presidential election on Sunday.

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Tufan Erhürman is a centre-left and pro-European politician, in favour of a federal solution for the island that has been divided for more than 40 years.

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The Republic of Northern Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey. In the presidential election, the incumbent, supported by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was now voted off. A possible turning point for the divided island.

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The opposition candidate Erhürman has clearly won the presidential election in northern Cyprus. Tatar, supported by Turkish leader Erdoğan, has been voted down. It could be the turning point for the divided island.

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The Turkish Cypriots this Sunday elected the Central leftist politician and until now opposition leader, Tufan Erhürman, as the new president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (RTNC), the entity only internationally recognized by Turkey but which controls the northern third of the island. It is good news for the supporters of the reunification of Cyprus, which has been divided since the 1974 war and is part of the European Union since 2…