US EditionThis weekend's election in a European country no one recognises: North Cyprus
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In northern Cyprus, which only Turkey recognises as a country, people are voting for a new president on Sunday. Erdoğan's influence there is great – even if his candidate is back in the polls.
This weekend's election in a European country no one recognises: North Cyprus
The election in North Cyprus (recognised only by Turkey) has two protagonist candidates — the pro-Turkey ally of Erdoğan, Ersin Tatar, who insists that the only solution to the Cyprus problem is a two-state solution, and the pro-Europe opposition-backed Tufan Erhürman, who wants to return to negotiations based on a federal, reunited Cyprus.
One of the candidates running in the TRNC presidential elections is Tufan Erhürman, the leader of the opposition Republican Turkish Party (CTP). Although the office he aims to hold is called the TRNC Presidency, Erhürman doesn't have the word "TRNC" in his vocabulary.
TRNC Supreme Election Board President Bertan Özerdağ stated that the software program to be used in the election is not subject to external intervention.
The presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on October 19th has already gone beyond an ordinary leadership contest. It is a referendum on strategy and identity: Will the Turkish Cypriot community further deepen its goal of "sovereign equality" and move towards a two-state solution, or will it embrace a bi-zonal, bi-communal vision within the framework of United Nations (UN) parameters? The post "TRNC at the Crossr…
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