Turkish Cypriots elect new leader, reigniting hopes for renewed talks to heal Cyprus’ ethnic split

Hopes for a resumption of long-stalled talks to heal Cyprus’ decades-old ethnic rift have been buoyed after Turkish Cypriots elected a leader who campaigned on getting back to negotiating a two-zone ...
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Turkish Cypriots elect Tufan Erhurman in northern Cyprus polls

Opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman has won the presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), ...

PM Tatar wins North Cyprus presidential vote, says people want own state

Ersin Tatar, prime minister of the breakaway state of North Cyprus, won a presidential election runoff on Sunday with almost 52% of votes, in a result which could further strain ties with the Cypriot ...

North Cyprus prime minister, president compete runoff election

Turkish Cypriots in the breakaway northern Cyprus voted in a tight presidential runoff that pits two different views of ties with the rest of the island, and that could influence a broader territorial ...