Tag: Mahmut Özçınar

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,  By  T-VINE
TRNC Local Elections 2022: UBP’s Mahmut Özçınar wins record 7th term, but opposition take big 3 cities

North Cyprus’ left wing opposition parties emerged victorious from Sunday’s Local Elections, after their candidates came first in the three big Mayoral races. Incumbent Mehmet Harmancı of the Communal Democracy Party (TDP) won comfortably in the capital Lefkoşa, while candidates for the main opposition Republican Turkish Party, Murat Şenkul and Süleyman Uluçay, won hard fought […]

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,  By  John Oakes
Will Greek Cypriots’ Güzelyurt/Morphou demands wreck the Talks?

The future of the UN Cyprus Peace Talks has been threatened by renewed Greek Cypriot demands for the return of Güzelyurt/Morphou, now part of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Speaking on Sunday 14 August, Averof Neophytou, leader of DISY, currently the ruling party in the Greek Republic of Cyprus (RoC), said it would reject […]