Source: The Guardian [UK]
“Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus. Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by nearly 27 percentage points – a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters. Tatar, whose five-year tenure had been dominated by the rallying cry of ‘a two-state solution’ to the Cyprus problem, picked up 35.8% of the vote against 62.8% for his opponent. In contrast to the moderate Erhürman, the hard-right nationalist had been openly backed by Ankara.” (10/19/25)