Ankara-backed nationalist ousts president in Turkish Cypriot poll
wing Turkish Cypriot nationalist Ersin Tatar celebrate his win in the presidential election in northern Nicosia/ Right-wing nationalist Ersin Tatar, backed by Ankara, scored a surprise victory in a run-off presidential election Sunday in breakaway northern Cyprus, ousting pro-reunification incumbent Mustafa Akinci. Tatar, who advocates a two-state solution on the divided island, won 51.74 percent, official results showed, ahead of Akinci, who had been tipped to win a second term. The self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was ...
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