Moderate Akinci wins Turkish-Cypriot leadership runoff
euronews (in English)
2015-04-27
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Turkish Cypriots have elected a new leader – he is Mustafa Akinci who has won with just over 60 percent of votes.
The leftist moderate who was standing as an independent has promised to push for a peace deal on Cyprus.
Moderate Mustafa Akinci elected leader of breakaway Turkish Cypriots in ethnically divided Cyprus: http://t.co/5r3GjE61ml— The Associated Press (@AP) April 26, 2015
The island was divided in 1974 by a Turkish invasion staged in response to a short-lived Greek-inspired coup staged to secure a union with Greece.
In his victory speech Mustafa Akinci said:
“Remember what I said: No matter what they do, no matter what the threats, no matter the sweeteners(money) if the time has come for the change in a society, no power can stop that.”
Sixty-seven-year-old Akinci beat incumbant conservative Dervis Eroglu who had been elected five years ago.
One voter gave his view on why Akinci had won so convincingly:
“People (decided that they) want change immediately. On
The leftist moderate who was standing as an independent has promised to push for a peace deal on Cyprus.
Moderate Mustafa Akinci elected leader of breakaway Turkish Cypriots in ethnically divided Cyprus: http://t.co/5r3GjE61ml— The Associated Press (@AP) April 26, 2015
The island was divided in 1974 by a Turkish invasion staged in response to a short-lived Greek-inspired coup staged to secure a union with Greece.
In his victory speech Mustafa Akinci said:
“Remember what I said: No matter what they do, no matter what the threats, no matter the sweeteners(money) if the time has come for the change in a society, no power can stop that.”
Sixty-seven-year-old Akinci beat incumbant conservative Dervis Eroglu who had been elected five years ago.
One voter gave his view on why Akinci had won so convincingly:
“People (decided that they) want change immediately. On
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