The coalition government of the left wing Turkish Republican Party – CTP and the conservative Democratic Party – DP, formed after the elections of December 2003, collapsed only one year later, which led to early elections. The momentum gained by left wing parties in late 2003 were rather weak, as prospects for finding a [...]
The five-year period that elapsed between the 1998 and 2003 elections was marked by numerous events that significantly shifted the general context in Cyprus. In internal Turkish Cypriot politics, Derviş Eroğlu and his National Unity Party - UBP continued in power, this time with a new coalition partner, the Communal Liberation Party – TKP, [...]
The change in leadership, with Mehmet Ali Talat succeeding to Rauf Denktash in 2005, took place at a time where the omens were not very encouraging. The Republic of Cyprus was a member of the European Union since May 2004 without a solution to the Cyprus Problem and Turkish Cypriots felt cut off the [...]
The split suffered by the National Unity Party – UBP in mid-1992 and the foundation of the Democratic Party – DP, a by-product of a rift between the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community Rauf Denktaş and the head of the government Derviş Eroğlu, produced a new situation in the political life of the [...]
