The coalition government of the left wing Turkish Republican Party New Forces (Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi Birleşik Güçler) - CTPBG 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 was [...]
A number of developments in the five-year period that elapsed between the 1998 and 2003 elections significantly shifted the general context in Cyprus and revived hopes for an end to the division of the island. In internal Turkish Cypriot politics, Derviş Eroğlu and his National Unity Party (Ulusal Birlik Partisi) - UBP continued in [...]
The change in leadership, with Mehmet Ali Talat succeeding to Rauf Denktash in 2005, took place at a time when the omens for reunification of Cyprus were not very encouraging. The Republic of Cyprus adhered to the European Union in May 2004 without a solution to the Cyprus Problem and Turkish Cypriots felt cut [...]
The split suffered by the National Unity Party – UBP in mid-1992 led to 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. Following the 12 December 1993 election, a new situation emerged [...]
