Following its victory in the 2009 election, the National Unity Party, NUP - UBP returned to power, while in April 2010 its leader, Derviş Eroğlu, emerged from the polls as the leader of the Turkish Cypriots. Once again in its history, the NUP suffered a split, and lost power in May 2013, due to [...]
Following the signing of the Zurich and London Agreements for the Independence of Cyprus, a Transitional Commission / Government was established in April 1959, with seven (7) Greek Cypriots and three (3) Turkish Cypriot Ministers under Archbishop Makarios and Fazil Kucuk. The transitional period was expected to lead soon to the proclamation of an [...]
The first parliamentary elections were expected soon after the presidential election of 13 December 1959. However, disagreements in the negotiations to finalize the constitution and other arrangements relating to the British bases caused delays and the elections were postponed for a later date. It was originally reported that they would be held in early [...]
The election of Mehmet Ali Talat and the win of his party two months earlier coincided with a difficult period in the efforts to find a solution to the Cyprus Problem. The rejection by the Greek Cypriots of the Annan Plan one year earlier and the presence of Tassos Papadopoulos as President of the [...]
