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 [...]
The results of the October 1991 by-election did not solve the problems caused by the refusal of the opposition to recognize the outcome of the May 1990 election, on the grounds that interference in the electoral process by Turkey altered the result; the allied opposition parties, which at first sight had the majority, received only [...]
