The main feature that distinguished the 2025 election from that of 2020 was not just the number of candidates, but mainly the expected appeal of each one of them. Out of eight candidates in the 2025 contest, only two, the incumbent Ersin Tatar and Tufan Erhürman, leader of the Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyetçi Türk [...]
An interview to Michalis Michael, published in Haravgi The biggest part of the electorate is not moved by techniques aiming to impress; it has long since adopted an attitude of almost a cold observer. The most important element, which is ideas and meaningful policies, is absent from the debate and is not projected by the [...]
Trends and prospects for the election of the Turkish Cypriot leader We proceeded with a grouping of communities and Nicosia /Famagusta town-quarters according to the number of registered voters. We have four groups (arbitrary defined): Size over 2000 registered voters. This is 27 communities /quarters totalling 96195 voters or 48.35% of the electoral body. From [...]
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 [...]
