Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace

Veteran leftwinger Tatar Erhürman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify islandTurkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhürman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.Erhürman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by more than 30 percentage points – a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters. Continue reading...

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