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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Northern Cypriots vote for new leader who can succeed in peace talks

By Simon Bahceli NICOSIA (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, hoping he or she will succeed in forging a peace deal with Greek Cypriots on the ethnically-split island. Opinion polls put conservative incumbent Dervis Eroglu in the lead ahead of the six other candidates. Other leading candidates are centre-left politician Sibel Siber, and leftist Mustafa Acinci, a moderate. "I want to wish the decision of the people will be good for all, not only for the Turkish Cypriots but for all inhabitants of this lovely island," Acinci told Reuters.


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