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Erdogan's won bet in the northern part of Cyprus

2020-10-20T16:49:02.047Z


Nationalist Ersin Tatar, supported by the Turkish president throughout the campaign, won the presidential election there on Sunday.


Bet won for Erdogan.

With the surprise election of a Proturc nationalist at the head of the North Cypriot, Ankara can claim victory.

First in the second round on Sunday, October 18, Ersin Tatar, prime minister of the government, was not the favorite.

According to forecasts, the outgoing Social Democratic president, Mustafa Akinci, had every chance of being re-elected.

It is the strong participation of 67.29%, especially from Turkish voters from Anatolia, which would have contributed to the victory of his rival, with 51.99% of the vote.

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In the midst of the Turkish-Greek crisis around the Mediterranean basin, the influence of the presidential palace also seems to have weighed heavily in the balance.

“You know what happened in this election,”

the loser was quick to declare in a thinly veiled allusion to Turkish interference.

During the election campaign, the shadow of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has continued to float over northern Cyprus, occupied by Turkey since

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Source: lefigaro

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