A front page article in Politis newspaper
yesterday quotes government circles as saying that the government had
assurances from US, UN and Turkish Cypriot circles that Turkey was not going to
renew the NAVTEX and send out the Barbarosa again but wanted to give the
process a chance to work. The paper says the decision came from Erdogan’s
office rather than that of Davutoglu, who the US and the international
community find more amenable. It seems, the paper says, that once again Erdogan
has caught out the international community as happened with Biden’s visit and
the effort to open Varosha. The paper says this is because of forthcoming
parliamentary elections in Turkey and because the next few months before the
Turkish Cypriot elections are a dead period. It concludes by saying that any
developments will most likely happen after the summer.
Turkish Cypriot elections
An opinion poll has shown that Turkish
Cypriot leader Dervis Eroglu has a clear lead in the runup to the elections in
the north in April, according to Politis.
The polls give Eroglu 31%, CTP candidate Sibel
Siber 20%, independent candidate Mustafa Akinci 11%, and former negotiator
Kudret Ozersai 5%.
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