Turkish-held North Cyprus voted largely in favour of the pro-unification party in its parliamentary elections on Sunday (21 February).
With 44.45% of the final tally, the centre-left CTP party of North Cyprus' Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat won 25 of the parliament's 50 seats while the main opposition party took 31%, or 18 seats, with its leader calling the election a failure.
"The results signal that the Turkish Cypriots are for peace and unification," Mr Talat said according to...
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