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"Steering toward federation means wasting Turkish Cypriots in the gears of assimilation," the nationalist leader asserted.

We spoke with academic and Cyprus Left Movement Foreign Affairs Secretary Abdullah Korkmazhan about the election results in Northern Cyprus and their significance for regional politics.

Erhürman, who received over 62% of the vote according to unofficial results, supports a "bi-zonal, bi-communal" federal solution to the Cyprus issue, whereas the incumbent president Tatar backs a two-state model aligned with Turkey’s foreign policy on Cyprus.