"Court rejects Turkish Cypriot appeal to elect their own deputies
By John Leonidou
THE SUPREME Court has rejected an appeal from 78 Turkish Cypriots demanding their right to vote for their own Turkish Cypriot deputies in parliament.
The appeal, which was launched last July by lawyers Ali Erel and Mustafa Damdelen, called for activation of a separate electoral roll for Turkish Cypriots to vote for Turkish representatives at the House of Representatives.
But yesterday, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal, stating that the appellants were living in the occupied north under the wing of Turkish occupying forces and therefore did not have the right to vote in matters concerning the Cyprus Republic."
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