Sunday, July 28, 2013

Left Tipped to Win Snap Turkish Cypriot Vote — Naharnet

Left Tipped to Win Snap Turkish Cypriot Vote
by Naharnet Newsdesk 7 hours ago

Turkish Cypriots went to the polls on Sunday for a snap election expected to be won by the left after the collapse of the conservative administration of the breakaway north.

Opinion polls predicted that the leftwing Republican Turkish Party (CTP) would comfortably beat the nationalist National Unity Party (UBP) amid public anger over its austerity policies when in power.

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