Author: Spyros A. Sofos, Assistant Professor in Global Humanities, Simon Fraser University

In the recent Northern Cyprus presidential election, an overwhelming majority of the Turkish Cypriot electorate rejected incumbent Ersin Tatar, backed by the Turkish government, and his hard-line two-state rhetoric. Opposition leader Tufan Erhürman’s landslide victory has revived hopes for a settlement on the divided island. Cyprus is an independent country and a member of both […]