The Cyprus conundrum: A new direction?
A couple walk past a UN guard post at the fence that divides the Greek and Turkish Cypriots areas in the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus on January 11, 2017 [File: AP/Petros Karadjias] Earlier this month, Northern Cyprus held its presidential elections amid heightened tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean. On October 18, Ersin Tatar of the National Unity Party won 51.74 percent of the vote in a tightly contested runoff against incumbent President Mustafa Akıncı. The election was percei...
Source: aljazeera.com