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Turkish Cypriot President assigns UBP head to form new gov't

Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc? has assigned National Unity Party (UBP) Chairman Hüseyin Özgürgün to form a new government, only a few days after the former government collapsed due to the UBP withdrawing from a coalition with the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces (CTP-BG). 

Turkish Cypriots vote in poll that could speed peace talks

Voters in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus went to the polls on April 26 to choose a new president in an election runoff that could speed UN-brokered reunification talks.

The incumbent president, Dervi? Ero?lu, and independent candidate Mustafa Ak?nc? gained the most votes in the first round but both failed to reach the 50 percent benchmark on April 19.