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The new prime minister of the Turkish Cypriot community, Hüseyin Özgürgün, said May 4 that his government supported the United Nations-brokered peace talks with the Greek Cypriot community to find a peaceful solution to the over-forty-year conflict. 

Amidst the ongoing peace negotiations to finally find an equitable and a fair solution to the age-old Cyprus problem, Turkish Cyprus has been facing a governmental crisis in recent months. The National Unity Party (UBP), the smaller partner in the coalition government, withdrew from the coalition led by the Republican Turkish Party (CTP) on April 2.

The European Parliament has advised making Turkish an official language of the European Union, building on the initiative by Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades, according to the EP's 2015 progress report on Turkey. 

National Unity Party (UBP) head Hüseyin Özgürgün has started his duty as the new prime minister of Turkish Cyprus, after the country's president approved of the new coalition government cabinet in the wake of the last government's collapse earlier this month.

Two Turkish Cypriot political parties announced on April 15 that they are set to form a new coalition government, in the wake of the last government's collapse earlier this month.

National Unity Party (UBP) Chairman Hüseyin Özgürgün said he has signed a protocol to form a new coalition with Serdar Denkta?, chair of the Democratic Party-National Forces (DP-UG).        

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). 

The recent fall of the government in Turkish Cyprus and the parliamentary elections in Greek Cyprus in May could have an impact on the United Nations-brokered peace talks on the divided Mediterranean island, Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc? has told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

Solving the dispute on the "little" divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus would also bring peace and prosperity to the crisis-riddled region, said Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Ak?nc?.

The Turkish Cyprus has plunged into a political crisis after the president accepted the prime minister's resignation following the withdrawal of the government's coalition partner, amid ongoing peace talks with the Greek Cypriot administration. 

One of Turkish Cyprus' coalition parties has withdrawn from the government in a move that could soon trigger new elections.

National Unity Party (UBP) Chairman Hüseyin Özgürgün said the party decided unanimously to withdraw from the government due to its inability to address the country's economic problems.