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From Akıncı to Arıklı: The TRNC Political Landscape in the 2020 General Elections

Written by: Serkan Birgel

This article profiles the main candidates in the upcoming presidential elections in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

This article profiles the main candidates in the upcoming presidential elections in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), scheduled for October 11th, 2020, with a likely second round on October 18th. The aim is to better understand the electoral atmosphere, the similarities, and the differences between candidates, and to help assess the impact of the election outcome on the future of the Cyprus Problem.

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