Unlu’s reference to Tatar’s wife Sibel Tatar comes after she had twice attacked the north’s ruling coalition’s attempts earlier in the year to legalise the wearing of hijabs by children at public schools in the north.
Former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar on Thursday evaluated the landslide election defeat which saw him removed from office in October, saying that the Turkish Cypriot people had refused to be “directed by others”.
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... monument to the Greek Cypriots who went missing during Turkey’s invasion of the island in 1974, and lamented what he saw as fellow former Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar’s contribution to the plan.
He also criticised Tatar, the candidate he had endorsed, describing elements of his campaign as “surprising”, and saying that “it is clear that we made very serious tactical mistakes during this process”.
Tufan Erhurman, the candidate favoring the reunification of Cyprus based on a federal model, has been elected as the Turkish Cypriot leader, unseating the pro-two-state solution incumbent, Ersin Tatar, in a massive and decisive victory.
Erhurman defeated incumbent President Ersin Tatar, who received 35.81% of the vote ... Huseyin Gurlek, whose name appeared on the ballot, had initially planned to run but withdrew his candidacy on Saturday in support of Ersin Tatar.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar stirred fresh controversy by calling for the “Turkification” of Greek Cypriot properties in the north through purchase, while reiterating his opposition to territorial concessions.
Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar was on Sunday reported to the police by the north’s supreme election council after allegedly breaking electoral law during a television appearance on Saturday night.