NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The election for the Turkish Cypriot leadership will go to a second round after none of the candidates managed to garner enough votes Sunday to avoid a runoff, authorities said, as talks to reunify the ethnically-split island of Cyprus are expected to resume next month.
The hard-line incumbent, Dervis Eroglu, and challenger Mustafa Akinci will vie for the leadership of the breakaway north in next week’s runoff. Eroglu edged out Akinci by a slight margin, according to an official statement.
Results show Sibel Siber, who was backed by the leftist CTP party, finishing third, marginally ahead of Eroglu’s former top adviser, Kudret Ozersay.