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[Cyprus Times] The T/C Press on the results of the "parliamentary elections" in the occupied territories

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The results of the early "parliamentary elections" are the main issue on the front pages of Turkish Cypriot newspapers.

According to the Press and Information Bureau, theGouness, which is pro-CEE, headlined "We have been strengthened" refers to the statement by Sucjuoglu last night that the CCP finished first in the "elections" and will start working to form a "coalition government".

Under the headline "CEC and PTK increased their votes", the left-wing Yeni Bakis writes that the two parties increased their percentages compared to the 2018 "parliamentary elections", while the other parties showed a decrease.


Under the headline "Citizens are happy with their situation!!", Haberator writes that the president of the KDP, Cemal Ozyit, said he decided to resign due to his party's failure in the "elections".

Headlined "Another bullet in its own foot from the community", Avrupa writes that around 85,000 voters did not go to the polls, over 2,000 votes were considered invalid. She points out that the highest turnout was recorded in Tricombe with about 62%. He comments that "Ankara, which redesigned the community, handed over the service to two parties, downsized the other parties which it considers reserve and spared the PP without Serdar [DENKTASH]. The biggest surprise was the fact that the KDP was left out of parliament. Cemal Ozyit said he would resign as party chairman. The government is once again left to the JCDC."

The Detai headlined "Towards a coalition"[/B] writes that two parties emerged strongly from the ballot box, the JCD, which came first by a margin approaching 40 percent, and the PTK, which topped 30 percent.

The Dialloğ under the headline "People's expectation of a stable government" writes that three of the eight parties failed to pass the electoral threshold to enter the "parliament". It also notes that the January 23 "election" was the "election" with the lowest voter turnout in the political history of occupied Cyprus.

The newspaper's editor, Resat Akar describes as a result of the politics of the leftist parties, except for the PKK, the fact that the CEC came first and can form the new "coalition government" with little support from another party. "Everyone must understand that statements against Turkey have not paid off for the tdvk and will not pay off in the future. The Turkish Cypriot people know that there cannot be a tdvk without Turkey and most voters continue to vote for the CEC for this reason. The people have an attitude in favour of strong relations with Turkey. The message from yesterday's election results is in this direction," he said.



Jenq Mutluyakali, director of Yeni Dusen, which is pro-PTK, writes today that the CEC increased its numbers despite the poverty, deprivation, shallowness and mediocrity that prevails in the occupied territories and argues that the CEC wins when the occupied part of Cyprus closes in on itself and loses whenever they turn their face to the world. He notes that one of the major winners of the "elections" is the PKK and that the result of the boycott was that the KDP failed to overcome the "electoral" measure, which paid the heaviest price in the face of Mustafa Akinci's defeat and fatigue.

The writer describes as significant the decline in the voter turnout rate over the last 20 years from 86% to around 58%, despite the increase in voters. "I hope this message has gone where it needs to go in relation to the loss of the will" of the Turkish Cypriot community, he adds.

Referring to the loss of the CL's vote, the columnist argues that this was expected, and claims that the settler CA managed to enter the "parliament", despite predictions to the contrary, due to the votes of "refugees and the poor", as he describes the settler population from Turkey.

He adds about the settlers that "this mass of people came out against us with the voice of silence, who cannot dream of the unity of Cyprus, they are even frightened by such a future, they want to put down roots on the island, but wherever they go they feel the feeling of the other, they cannot pass to the south and they seem Cypriots in Turkey and Turks in Cyprus.

Leftist politics is obliged to win over these people who have 'low incomes and are oppressed', he added.

The Turkish Cypriot press reports that pressure and interference in the 'elections' was referred to by Kemal Kilicdariglu, chairman of the Republican People's Party (PLP) in Turkey.

In a post on the media yesterday (Sunday), Kilicdaroglu wished good luck to all parties and candidates participating in the "elections" and noted: "Despite all the pressures and interventions, I believe that the will of the Turkish Cypriots will be reflected in the parliament and I convey my respect and love to the people of Tdvk who are experiencing the excitement of the elections."

Avrupa points out today that the PKK leader had welcomed the ouster of Mustafa Akinci by the AKP and MHP parties of the Turkish government, stating that "democratic elections" had been held and Ersin Tatar had been elected. The newspaper adds that the PKK says nothing about the replacement of Kurdish mayors in Turkey and is happy when there is a coup against Turkish Cypriots.

Meanwhile, the website Kipris Postasi wrote today that the turnout in the first round of the "presidential elections" on October 11, 2020 was the lowest ever, falling to 54.72%, while in the second round it rose to 67.29%.

It recalls that six parties had entered the "parliament" in the early "parliamentary elections" of January 7, 2018. The distribution of "seats" then was as follows: CEC 21, PTK 12, CL 9, DK 3, DK 3, CD 3 and CA 2.


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