Having TRNC and the Cyprus problem gone into a new era with the election of Dervis Eroglu, who is the leader in the right-nationalist line, is specified in the analysis. It is also expressed that the long lasting negotiation between Talat and Christofias have reached at a certain point, Turkey focused on Cyprus Question in terms of EU accession negotiations and the internal problems of the TRNC occurred in such an atmosphere in which there were no control over administration.
The analysis noted that the politics and society has changed and transformed significantly in the last decade in Northern Cyprus. With the process of Cyprus being totally the member of the EU in 2003, a new political elites group come into the power within the opposing CTP-BG party by being the first party in the elections and transformation has been completed through the election of Mehmet Ali Talat as the president, who is the leader of CTP-BG party.
It is also emphasized in the analysis that International actors didn’t keep their words about lifting the isolations and negotiations, which has been waited in full hope, between Talat and Christofias caused a great disappointment among Turkish Cypriots. In addition to this with the leadership of the president Dervis Eroglu and emergence of the new political sphere in Cyprus shall find attempts for the solutions for the Cyprus Question.
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