NICOSIA: A landslide victory for a moderate candidate in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election offers a glimmer of hope in breaking an eight-year impasse in peace talks on the ethnically split island, diplomats and analysts said. Center-left Tufan Erhurman won a commanding 62.7 percent of Turkish Cypriot votes in Sunday’s election, final results on Monday showed, after campaigning on a platform of promising to re-invigorate stalled peace negotiations with Greek Cypriots.

Polls show nationalist incumbent Tatar and leftwing challenger Erhürman locked in tight race in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus election

More than 218,000 people voted in TRNC leadership election that could shape the island’s political direction.

NICOSIA: A landslide victory for a moderate candidate in a Turkish Cypriot presidential election offers a glimmer of hope in breaking an eight-year impasse in peace talks on the…