Talat most probably CTP-BG’s candidate
Under the title: “Talat will be most probably CTP-BG’s candidate”, Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris Postasi newspaper (22.08.14) reports that the Republican Turkish Party-United Forces (CTP-BG) party assembly which convened the night before yesterday, has decided to nominate its own candidate for the forthcoming “presidential elections” which will take place next year in the occupied area of Cyprus.
According to the paper, the “party assembly” will meet again on August 28 in order to finalize and announce its decision regarding the name of their candidate.
The paper writes that according to reliable sources, before the CTP-BG Party assembly meeting, several names were mentioned as possible candidates for the party. Among the names that were mentioned were that of former Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and the current “speaker” of the so-called assembly, Sibel Siber.
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