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  • ANKARA: Greek Cypriots Choose Their New Deputies

    Zaman, Turkey
    May 21 2006

    Greek Cypriots Choose Their New Deputies
    By Foreign News Desk
    Published: Saturday, May 20, 2006
    zaman.com


    Critical parliamentary elections will be held tomorrow in Greek
    Cyprus; 495 candidates including a Turk will compete for 56 seats in
    the parliament.

    Many female candidates are joining this year's elections, in which
    Turks residing in Southern Cyprus can cast votes. One of these is
    Nese Yasin, a Turkish Cypriot. Yasin will try her chances to enter
    the Greek Cypriot parliament as a candidate of the United Democrats
    Movement (EDI). Yasin's party; however, is not expected to win a
    single seat according to polls. Religious groups and independent
    candidates have also entered the competition, in which 11 political
    parties and blocs are taking part. The deputies to be obtained by
    Maronit, Armenian and Latin groups will not have the right to vote in
    the parliament, but will mediate and communicate the problems of
    religious groups to the parliament. Preliminary results from the
    elections will be obtained towards midnight. 500,606 registered
    voters including 266 Turks will cast their vote at 216 centers.
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