Overview

• Official results give Tufan Erhürman about 62.8% to Ersin Tatar’s roughly 35.8%, with turnout near 65% and no runoff required.
• Erhürman campaigned on reviving UN‑brokered federal negotiations with the Greek‑Cypriot side and deepening engagement with the European Union.
• Republic of Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulidis congratulated Erhürman and reiterated readiness to resume substantive talks on the Cyprus issue.
• Turkey remains the key external actor as the only state recognizing the north, with an estimated 30,000–35,000 troops stationed there and significant economic influence.
• Erhürman said he will coordinate with Turkey on policy, while Turkish ultra‑nationalist Devlet Bahçeli urged annulling the result and called for Northern Cyprus to join Turkey.