Nicosia Uncut – Episode 64: What does the election of Tufan Erhürman mean? (Part 1) (9/12/2025)

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Tufan Erhürman's election as the new Turkish Cypriot leader.

In the last month of 2025, Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli produced two consecutive and special episodes. The first episode focused on the election of Tufan Erhürman in the first round with 63% vote as well as the internal and external dynamics leading to the replacement of previous Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin […] The post Nicosia Uncut – Episode 64: What does the election of Tufan Erhürman mean? (Part 1) (9/12/2025) first appeared on Island Talks.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andromachi Sophocleous, Kemal Baykallı

Topics covered

• election
• Turkish Cypriot politics
• leadership change
• voting dynamics
• internal dynamics
• external dynamics

Keywords

• Tufan Erhürman
• election
• Turkish Cypriot leader
• Ersin
• vote percentage
• political dynamics
• Nicosia Uncut

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