BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- After repeated failures in reaching a deal for Cyprus' reunification, the Greek and Turkish Cypriots on the Mediterranean island are having another try, and this time with unprecedented common ground.
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Cypriot president Dimitris Christofias, right, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat are seen during their statement after their meeting at a U.N. compound at the UN the buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Sept. 3,...
Greek and Turkish leaders meet with UN backing in bid to broker lasting peace after island's...
Turkish President Abdullah Gul said Thursday that a solution in Cyprus could be found under the framework of UN secretary general's goodwill mission, based on realities of the island and with a new partnership to be established by two equal...
ANKARA: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Thursday he was hopeful UN-brokered peace talks due to begin in September would end the 34-year-old division of Cyprus. "I am optimistic for the resolution of the Cyprus problem," Talat told a...
Background
Mehmet Ali Talat (born July 6, 1952) is the current President of the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (or KKTC in Turkish), which controls the northern third of the island of Cyprus, but is unrecognized by any nation except Turkey. Because the UN does not recognize the TRNC it treats Mehmet Ali Talat as bona fide negotiator for the Turkish Cypriot community of the Republic of Cyprus. He was the leader of the left wing Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyetçi Türk Partisi). He became prime minister in 2004, and subsequently won the Presidential election held on 17 April 2005. Talat was inaugurated on 25 April 2005, succeeding retiring President Rauf Denktaş.
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