According to the Greek Cypriot daily Simerini the Presidency elections in April in the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus will be won by Eroglu, with a predicted percentage of 50.1.

According to the results of a poll made by the Cyprus Communal and Economic Investigations Centre (KADEM) answering the question, “Who shall win the Presidency elections?” 50.1% of the Turkish Cypriots said the Prime Minister and the President of the National Unity Party Dervis Eroglu. Just 24% opted for the current President Mehmet Ali Tala, with 17.8% responding “I don’t know” and 8.1% said “another candidate.”

Poll results indicated that 68.9% of the Turkish Cypriots did not trust Greek Cypriots.

Accordingly, Turkish Cypriots are generally pessimistic regarding negotiations and about the success of the current President Talat and Greek Cypriot President Christofias reaching an agreement.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul indicated that Turkey displayed all her good will about the Cyprus issue in 2004. Evaluating the statement “The Cyprus issue is still standing in front of Turkey as a reality of life” Gul said: “Yes it is true but obviously, the EU is exploiting this issue. While this issue is not very important for many member countries, they continue to put this in front of us. If this issue would be solved in one way or another then they shall put forward another concern. We should not allow this. Firstly we shall do what we have to do. We shall finish all laws and chapters.”

Gül added that Turkey was a country which negotiates with the EU and they should be more hopeful regarding this issue during 2010.
 

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