Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris newspaper (16.08.13) reports that the Turkish Cypriot leader, Dervis Eroglu met yesterday with the leader of the Republican Turkish Party – United Forces (CTP-BG), Ozkan Yorgancioglu and assigned him with the duty of establishing a “coalition government”.
As soon as he was assigned with this duty, Yorgancioglu headed delegation which visited the National Unity Party (UBP) and the Social Democracy Party (TDP). Today the CTP-BG delegation is expected to meet with officials from the Democratic Party – National Forces (DP-UG).
Yorgancioglu said they could meet with the UBP on Monday again and added that no give and take was held with this party. He said that their meeting was “positive”. Referring to their meeting with the TDP, he described it as “friendly” and added that they could hold another meeting with this party.
Yorgancioglu should form a “coalition government” until 29 August. Otherwise he should return this duty to Eroglu.
Meanwhile, in statements to Turkish Cypriot daily Halkin Sesi newspaper (16.08.13), Asim Akansoy, CTP-BG’s general secretary, described as “preparatory” their meetings with UBP and TDP, adding that during the meetings, they put CTP-BG’s program onto the table and exchanged views. “They saw our basic approaches. The sides will evaluate the situation after this”, he noted. Reiterating that they keep equal distance from all parties, Akansoy said that this process will not take long and expressed the hope to have a result in the beginning of next week the latest
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