
Former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay on Wednesday night announced that he will not stand in this October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election .
Ozersay had stood in both the 2015 and 2020 elections and ranked in fourth place on both occasions, though in radically different circumstances.
In 2015, he was the surprise package, outperforming polling to win over 21 per cent of the vote, having left his role as