Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace

Veteran leftwinger Tufan Erhurman wins after campaign on reviving stalled talks to reunify island

Turkish Cypriots have handed the pro-European leftwing leader Tufan Erhurman a resounding victory in a presidential poll likely to inject renewed vigour into the deadlocked peace process on Cyprus.

Erhurman, 55, who campaigned on reviving stalled UN-brokered talks to reunify the island, defeated the incumbent nationalist, Ersin Tatar, by nearly 27 percentage points - a landslide win that surprised even his most ardent supporters.