North ‘government’ given jolt by CTP by-election win

The social-democratic CTP party’s candidate Sami Ozuslu won a surprise victory in the north’s ‘parliamentary’ by-election on Sunday. Ozuslu won 44 per cent of the vote, beating conservative UBP candidate Ali Basman, who managed just 38 per cent, into second place. There were 11 other candidates. As a result, the…