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In 2006 the state reported one Turkish Cypriot candidate and 270 Turkish Cypriot voters in the parliamentary election to the Council of Europe

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As recited in the ECtHR's 2010 decision in Erel and Damdelen v. Cyprus, the Government of Cyprus reported to the Committee of Ministers, in an appendix to Resolution CM/ResDH(2007)77 of 20 June 2007 concerning execution of the Aziz v. Cyprus judgment, that one Turkish Cypriot stood as a candidate MP and 270 Turkish Cypriots cast their vote in the 21 May 2006 parliamentary election, the first such election held after the entry into force of Law 2(I)/2006.

Sources

  • HUDOC — Erel and Damdelen v. Cyprus, no. 39973/07, decision as to the admissibility of 14 December 2010 — Tier A — primary / documentary

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