ΚΥΠΡΟΣ « KUPROS »
— Officially: Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία « Kupriakē Dēmokratia »; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti.
— English: Greek Cyprus.
— Seat of government: Λευκωσία « Leukosia ».
— Status: Democratic.
— Structure: The president is elected directly, and heads the government; the legislature (Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων « Boulē tōn Antiprosōpōn ») is elected by proportional representation within geographical constituencies.
— Chief governing party: Δημοκρατικός Συναγερμός « Dēmokratikos Sunagermos ».
— Head of government: Νίκος Αναστασιάδης « Nikos Anastasiadēs », ΔηΣυ « DēSu », president (since 2013).
— Other legislative parties: Ανορθωτικό Κόμμα Εργαζόμενου Λαού « Anort‛ōtiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou »; Δημοκρατικό Κόμμα « Dēmokratiko Komma »; Κίνημα Σοσιαλδημοκρατών ΕΔΕΚ « Kinēma Sosialdēmokratikōn EDEK »; Ευρωπαϊκό Κόμμα « Eurōropaïko Komma »; Κίνημα Οικολόγων Περιβαλλοντιστών « Kinēma Oikologōn Periballontistōn ».
— Assessment: Claims the whole of the island; refuses to recognize the legitimate fear of the Türk minority of union (ένωσις « enōsis ») with Ελλάδα « Ellada ». Its admission to the European Union in 2004 provides another complication; in that and other ways, the patronage of Ελλάδα « Ellada » weakens its interest in compromise. The electorate rejected, in a 2004 referendum shortly before EU accession, the Kofi Annan plan to reunify with Kuzey Kıbrıs. In 2003, long-serving president Γλαύκος Κληρίδης « Glaukos Klēridēs » (1993-2003) was defeated in an election by Τάσσος Παπαδόπουλος « Tassos Papadopoulos » (2003-8) of ΔηΚο « DēKo », who promised even less concession to the Türkler and urged the defeat of the referendum. ΑΚΕΛ « AKEL » was a longtime member of the governing coalition, but withdrew to field its own candidate in the 2008 presidential election. In that election, Παπαδόπουλος « Papadopoulos » was narrowly defeated by both Ιωάννης Κασουλίδης « Iōannēs Kasoulidēs » of ΔηΣυ « DēSu » and Δημήτρης Χριστόφιας « Dēmētrēs K‛ristop‛ias » of ΑΚΕΛ « AKEL »; Χριστόφιας « K‛ristop‛ias » (2008-13) won the runoff. In a 2011 legislative election, ΔηΣυ « DēSu » won a narrow plurality over ΑΚΕΛ « AKEL ». Χριστόφιας « K‛ristop‛ias » declined to run again in 2013; Αναστασιάδης « Anastasiadēs » stood for his own party and ΔηΚο « DēKo » and defeated Σταύρος Μαλάς « Stauros Malas » of ΑΚΕΛ « AKEL » in a runoff. Αναστασιάδης « Anastasiadēs » was a supporter of the Annan plan and began negotiations in 2014 for a federation with Kuzey Kıbrıs, leading to a withdrawal of ΔηΚο « DēKo » from the governing coalition.
— FH: 1-1, free. Econ: 7.70 (36), flawed democracy.
— Updated: 2014 November 18.
O.T. FORD