Ibrahim Aziz (political analyst)

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Ibrahim Aziz (born 1938 [1] ) is a Turkish Cypriot political analyst [2] based in Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus. [1] Aziz was the president of the New Cyprus Association in 1998. [2] He is a former member of AKEL. [3] [4]

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Although a citizen of the Republic of Cyprus residing in the government-controlled area, he was not allowed to vote for forty years because he was a Turkish Cypriot. [1] In 2004, he applied to the European Court of Human Rights, which ruled:

Consequently, the applicant, as a member of the Turkish–Cypriot community living in the Government-controlled area of Cyprus, was completely deprived of any opportunity to express his opinion in the choice of the members of the house of representatives of the country of which he was a national and where he had always lived. Considering that the very essence of the applicant's right to vote, as guaranteed by Article 3 of Protocol No. 1, had been denied, the Court held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 3 of Protocol No. 1. [1]

Following this case, Turkish Cypriots residing in the Republic of Cyprus were granted the right to vote. [5] However, Turkish Cypriots are still unable to run in presidential elections, and those residing in Northern Cyprus cannot vote in elections, despite being citizens of the Republic of Cyprus. [6]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Aziz v. Cyprus Archived 2012-03-18 at the Wayback Machine , European Court of Human Rights, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  2. 1 2 They stayed behind, but they cannot vote Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine , Cyprus Mail, Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  3. ↑ Eylemler Brüksel'e de taşınıyor, HaberHavadis, Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  4. ↑ Kürkçügil, Masis. Kıbrıs Dün ve Bugün, p.211
  5. ↑ Turkish Cypriots - Parliamentary Elections Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine , Cyprus News Agency, Retrieved 2011-05-17.
  6. ↑ Nicos Trimikliniotis, Corina Demetriou. Evaluating the Anti-Discrimination Law in the Republic of Cyprus: A Critical Reflection (Peace Research Institute) Retrieved 2010-05-07.
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