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FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2016 file photo, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci is seen at his office in front of the portrait of the Turkish Republic founder Kemal Ataturk, during an interview for the Associated Press in the Turkish breakaway north part of the divided capital Nicosia in this ethnically Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots vote on Sunday Oct. 18, 2020 in a leadership runoff that could decide if they want to retain more control over their own affairs or steer even closer to an increasingly domineering Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Leftist versus hardliner in Turkish Cypriot leadership vote

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2016 file photo, Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci sits in his office in front of a portrait of the Turkish Republic founder Kemal Ataturk, during an interview for the Associated Press in the Turkish breakaway north part of the divided capital Nicosia in this ethnically Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Turkish Cypriots will vote Sunday Oct. 11, 2020 to choose a leader who will explore, with rival Greek Cypriots, whether there's enough common ground left for a deal to end the island's decades of ethnic division. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Turkish Cypriots choose leader as Cyprus talks reboot looms

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

Didier Drogba, vice president of the Peace and Sports Organisation, and former soccer player gestures the players of Turkish Cypriot team during a friendly soccer match of &quot;Peace&quot; between the Greek Cypriot team New Salamis and the Turkish Cypriot team Magusa Turk FC at Pyla mixed village at the U.N buffer zone, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. An initiative to build more bridges between the Greek and Turkish speaking communities of ethnically split Cyprus through soccer faltered after the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots skipped the event amid a dispute over the venue's location. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Building bridges: Soccer diplomacy in divided Cyprus

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

A man sits by a sign reading 'Peace&quot; near from the main Ledra checkpoint that crosses from the south, Greek, to the ,north, Turkish Cypriots, controlled areas in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and breakaway Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci they meet today under the U.N to laying the groundwork for a return to reunification negotiations almost two years after the most recent bid to hammer out a peace accord collapse. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus: Ground not yet ready for peace talks resumption

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS - Associated Press

UN chief says prospects for Cyprus settlement ‘remain alive’

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press