Ustel’s former ‘health minister’ defects to Ozersay’s HP

Former Turkish Cypriot ‘health minister’ Izlem Gurcag Altugra on Thursday left the north’s ruling coalition’s largest political party, the UBP, announcing her intention to join centrist, anti-corruption party the HP, which is led by former Turkish Cypriot chief negotiator Kudret Ozersay. “I had long questioned whether the UBP still held any hope regarding its own […]