Incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar is facing off against centre-left rival Tufan Erhurman. Photo: AP PHOTO

Voters in breakaway north Cyprus are casting ballots in a presidential election seen as a test of whether talks to reunify the divided island can be revived.

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Incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, who backs a two-state solution, faces the main centre-left rival Tufan Erhurman, who favours renewed United Nations-sponsored negotiations on a federal settlement with Greek Cypriots.

Tatar's position for a two-state deal has been rejected by Greek Cypriots, while pe

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