Turkey says two-state solution is most realistic option for Cyprus

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Turkey believes the most realistic way to resolve the political deadlock over Cyprus is to have two states on the ethnically split island.Erdogan was speaking alongside Tufan Erhurman, the newly-elected Turkish Cypriot president who has pledged to explore a federal solution - long supported by the United Nations - to end the island's nearly 50-year-old division.Turkey, the only country that recognizes the breakaway Turkish Republic of