Republican Turkish Party

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Republican Turkish Party
Cumhuriyetci Turk Partisi
Leader Tufan Erhurman
Founder Ahmet Mithat Berbero?lu
Founded 1970  ( 1970 )
Headquarters North Nicosia , Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Youth wing Cumhuriyetci Turk Partisi Genclik Orgutu
Ideology Social democracy [1]
United Cyprus [1]
Cypriotism
Political position Centre-left [2]
European affiliation Party of European Socialists (observer)
International affiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
Colours Red
Green (customary)
Parliament :
18 / 50
Municipalities :
7 / 18
Website
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The Republican Turkish Party ( Turkish : Cumhuriyetci Turk Partisi , CTP ) is a social-democratic [1] political party in Northern Cyprus . The party was founded in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berbero?lu , a lawyer, in opposition to the leadership of Fazıl Kucuk and Rauf Denkta? .

On 30 June 2008, the Republican Turkish Party became a consultative member of the Socialist International (voted in by all members except the Greek Cypriot Movement for Social Democracy ). It became a full member of the organization in 2014. [3]

Policies and ideology [ edit ]

The CTP is a social democratic political party, positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum . [4] The party espoused a pro-Soviet stance during the Cold War , especially under the leadership of Ozker Ozgur . [5] However, the party never described itself as explicitly communist. Under Ozgur, the party held rapprochement meetings with the Greek-Cypriot dominated leftist party of Cyprus, the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL). Under Mehmet Ali Talat , the party shifted towards its current moderate leftist position.

On the Cyprus dispute , the CTP traditionally favours a pragmatic approach, and supports the reunification of the island. [6] During the presidency of former CTP leader Mehmet Ali Talat, the party led reunification talks with the Republic of Cyprus . [7]

History [ edit ]

20th century [ edit ]

The Republican Turkish Party was established in 1970 by Ahmet Mithat Berbero?lu , in opposition to Rauf Denkta? , and later his National Unity Party (UBP). The CTP was further vocally opposed to Fazıl Kucuk , who served as the first Vice President of the Republic of Cyprus. The CTP was led by Ozker Ozgur between 1976 and 1996; Ozgur also served as Deputy prime minister in the aftermath of the 1993 legislative election .

21st century [ edit ]

Mehmet Ali Talat became party leader in 1996, taking over from Ozgur. Under his leadership, the party lost seven seats in the 1998 elections , becoming the fourth largest party in Northern Cyprus. However, in 2003, he led the party to victory, scoring over 35% of the vote, and taking 19 of the 50 seats in the Assembly of the Republic . The following year, Talat formed a government and became prime minister on 13 January 2004. He stepped down in 2005, after winning that year's presidential election ; he went on to serve a single term as President of Northern Cyprus , until 2010. During his presidency, Talat conducted weekly meetings with the Greek Cypriot president, Demetris Christofias . The two leaders discussed issues such as power-sharing, armed forces, land ownership, and other problems that would arise in the event of reunification of the island.

Ferdi Sabit Soyer served as leader of the CTP for a certain period, and became prime minister in April 2005 after Talat's presidential victory, serving until May 2009. [8] The CTP lost the 2009 legislative election to the National Unity Party, and entered into opposition in the Assembly of the Republic.

After winning the 2013 elections with 38% of the vote and 21 seats, the CTP chairman Ozkan Yorgancıo?lu , in office since 2011, became prime minister of Northern Cyprus on 2 September 2013. His government also included the rightist Democratic Party (DP). [9] In the 2015 presidential elections , CTP fielded Sibel Siber as their candidate. However, Siber took just under 23% of the vote, and was eliminated in the first round of voting. As a result, Ozkan Yorgancıo?lu resigned as prime minister two months later; [10] Omer Kalyoncu , also of the CTP, then formed a grand coalition with the National Unity Party. [11] On 16 April 2016, the CTP government was ousted by a coalition led by Huseyin Ozgurgun , consisting of the National Unity Party and the Democrats, who together ruled Northern Cyprus as a minority government until 2018.

The Republican Turkish Party was returned to power following the 2018 elections . Despite dropping from 38% of the popular vote and first place in 2013 to only 21% and second place, the party was able to put together a four-party coalition, which also included the People's Party , the Communal Democracy Party and the Democratic Party , and held 27 of the 50 seats in parliament. The leader of CTP, Tufan Erhurman , was appointed Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus by President Mustafa Akıncı on 2 February 2018. [12]

Leaders of the Republican Turkish Party [ edit ]

Election results [ edit ]

Parliamentary [ edit ]

Assembly of the Republic
Election Votes Seats Role Notes
# % Rank # ±
1976 97,637 12.9 3rd new in opposition
1981 152,805 15.1 3rd Increase 3 in opposition
1985 317,843 21.4 2nd Increase 7 in opposition
1990 776,418 44.5 2nd Increase 4 in opposition With Party for Democratic Struggle .
1993 433,134 24.2 3rd Decrease 3 CTP? DP coalition
1998 145,874 13.4 4th Decrease 7 in opposition
2003 469,279 35.2 1st Increase 13 CTP? DP coalition
2005 577,444 44.5 1st Increase 5 CTP? DP coalition
2009 415.574 29.2 2nd Decrease 9 in opposition
2013 477,209 38.4 1st Increase 6 CTP? DP coalition Opposition from 2016.
2018 1,121,478 20.9 2nd Decrease 9 CTP? HP ? TDP ? DP coalition Opposition from 2019.
2022 1,597,137 32.0 2nd Increase 6 in opposition

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Northern Cyprus" . Parties and Elections in Europe .
  2. ^ Papadakis, Y, Peristianis, N, & Welz, G (2006) Divided Cyprus: Modernity, History, and an Island in Conflict, p80
  3. ^ "SI Council Meeting in Mexico City" . Socialist International.
  4. ^ "Parties and Elections in Europe" . parties-and-elections.eu .
  5. ^ Michael, Michalis Stavrou (2011-12-19). Resolving the Cyprus Conflict: Negotiating History . ISBN   978-1-137-01627-0 .
  6. ^ Kyprianou, Andreas (5 May 2016). "CTP: The normalization is only possible with the Cyprus settlement" . The Cypriot Puzzle . Archived from the original on 17 August 2016 . Retrieved 20 October 2020 .
  7. ^ Lansford, Tom (2014-03-20). Political Handbook of the World 2014 . ISBN   978-1-4833-8626-3 .
  8. ^ "Ferdi Sabit Soyer" .
  9. ^ "KKTC Ba?bakanı Yorgancıo?lu istifa etti" (in Turkish). CNN Turk. 3 July 2015 . Retrieved 16 July 2015 .
  10. ^ "Yorgancıo?lu "Aday Olmayı Du?unmuyorum" " (in Turkish). BRT . Retrieved 26 April 2015 .
  11. ^ "KKTC'de Kalyoncu ba?bakanlı?ındaki yeni koalisyon hukumetine onay" (in Turkish). NTV . Retrieved 16 July 2015 .
  12. ^ "Turkish Cypriot leader approves new four-party coalition government" . Hurriyet Daily News . 2 February 2018 . Retrieved 2 February 2018 .

External links [ edit ]

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