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{{Short description|Head of state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus}}
{{Infobox political post
| post = President
| body = the<br />Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
| native_name = {{native name|tr|Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı}}
| insignia = File:Emblem of the Presidency of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (without text).svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = Presidential Seal
| flag = Flag of the President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.svg{{!}}border
| flagsize = 125px
| flagcaption = [[Presidential standard of Northern Cyprus|Presidential Standard]]
| image = Ilham Aliyev received President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Konya (1) (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| incumbent = [[Ersin Tatar]]
| incumbentsince = 23 October 2020
| formation = 15 November 1983
| style = {{plainlist|
*[[Mr. President (title)|Mr. President]]<br />(informal)
*[[The Honourable]]<br />(formal)
*[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br />(formal, diplomatic)}}
| termlength = 5 years
| inaugural = [[Rauf Denktaş]]
| residence = Presidential palace<br />[[North Nicosia]]
| salary = [[Turkish lira|₺]]45,000 annually (2021)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://haberkibris.com/vekillerden-maas-haberine-isyan-2020-02-11.html | title=Vekillerden maaş haberine isyan | date=11 February 2020 }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|http://www.kktcb.org/}}
}}
{{Politics of Northern Cyprus}}

The '''president of Northern Cyprus''' is the [[head of state]] of the [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]]. [[Rauf Denktaş]] was the first and founding president of Northern Cyprus, and retired in 2005. His position was taken over by [[Mehmet Ali Talat]], followed by [[Derviş Eroğlu]],<ref name=economist>[http://www.economist.com/node/15954242 Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu] (The Economist) Retrieved on 2011-06-01.</ref> then [[Mustafa Akıncı]], and the current president, [[Ersin Tatar]].

The president is elected every five years. Presidential elections are held in two rounds if no candidate gains more than 50% of the votes in the first round. It is necessary that the president is originated from the island of Cyprus. The president must have lived in the country for five years, received secondary education and be over 30 years old.<ref name=kktctanitma1>{{Cite web | url = http://www.trncinfo.com/TANITMADAIRESI/2002/TURKCE/KKTCHAKKINDA/KKTCHAKKINDA.htm#11 | title = KKTC hakkında, Cumhubaşkanı (About the TRNC, the President) | access-date = 2011-04-21 | publisher = TRNC Department of Promotion }}</ref>

The presidency is not a ceremonial position in the [[semi-presidential]] political system of Northern Cyprus. The president reserves the right to dismiss the [[Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)|Assembly of the Republic]] in case a government cannot be formed within sixty days or three successive governments receive votes of no confidence. They also can preside over the [[Council of Ministers (Northern Cyprus)|Council of Ministers]] if they wish to do so, approve the appointments of the judges and president of the [[Supreme court|Supreme Court]] and have the right to send laws approved by the Assembly of the Republic to the Supreme Court. The president has also traditionally been the chief negotiator for the resolution of the [[Cyprus dispute]] and been responsible for the [[foreign relations of Northern Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web|title=KKTC Devleti Fonksiyonel - Kurumsal Gözden Geçirme Çalışması|url=http://www.tepav.org.tr/upload/files/1393596265-1.KKTC_Devleti_Fonksiyonel_Kurumsal_Gozden_Gecirme_Calismasi.pdf|publisher=The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey|access-date=29 August 2015|language=tr}}</ref>

The president is represented by the [[List of Speakers of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus)|speaker of the Assembly of the Republic]] when the president is abroad.<ref name=kktctanitma1/>

The most [[2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election|recent presidential election]] was held on 11 October 2020. [[Ersin Tatar]] is the current president.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ersin Tatar elected new Turkish Cypriot leader |website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528170247/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/18/incumbent-wins-turkish-cypriot-presidential-runoff-exit-polls |archive-date=2023-05-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/18/incumbent-wins-turkish-cypriot-presidential-runoff-exit-polls}}</ref>

==List==
==List==


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|--
|-
! {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! №
! Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small>
! Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! Portrait
! Portrait
! Elected
! Elected
! colspan=2|Term of Office
! colspan=2|Term of office
! Political origin
! Political origin
|--
! style="background:{{National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 1
| [[Rauf Denktaş]]<br><small>(1924–2012)</small> || [[File:Rauf Denktash.jpg|60px]] || [[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 1985|1985]]<br>[[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 1990|1990]]<br>[[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 1995|1995]]<br>[[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2000|2000]] || 15 November 1983 || 24 April 2005 || [[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]]
|--
! style="background:{{Republican Turkish Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 2
| [[Mehmet Ali Talat]]<br><small>(1952–)</small> || [[File:Mehmet Ali Talat (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2005|2005]] || 24 April 2005 || 23 April 2010 || [[Republican Turkish Party]]
|--
! style="background:{{National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 3
| [[Derviş Eroğlu]]<br><small>(1938–)</small> || [[File:Derviş Eroğlu (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2010|2010]] || 23 April 2010 || 30 April 2015 || [[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]]
|--
! style="background:{{Communal Democracy Party/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 4
| [[Mustafa Akıncı]]<br><small>(1947–)</small> || [[File:Mustafa Akıncı (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2015|2015]] || 30 April 2015 || Incumbent || [[Communal Democracy Party]]
|}

==Latest election==
{{main|Northern Cyprus presidential election, 2015}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Candidate
!rowspan=2|Party
!colspan=2|First round
!colspan=2|Second round
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)}}; color:white;"| 1
!Votes
| [[Rauf Denktaş]]<br />{{small|(1924–2012)}} || [[File:Rauf Denktash.jpg|60px]] || [[1985 Northern Cypriot presidential election|1985]]<br />[[1990 Northern Cypriot presidential election|1990]]<br />[[1995 Northern Cypriot presidential election|1995]]<br />[[2000 Northern Cypriot presidential election|2000]] || 15 November 1983 || 24 April 2005 || [[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]]
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Turkish Party}}; color:white;"| 2
|style="background: #DDDDDD" | || align=left|'''[[Mustafa Akıncı]]'''||align=left|'''Independent'''||29,030||26.94||'''67,035'''||'''60.50'''
| [[Mehmet Ali Talat]]<br />{{small|(born 1952)}} || [[File:Mehmet Ali Talat.jpg|60px]] || [[2005 Northern Cypriot presidential election|2005]] || 24 April 2005 || 23 April 2010 || [[Republican Turkish Party]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)}}; color:white;"| 3
|style="background: #DDDDDD"| || align=left|[[Derviş Eroğlu]]||align=left|Independent||'''30,328'''||'''28.15'''||43,764||39.50
| [[Derviş Eroğlu]]<br />{{small|(born 1938)}} || [[File:Derviş Eroğlu (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[2010 Northern Cypriot presidential election|2010]] || 23 April 2010 || 30 April 2015 || [[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Independent}}; color:white;"| 4
|style="background: #008000" | || align=left|[[Sibel Siber]]||align=left|[[Republican Turkish Party]]||24,271||22.53||colspan=2 rowspan=5|
| [[Mustafa Akıncı]]<br />{{small|(born 1947)}} || [[File:Mustafa Akıncı 2017.jpg|60px]] || [[2015 Northern Cypriot presidential election|2015]] || 30 April 2015 || 23 October 2020 || [[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|-
! style="background:{{party color|National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)}}; color:white;"| 5
|style="background: #DDDDDD" | || align=left|[[Kudret Özersay]]||align=left|Independent||22,895||21.25
| [[Ersin Tatar]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}} || [[File:Ilham Aliyev received President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in Konya (1) (cropped).jpg|60px]] || [[2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election|2020]] || 23 October 2020 || Incumbent
|-

|style="background: #DDDDDD"| || align=left|Arif Salih Kırdağ||align=left|Independent||530||0.49
| [[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]]
|-
|style="background: #D40000"| || align=left|Mustafa Onurer||align=left|Cyprus Socialist Party||428||0.40
|-
|style="background: #DDDDDD" | || align=left|Mustafa Ulaş||align=left|Independent||259||0.24
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Invalid/blank votes||2,562||–||2,679||–
|-
|align=left colspan=3|'''Total'''||'''110,303'''||'''100'''||'''110,799''' ||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=3|Registered voters/turnout||176,916||62.35||176,980||64.12
|-
|align=left colspan=7|Source: High Election Committee - [http://ysk.mahkemeler.net/secim.aspx?skod=40 first round], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150501005613/http://secim2015.mahkemeler.net/ run-off]
|}
|}

== Timeline ==

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from: 23/04/2005 till: 23/04/2010 color:rtp text:"[[Mehmet Ali Talat]]"
bar: Eroğlu
from: 23/04/2010 till: 30/04/2015 color:nup text:"[[Derviş Eroğlu]]"
bar: Akıncı
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bar: Tatar
from: 23/10/2020 till: $today color:nup text:"[[Ersin Tatar]]"

}}

==Latest election==

{{main|2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election}}
{{Election results
|cand1=[[Ersin Tatar]]|party1=[[National Unity Party (Northern Cyprus)|National Unity Party]]|votes1=35825|votes1_2=67322
|cand2=[[Mustafa Akıncı]]|party2=Independent|votes2=33053|votes2_2=62910
|cand3=[[Tufan Erhürman]]|party3=[[Republican Turkish Party]]|votes3=24008
|cand4=[[Kudret Özersay]]|party4=Independent|votes4=6356
|cand5=[[Erhan Arıklı]]|party5=[[Rebirth Party (Northern Cyprus)|Rebirth Party]]|votes5=5937
|cand6=[[Serdar Denktaş]]|party6=Independent|votes6=4653
|cand7=Fuat Türköz Çiner|party7=Nationalist Democracy Party|votes7=327
|cand8=Arif Salih Kırdağ|party8=Independent|votes8=282
|cand9=Alpan Uz|party9=Independent|votes9=156
|cand10=Ahmet Boran|party10=Independent|votes10=83
|cand11=Mustafa Ulaş|party11=Independent|votes11=69
|invalid=5027
|invalid2=3699
|electorate=198867
|electorate2=199029
|source=[https://kibris.online/tatar-yuzde-32-34-akinci-yuzde-29-84/ Kibris Online], [https://kibris.online/ysk-secim-sonucunu-duyurdu/ Kibris Online]
}}


==See also==
==See also==

* [[Politics of Northern Cyprus]]
* [[Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus]]
* [[Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus]]


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==External links==
==External links==

* [http://www.kktcb.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.kktcb.org/ Official website]


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Latest revision as of 19:14, 18 April 2024

President of the
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı (Turkish)
Presidential Seal
Presidential Standard
Incumbent
Ersin Tatar
since 23 October 2020
Style
ResidencePresidential palace
North Nicosia
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderRauf Denktaş
Formation15 November 1983
Salary₺45,000 annually (2021)[1]
Websitewww.kktcb.org
Politics of Northern Cyprus
Constitution
Executive
List of cabinets of Northern Cyprus
Legislature
Assembly of the Republic
Speaker
Teberrüken Uluçay
Political parties
Elections
Administrative divisions
  • First level: Six districts
  • Second level: Twelve sub-districts
  • Third level: Twenty-eight municipalities
Foreign relations
Diplomatic missions of / in Northern Cyprus

The president of Northern Cyprus is the head of state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Rauf Denktaş was the first and founding president of Northern Cyprus, and retired in 2005. His position was taken over by Mehmet Ali Talat, followed by Derviş Eroğlu,[2] then Mustafa Akıncı, and the current president, Ersin Tatar.

The president is elected every five years. Presidential elections are held in two rounds if no candidate gains more than 50% of the votes in the first round. It is necessary that the president is originated from the island of Cyprus. The president must have lived in the country for five years, received secondary education and be over 30 years old.[3]

The presidency is not a ceremonial position in the semi-presidential political system of Northern Cyprus. The president reserves the right to dismiss the Assembly of the Republic in case a government cannot be formed within sixty days or three successive governments receive votes of no confidence. They also can preside over the Council of Ministers if they wish to do so, approve the appointments of the judges and president of the Supreme Court and have the right to send laws approved by the Assembly of the Republic to the Supreme Court. The president has also traditionally been the chief negotiator for the resolution of the Cyprus dispute and been responsible for the foreign relations of Northern Cyprus.[4]

The president is represented by the speaker of the Assembly of the Republic when the president is abroad.[3]

The most recent presidential election was held on 11 October 2020. Ersin Tatar is the current president.[5]

List

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No. Name
(Birth–Death) 		Portrait Elected Term of office Political origin
1 Rauf Denktaş
(1924–2012)		 1985
1990
1995
2000		 15 November 1983 24 April 2005 National Unity Party
2 Mehmet Ali Talat
(born 1952)		 2005 24 April 2005 23 April 2010 Republican Turkish Party
3 Derviş Eroğlu
(born 1938)		 2010 23 April 2010 30 April 2015 National Unity Party
4 Mustafa Akıncı
(born 1947)		 2015 30 April 2015 23 October 2020 Independent
5 Ersin Tatar
(born 1960)		 2020 23 October 2020 Incumbent National Unity Party

Timeline

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Ersin TatarMustafa AkıncıDerviş EroğluMehmet Ali TalatRauf Denktaş

Latest election

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Main article: 2020 Northern Cypriot presidential election
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Ersin TatarNational Unity Party35,82532.3567,32251.69
Mustafa AkıncıIndependent33,05329.8462,91048.31
Tufan ErhürmanRepublican Turkish Party24,00821.68
Kudret ÖzersayIndependent6,3565.74
Erhan ArıklıRebirth Party5,9375.36
Serdar DenktaşIndependent4,6534.20
Fuat Türköz ÇinerNationalist Democracy Party3270.30
Arif Salih KırdağIndependent2820.25
Alpan UzIndependent1560.14
Ahmet BoranIndependent830.07
Mustafa UlaşIndependent690.06
Total110,749100.00130,232100.00
Valid votes110,74995.66130,23297.24
Invalid/blank votes5,0274.343,6992.76
Total votes115,776100.00133,931100.00
Registered voters/turnout198,86758.22199,02967.29
Source: Kibris Online, Kibris Online

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Vekillerden maaş haberine isyan". 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ Northern Cyprus's new president: Enter Eroglu (The Economist) Retrieved on 2011-06-01.
  3. ^ a b "KKTC hakkında, Cumhubaşkanı (About the TRNC, the President)". TRNC Department of Promotion. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
  4. ^ "KKTC Devleti Fonksiyonel - Kurumsal Gözden Geçirme Çalışması" (PDF) (in Turkish). The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Ersin Tatar elected new Turkish Cypriot leader". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28.
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