Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus: Political parties

Last modified: 2004-03-13 by ivan sache
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• National Unity Party (Ulusal Birlik Partisi)
• Communal Liberation Party (Toplumcu Kurtulu Partisi)
• Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyeti Türk Partisi)
• Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti)
• Cyprus Justice Party (Kibris Adalet Partisi)
• Patriot Unity Movement (Yurtsever Birlik Hareketi)

See also:

• Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

National Unity Party (Ulusal Birlik Partisi)

by Onur Özgün & Ivan Sache

UBP is one of the major parties of the country, founded on 11 October 1975. The political position of UBP is in center-right. The flag of the UBP is white with the party emblem in the middle, as shown on a photo published in Courrier International in April 2003.

by Ivan Sache

The same photo shows an horizontally divided orange-white flag beside the UBP flag with the party emblem.

Onur Özgün & Ivan Sache, 24 Avril 2003

Communal Liberation Party (Toplumcu Kurtulu Partisi)

by Onur Özgün

TKP was in the former coalition government with the UBP. The image was made after the party website.

Onur Özgün, 1 September 2001

Republican Turkish Party (Cumhuriyeti Türk Partisi)

by Onur Özgün

The Republican Turkish Party is a left party that was founded on 27 December 1970. After the partition of Cyprus in 1974, it continued its political life in Northern Cyprus. The party is known to have alternative opinions to president Denktash on the Cyprus issue. In the elections of December 2003, the CTP had the largest portion of the votes and participated to a coalition government founded with the Democrat Party.